The Lemon Fool

When I travel to the USA, one of the things I like is the hazelnut coffee that you can buy in most coffee shops.

Back in the UK, hazelnut syrup added to coffee is ghastly-sweet and not the same flavour.

Any suggestions as to what to buy to re-create that USA experience appreciated!

VRD

vrdiver wrote:When I travel to the USA, one of the things I like is the hazelnut coffee that you can buy in most coffee shops.

Back in the UK, hazelnut syrup added to coffee is ghastly-sweet and not the same flavour.

Any suggestions as to what to buy to re-create that USA experience appreciated!

VRD

I've never heard of Hazelnut coffee, (Why is it called coffee??) but the irony of a UK substitute being sweeter than the USA version, is kind of funny.


Steve

PS for your own health, always avoid anything with the word 'syrup' in it!

stevensfo wrote:I've never heard of Hazelnut coffee, (Why is it called coffee??) but the irony of a UK substitute being sweeter than the USA version, is kind of funny.

That was my instant reaction.

Then I thought "irish coffee", and all those variants with different boozes in. Coffee-based drinks with unexpected flavours can be good. Why not hazelnut too?

So I shall watch this thread for any suggestions that appear worth a try.

And being sweeter? Just a thought, but could it be using one of those truly foul sugar-substitutes that are supposedly non-fattening?

stevensfo wrote:
I've never heard of Hazelnut coffee, (Why is it called coffee??) but the irony of a UK substitute being sweeter than the USA version, is kind of funny.

Well, some have been known to add things like sugar, chocolate or a dash of milk to coffee. I believe that the French add chicory. Some get it totally wrong and add a dash of coffee to the milk.

I say, drink your coffee how you like it.

There is a difference between vanilla sugar, vanilla essence, vanilla flavoring and vanilla pods. ALL used in baking. Likewise there is a difference between Hazelnut syrup, essence etc.

I haven't tried Hazelnut coffee, but if doing it at home, have you considered simply adding chopped hazelnuts to the brewing coffee.
https://www.mrcoffee.com/on/demandware. ... t-Goodness

Sorry to post over my own post.

However it may be of interest that the Youtube channel "Tasting history" did coffee last week (yes only just caught up).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNIrP_aqwQY

It's worth watching.
Though the coffee that he makes has no extras. Just add ground coffee to cold water, bring to the boil and let steep. He is following a historic recipe, so expect the difference,

Urbandreamer wrote:

stevensfo wrote:
I've never heard of Hazelnut coffee, (Why is it called coffee??) but the irony of a UK substitute being sweeter than the USA version, is kind of funny.

Well, some have been known to add things like sugar, chocolate or a dash of milk to coffee. I believe that the French add chicory. Some get it totally wrong and add a dash of coffee to the milk.

I say, drink your coffee how you like it.

There is a difference between vanilla sugar, vanilla essence, vanilla flavoring and vanilla pods. ALL used in baking. Likewise there is a difference between Hazelnut syrup, essence etc.

I haven't tried Hazelnut coffee, but if doing it at home, have you considered simply adding chopped hazelnuts to the brewing coffee.
https://www.mrcoffee.com/on/demandware. ... t-Goodness

In Italy, there's caffe' corretto, which is an espresso with a bit of grappa added. Of course, grappa can easily become cognac, whisky or whatever you want it to be. The quantity of alcohol to add can keep a conversation going for ages!

Re. Chicory, wasn't that Camp Coffee that I remember from the 70s? As a teenager, I quite liked it.

Steve

stevensfo wrote:Chicory, wasn't that Camp Coffee that I remember from the 70s? As a teenager, I quite liked it

Looked like a bottle of HP, tasted like sawdust?

For hazelnut coffee I'd start by adding Frangelico

-sd

i put a small amount of ground cinnamon into the pod with the ground coffee for my espresso s

I like it...and they say cinnamon is good for all sorts of things...................my fingers are crossed !

stevensfo wrote:I've never heard of Hazelnut coffee, (Why is it called coffee??) but the irony of a UK substitute being sweeter than the USA version, is kind of funny.

PS for your own health, always avoid anything with the word 'syrup' in it!

With the exception of maple syrup, I'll agree with you

Re the coffee - it's coffee with a flavouring (or flavoring, I suppose).

I've tried the hazelnut syrup (too sweet, wrong flavour), adding ground roast hazelnuts to the coffee brew (waste of time) and using hazelnut milk (not the same, at all, especially as I drink coffee black).

I'm hoping some other Lemon will have cracked the problem, possibly by identifying a source of the right coffee I can buy.

VRD

I've never tried it. Googling the problem says that Whittard (and I'm sure other companies) seem hazelnut flavoured coffee.
Instructions for making your own just seem to tell you to put roast hazelnuts throughout the grinder with the coffee beans.

Looking at Amazon for "hazelnut coffee", you can buy ground coffee flavoured with hazelnut.

On amazon.com there's a lot more choice, so that may be the sort of thing you're getting in the US.

Scott.

mutantpoodle wrote:i put a small amount of ground cinnamon into the pod with the ground coffee for my espresso s

I like it...and they say cinnamon is good for all sorts of things...................my fingers are crossed !

Yes, I believe I once tried a bit in coffee, but it's mainly used in our house for apple pies and gluhwein at Christmas.

Not sure it's good for anything. Most herbs and spices go through the 'good for you' fashions. Pill producers and health shops make a fortune out of it!

At the moment, it's Turmeric that's supposed to cure everything from headaches to world poverty.

Steve

vrdiver wrote:I'm hoping some other Lemon will have cracked the problem, possibly by identifying a source of the right coffee I can buy.

Don't you think servodude's suggestion might have legs?

stevensfo wrote:At the moment, it's Turmeric that's supposed to cure everything from headaches to world poverty.
Steve

And turns you very orange! Could it be a certain ex-POTUS's magic ingredient?

UncleEbenezer wrote:

vrdiver wrote:I'm hoping some other Lemon will have cracked the problem, possibly by identifying a source of the right coffee I can buy.

Don't you think servodude's suggestion might have legs?

I wasn't really after a liqueur coffee, although it does sound nice!

I'm trying to replicate the sort of coffee you can buy in just about any coffee shop in, say Chicago or similar urban area; sold as "Hazelnut coffee", probably made from beans that have been artificially flavoured, rather than a natural hazelnut extract. If anybody already knew of a particular brand or product that was the same then that would save me from random purchases to see if a product was similar to what I wanted...