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Old 11-09-2012, 17:38
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Does anyone know any reliable stockists of pure coffee essence?

None of the supermarkets seem to sell it - only Camp chicory & coffee essence which only has 4% coffee essence in it.

I tried using instant coffee as a sub (Mary Berry said to do 2 teaspoons instant coffee with 1 tablespoon hot water), but there was little coffee flavour in her Coffee Fudge Squares made that way. I was really disappointed.

Coffee essence used to be everywhere in those little bottles. What does everyone else do for bakes that require it?
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Old 11-09-2012, 23:34
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Use more instant, two teaspoons seems a bit weak to me. Two tablespoons is more like it.
If booze is not a problem coffee liqeuer does the trick.
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Old 12-09-2012, 23:11
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Thanks breppo. Would still prefer to buy a little bottle of essence, but I guess that will have to do for now.
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Old 13-09-2012, 07:57
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Try Amazon - search for Preema Coffee Essence
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Old 13-09-2012, 12:21
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Try Amazon - search for Preema Coffee Essence
Amazon was one of my first sites to search, but there's only a third party seller with 6% negative/91% positive feedback in the past 90 days - and that just isn't reliable enough for me. Thanks anyway.
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Old 13-09-2012, 13:08
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Sorry wrong product
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Old 13-09-2012, 19:27
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Lakeland sell coffee extract.
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15602/Niel...Coffee-Extract
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Old 14-09-2012, 16:53
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Thanks breppo. Would still prefer to buy a little bottle of essence, but I guess that will have to do for now.
I googled it and one of the top results was from a baking site. http://bakerybits.co.uk/Caffe-Espres...-P1923737.aspx
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Old 14-09-2012, 22:14
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Great stuff, Roni. I think I'll give that a go. Thanks very much.

I googled it and one of the top results was from a baking site. http://bakerybits.co.uk/Caffe-Espres...-P1923737.aspx
I came across a handful of random sites like that when I searched google and bing. As I said in my OP, I was looking for a reliable stockist, i.e. a recognisable name. That's where I found difficulty, and is why I posted here.
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Old 15-09-2012, 12:32
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Personally I don't think anything beats espresso powder.
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Old 16-09-2012, 00:32
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I was in Lakeland on Friday, saw this, thought of the OP and came on here to post the same link!
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