My family doesn't drink/use coffee as a religious tenant and I see so many yummy looking chocolate recipes that include coffee, do you have any suggestions about how I can get around the coffee? Easy, Heather - if it's espresso powder, just leave it out - it's there for flavor. If it's brewed coffee, substitute water. Again, it's there for flavor. In some instances the acid in the coffee might have upped the baking soda amount in the recipe, but when I'm adding espresso powder, I don't adjust the leavening - so you should be just fine. Enjoy - PJH

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