Editor's note: The recipe below is excerpted from David Joachim's The Tailgater's Cookbook. Want to get fired upu for the game? Have some coffee with your grilled steak. Better yet, on your grilled steak. Wait, let's go one better and marinate the steaks in beer first! Coffee-rubbed steaks have been getting popular all over the United States. This is my spicy, Texas-style version with dark beer and dark coffee.
·Most grocery stores carry espresso or dark roast coffee beans. Grind them in the store's grinder or at home for even better freshness. You could also get the beans ground at your favorite coffee shop.
·Look for pure ancho chile powder in the spice aisle of your grocery store. It's usually kept with the fancy spices in the glass bottles. If you can't find it, use commercial chili powder and omit theh cumin (commercial chili powder usually contains cumin).
·A small chunk of butter finishes this steak off nicely. Toss it on just before eating and let it melt all over the steak. Or serve with your favorite steak sauce.
