"Espresso beans" refers to coffee beans that are specifically cultivated and roasted to make espresso, a strong and concentrated type of coffee. Full definition
I had a bag of chocolate covered espresso beans on hand and thought it might be interesting to bake them into a cookie. (101cookbooks.com)
This might be a silly question, but do you know if it's all right to use ground espresso beans instead of instant espresso powder? (smittenkitchen.com)
I might try doing some variations with espresso beans or vanilla beans. (epicurious.com)