Cowboy Rubbed Rib Eye with Chocolate Stout Pan Sauce

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil (if you are the type to save bacon fat, by all means use it!)
• 1 tablespoon Ground coffee
• 1 tablespoon Unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons Dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon Coarse ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons Kosher salt (we used Diamond Crystal -- you may want to reduce the salt to taste, especially if using Morton's Kosher or other finer salt, see comments)
• 1 sprig Thyme
• 1 cup Chocolate stout (you'll have to drink the rest)
• 1 teaspoon Smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon Hot red pepper flakes (preferably Ancho chile)
• 1 teaspoon Ground cumin
• 1 Nice, thick rib eye, 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick, big enough for two
• 1/2 cup Beef stock