[txhurl]

I didn’t learn until a few years ago that the lightest coffee has the most caffeine... roasting the beans dark destroys caffeine. That’s why europeans drink the dark stuff all day.. less caffeine.

I’ve always read about Louisiana folks using chicory as a coffee substitute.... does it taste like it? Buzz like it?

[sportutegrl]

Some people got hooked on the chickory. They still sell coffee with chickory in New Orleans coffeehouses, like Cafe du Monde. Personally, I think it tastes like pee.

[Flatus I. Maximus]

During the Great Euell Gibbons Craze of 196whatever, I had a biology prof who had the whole class out collecting weeds one day, because he wanted to show us all the wonderful foods that could be made using those under-appreciated native plant species.

For me, it was that pot of chicory coffee that really helped me to understand and appreciate the difference between "edible" and "palatable."

[LonePalm]

I’ve always read about Louisiana folks using chicory as a coffee substitute.... does it taste like it? Buzz like it?

I believe I can answer that question. I drink a pot of Cafe du Monde coffee every morning. I buy it by the case directly from Cafe du Monde in New Orleans. I get 8-9 pots per 14oz. can but then I like it strong. I think it moderates some of the bitterness of coffee. I particularly like it as Iced Coffee.

Chicory was originally used as a coffee extender and then a coffee substitute. Other things such as toasted hickory nuts and even acorns were used as coffee became scarcer and scarcer.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Renfield]

One summer I worked in Montana on a temporary job, with a crew from various parts of the country. One fellow was from Louisiana and he brought his own coffee with him; it was something that apparently is only sold in south Louisiana (it did not contain chicory, btw). He drank it all day long, kept one of those mugs (that looks like an upside-down funnel) on the dash of his pickup....along with a bottle of Mylanta. He’d take a sip of coffee and a sip of mylanta all day long. One day he convinced me to try some of his coffee and that stuff was like battery acid. I can’t imagine how he had any lining left in his esophagus after drinking that foul brew.

[Vietnam Vet From New Mexico]

They used to sell coffee with chicory here in Mississippi, but I have not seen it on the shelves in a long time. It tastes like real bad coffee that has brewed too long.

[Octar]

I’ve always read about Louisiana folks using chicory as a coffee substitute....

Every time I drank chicory coffee I got the shits. The same with barley coffee.

[2ndDivisionVet]