Chicory Coffee

timechick — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:35:45 +0000

So, at the store today I found only a three types of chicory coffee on sale.

That stuff ain’t cheep either. Two of the brands came from New Orleans. Another was a more generic coffee company. The latter was a dollar cheaper, but I really wanted to try the real stuff so I went for one of the New Orleans brands. According to the instructions, you mix the coffee with 50% whole milk. It wasn’t as bitter as I had thought, but damn, I opened that can and a flood of memories of my grandparents came out. Wow. It was good stuff, I’m going to have to keep getting this brand. My grandparents drank this stuff black. Gawd. I’m a wuss, I need a lot of milk and sweetener.

Ok, tried the rye coffee thing

timechick — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:37:01 +0000

It’s not half bad really. I think I added too much sweetner and not enough rye.

Maybe I was subconsciously being a wuss. Maybe the rye was not properly prepared for the task. But I did add a lot of rye. My guess is the rye was not the strong natural stuff that would have been grown on a anti-bellum farm so it may be hard to recreate the experience without a lot of careful effort. The drink was like a “white” coffee and not all that bad to drink. I need to go to the store tonight anyway, so I may drop in and get some chicory. I get the impression that in the coffee substitute wars of the 1860′s, chicory eventually won out. I think I even remember my grandmother drinking chicory coffee when I was a kid. From what I’ve read, it’s a little more bitter than normal coffee. We shall see.

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Chicory Coffee

Ok, tried the rye coffee thing