Ground chicory

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Ground chicory

Postby LindaJ » Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:45 am

Has anyone tried brewed ground chicory? I'm wanting to cut caffeine out some more and really love iced coffee. I happened to stumble upon this and am thinking of ordering some through Amazon.

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby Chisamba » Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:08 am

We drank it in South Africa, it's quite popular there, it is coffee like but not the same, if you know what I mean.

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby LindaJ » Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:32 am

That's what I'm reading about it. I ordered a small container of it off amazon and should get it mid-week. Can't wait to try it.

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby Chisamba » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:29 am

let me know what you think of it, as i said, we used to drink it all the time, lots of the coffee was also a coffee chicory blend, South Africa was under a trade embargo at the time and chicory was grown locally, but coffee had to be imported and was harder to come by

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby mari » Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:23 am

South African here. We've got a few brands that are half chicory, half coffee. I really struggle to drink it, it just doesn't have that strong tobacco flavour I crave in my coffee :D
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Re: Ground chicory

Postby Chisamba » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:38 am

Koffee behoort nie te proe soos tabak nie!!! Lmga.

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby Rhianon » Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:52 am

Yuck, is all I can say. It's not coffee. Not even close.

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby LindaJ » Thu Apr 14, 2016 8:21 pm

Yeah, I Brewed a little of it by itself.....not even close to coffee taste lol! Shoot! I'll have to see what it's like mixed in with my decaf coffee.

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby Chisamba » Thu Apr 14, 2016 8:26 pm

it does not taste like coffee but you can become completely used to the taste, and enjoy it, if you do not keep comparing it with coffee

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby amygdala » Fri Apr 15, 2016 4:52 am

the cafes in new orleans offer a coffe chickory blend it was delicious!

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby mari » Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:30 am

Chisamba wrote:Koffee behoort nie te proe soos tabak nie!!! Lmga.


Daar maak jy nou my dag :D Baie dankie!
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Re: Ground chicory

Postby LindaJ » Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:57 am

How much chicory to 1 cup of water do you recommend Chisamba?

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby Chisamba » Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:40 am

LindaJ wrote:How much chicory to 1 cup of water do you recommend Chisamba?
I use one heaping teaspoon per cup but I drink my coffee that way too. I don't like my Brew too strong
I particularly like my chicory with scalded milk.

You make the Chicory double strength in other words two heaping teaspoons of chicory per cup of water. Then you make a cup of light cream or milk or 2% if you're one of those and you bring it to pre boil. Then you whip the milk. Then you add your chicory into your milk and sweeten to taste.

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Re: Ground chicory

Postby LindaJ » Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:43 pm

Thank you :):)


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