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[CCAguns]

 

[cohunt]

Chicory has many health benefits and was typically introduced in coffee by the French. If you like the taste, it does have some anti-inflammatory properties and is a source of fiber. Interesting root!

Cajuns inhabit SW LA. Cafe du Monde is coffee of the world, more of a New Orleans French Creole thing.

Guess i should have said "Acadian " not cajun, sorry
Yes, coffee was predominantly a frech import but Chicory in coffee in America wasn't a thing until the Civil War when the port of new orleans was cut off from trade by union naval forces--- then Americans started mixing stuff with their coffee to make it last longer, like beets, acorns, and chicory root--- chicory in America has always been to save money or make supplies last longer. Heck, we used to be predominantly tea drinkers until the "Boston tea party" and taxes

 

[Ol' Red]

Chicory has many health benefits and was typically introduced in coffee by the French. If you like the taste, it does have some anti-inflammatory properties and is a source of fiber. Interesting root!

My Father in Law used to send me chicory when I lived in Alaska to add to my coffee. I developed a real taste for it. After he passed away, I lost me source for it. Now I do have a can of Cafe Du Monde in the coffee cabinet. Mainly for afternoon coffee.

 

[CCAguns]

I prefer mixing Irish whiskey in mine!!!

 

[Ol' Red]

I prefer mixing Irish whiskey in mine!!!

I usually only add ice to Irish whiskey.

 

[Greatgrandad]

Guess i should have said "Acadian " not cajun, sorry
Yes, coffee was predominantly a frech import but Chicory in coffee in America wasn't a thing until the Civil War when the port of new orleans was cut off from trade by union naval forces--- then Americans started mixing stuff with their coffee to make it last longer, like beets, acorns, and chicory root--- chicory in America has always been to save money or make supplies last longer. Heck, we used to be predominantly tea drinkers until the "Boston tea party" and taxes

Yep. That's what I had always heard and read in some history books of the CW. Speaking of tea, when I was young, my parents and grandparents still made sassafras tea like they did during the earlier 1900's and into the Depression and WW II.

 

[1stpitch]

I like mine strong, so I am not sure what that says............

Yeah I like mine strong, hot and black. Coffee that is, not necessarily women.

 

[CDFrom]

Tall hot and black, not like my ex ;
Cold and bitter

 

[Rick Richard]

Coffee Call, Baton Rouge, La.
Beignets and Cafe au Lait.

 

[HRM Johnny]

I lived in Mississippi for six months. I learned to enjoy chicory in my coffee.

 

[Rick Richard]

The only place I've seen more chicory or as we call them "grinds" was when I was in the country of Turkey….half cup of grinds and the remainder liquid.