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Chicory, a member of the endive family (I know, right?), has long been used as an additive or even a substitute for coffee. When baked or cooked, the chicory's roots take on a dark-chocolaty bitterness not unlike darker-roasted coffee -- very handy during hard times like the Great Depression, when coffee was an out-of-reach luxury for many Americans. Although it isn't caffeinated, chicory's roots (and edible leaves) can be potent enough to snap unsuspecting taste buds to attention, and because the roasted root is more water soluble than ground coffee beans, the resulting brew tends to be quite a bit thicker than your average cup of joe.
How do you make chicory coffee? Read on after the jump to find out.
Coffee brewed with chicory is most often associated with New Orleans, thanks to the famous coffee-and-beignets spot Café Du Monde, but variations can be found throughout the South, as well as in parts of Asia, and the combination is said to be of French origin, courtesy of Napoleon's coffee-desperate and deprived troops.
The traditional New Orleans–style chicory coffee is served au lait style: half coffee, half steamed milk. Café Du Monde even sells the famous mixture by the can, so you can bring the French Quarter to your kitchen. But why waste time with prepackaged stuff when you can get the real McCoy yourself? Sweet Maria's sells imported, roasted chicory that you can blend to your heart's (and tongue's) content.
Erin Meister trains baristas for North Carolina-based Counter Culture Coffee and sporadically maintains the blog Meet the Press Pot from her home in New York City. This is part of a series for the caffeine-addicted.
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3-23-2010 @3:58PM Greg said... While I do like chicory coffee, it truly was the Chinese toothpaste diethylene glycol of its day.
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3-25-2010 @7:08AM Judi said... When I was growing up in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950's, my great-grandmother drank Luzianne Coffee and Chicory. I remember her at the kitchen table, adding sugar and canned milk and pouring the coffee into a saucer to drink it. I don't remember ever tasting it, but the thought of chicory added to coffee gives me a feeling that goes beyond taste. Guess it's time to try it.
3-25-2010 @7:27AM HurcoCNC said... Long term exposure to Chicory extracts is known to cause retinal damage and blurring of vision... I'll stick to Dunkin Donuts, thanks!
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3-25-2010 @11:41AM Michelle said... With all the ways that caffiene can harm you, you're bashing the chicory?
3-25-2010 @9:13AM portlin said... All you need is Chock Full o' Nuts coffee. It's the best in the world and it's got chicory. You can't beat it for a substantive cup of coffee.
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3-25-2010 @11:06AM JustBrowsing said... Chock-Full-O-Nuts can be bought on Netgrocer.com.
3-25-2010 @12:51PM Shannon said... Chock Full O Nuts is my chicory/coffee of choice. It makes such a rich flavorful cup of coffee, you'll feel as though you are in New Orleans! Yummy stuff! Oh, and please pass the beignets!
3-25-2010 @9:14AM portlin said... The best chicory coffee easily available in grocery stores is Chock Full o' Nuts -- a New York brand that's been around for many decades. The coffee is thick and flavorful and once you have it you will never go back to regular (tea-like) coffee.
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3-25-2010 @10:47AM paganmom said... Unfortunately Chock-Full-o-Nuts is no longer avaiiable in some parts of the Country. My husband grew up on the stuff, and would like to find it, but it's nowhere to b found in California or Nevada (at least that I can find.) If anybody knows where I can get it in North Las Vegas, I'd appreciate the tip.
3-25-2010 @3:59PM jaxon said... They sell chock full of nuts here in los angeles
3-25-2010 @9:37AM Peter said... Chicory (Cichorium intybus) grows wild across the US. There's no need to buy it, just dig it up. It's an invasive non-native species in North America, so you're doing the environment a favor.
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3-25-2010 @9:43AM JOAN said... WHEN I MOVED TO LOUISIANA IN 1975 I HAD NEVER HEARD OF CHICORY IN COFFEE & MY FAVORITE WAS MARTINSON'S. I WAS INTRODUCED TO CDM COFFE ADDING A HINT OF CINNAMON AND IT HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE SINCE THEN---YES, IT WILL TAKE THE ENAMAL OFF YOUR TEETH IF NOT PREPARED PROPERLY. I DID STOP THE USE OF THE CINNAMON AS MOST FOLKS DID NOT LIKE IT AND WOULD MAKE MY OWN WHEN I WAS ALONE. I MOVED TO VA. LAST YEAR AND AM STILL ABLE TO GET MY CHICORY COFFEE AND AS I SIT HERE WITH CUP IN HAND----YUM!!!!!!
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3-25-2010 @10:14AM Frances said... If one suffers from GERD, Acid Reflux, would Chicory be a good substitue or does it have high acid like coffee? Even decaf coffee is bad for my GERD as well as green & black teas. Hoping for something warm other than steamed milk! Appreciate any information.
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3-27-2010 @6:30PM JB said... Try balancing your pH levels. You are very acidic if you have Gerd. Check out VAXA's Buffer pH - I use it everyday and over a period of time I could get off my Prilosec and Nexium. I'm a happy camper now WITH my coffee. Love it my morning coffee that is.
3-25-2010 @11:07AM JustBrowsing said... ooops, replied to wrong person--
Chock-Full-O-Nuts can be bought on Netgrocer.com.
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3-25-2010 @11:37AM Great Coffee said... You can get great tasting gourmet coffee blended with chicory from thecoffeebarrel.com , it is called New Orleans Blend.
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3-25-2010 @12:42PM wayne said... We've been enjoying "French Market" coffee (in the red can) from the American Coffee Company for many years. In fact, several years ago I filled up the thermos of the guy plowing our street and during the next winter snow he stopped to ask what brand of coffee I had given him!
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3-25-2010 @1:06PM Franco said... Most people that drink over 2 cups of coffee a day are babbling idiots !
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3-25-2010 @2:21PM OU812IC? said... Hey Franco are you speaking from experience? YOU must be. Im betting you can make a cup of good coffee nervous...Just for the heck of it, i looked up the work IDIOT in the dictionary and it had YOUR picture next to the word....Babble that.
3-25-2010 @1:16PM BEN said... I LIKE COFFEE AND SHELLS!
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