What’s your opinion about adding chicory to coffee? I know there’s a few places, like Café du Monde in New Orleans that offers coffee with chicory. It’s also sold as a mix in grocery stores in France.
I started trying it recently by adding a small teaspoon to my coffee in my French press and it gives a really smooth brew.
What do you think? Are you a purist? Have you tried it? What’s your opinion?
Coffee tastes so good, I can’t think how a coffee substitute mixed in could make it better
Not a good substitute, but an okay addition. Makes boring coffees taste better. I drink mostly decaf, and sometimes it is difficult to find reliably good decaf for normal pricing, and if I’m using Starbucks or Tim Hortons decaf, it helps the flavor.
I tried using chicory as a coffee alternative when I had to be caffeine free for awhile and was not a fan
If I’m making New Orleans style Cafe au lait then sure. If I am trying to make some bad beans more drinkable then sure. But if I have some really good single origin light roast beans that are excellent on their own then no way.
I’m really like it. I usually have A chicory- coffee blend as one of my choices, from a roaster in Louisiana. Like others here, it really brings back memories of a great trip.
I recently picked up a bag of chicory so I can experiment with my other coffee choices
