Chicory Coffee

We fell in love with this style of coffee years ago in New Orleans. Ours is 3 parts coffee and 1 part chicory. It’s rich like black licorice, lower in caffeine, and it smells of spices. Give this special coffee a try.

My wonderful, ethical green coffee source tells this short story: "Chicory is a plant that looks like a blue dandelion when in bloom. The root of the chicory plant is cultivated and processed as a coffee substitute. In times of coffee shortages throughout history, chicory, which grows beyond the coffee belt, could be cultivated, roasted, ground and mixed with coffee. In the mid-1700s, coffee with a French influence, typically imported through New Orleans, had a chicory additive that imparted body and softened the bitter edge of the dark roasted coffee with a chocolate flavor. This practical solution to a coffee scarcity evolved into a traditional New Orleans beverage.”

Organic beans from the COMSA Organic Cooperative, Marcala, Honduras and premium French roasted chicory

Pre-ground for drip and French Press

1 FULL POUND