SC - Chicory in coffee - OOT

[Sharon R. Saroff]

I really liked Sunrise since at the time I couldn't tolerate the regular
coffee. (I didn't like the taste and I couldn't handle the caffeine.)  I
wish they still made it.

Sindara

At 01:15 AM 3/6/00 -0800, you wrote:
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>"James F. Johnson" wrote:
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>> Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
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>> > That's CHICHORY, and it can be found today in New Orleans style
coffees, such
>> > as Luzianne or French Market.  Gives the coffee a real caffeine kick.
>> 
>> The Continental French put chicory in their ground coffee as an extender
>> (IIRC, during WWII shortages). I was never sure if Louisiana developed
>> that independently, or got it from the French. I put chicory in my
>> coffee at home. Gives it a nice bite, as well. Sometimes cardamom.
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>Hmm. I remember this stuff in the mid-late 70's, called 'Sunrise' that
>was billed as a sort-of coffee- lower caffeine than normal, though more
>than decaf, and supposedly 'mellowed' by the addition of chichory. My
>folks drank it for quite awhile. Anyone else remember it?
>
>'Lainie
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