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the blue roadside weed that fakes coffee and fooled the South through war and depression.
means A blue-flowered roadside plant whose roasted, ground root is brewed as a coffee substitute or blended with coffee to stretch and deepen it.
from From the Greek 'kichorion,' the plant's old name, which traveled through Latin 'cichorium' and into French as 'chicorée' before settling into English as 'chicory.' The root-word for the root vegetable is ancient — the Greeks and Romans already ate and brewed the plant — though the precise origin of 'kichorion' itself is lost to time.
- coffee impostor
- Roasted root brews bitter, caffeine-free fake coffee
- new orleans staple
- Defined Crescent City coffee during Civil War shortages
- clock flower
- Blooms open and close on a daily schedule
- salad cousin
- Endive and radicchio are domesticated chicory relatives
- gut food
- Root inulin feeds beneficial intestinal bacteria
radicchio di treviso — italian chicory cultivar from veneto region with deep purple leaves, protected pdo designation since 2010
endive production in belgium — belgian forced chicory (witloof) grown underground in darkness to create pale, tender leaves, accounting for 60% of european production