Coffee Chicory Seeds
Coffee Chicory, also known as
Cichorium intybus, Common chicory, blue sailors, succory and coffeeweed. It is also sometimes referred to as
cornflower although the name is more commonly referring to
Bachelor's Buttons.
Coffee Chicoryis native to Europe, and in North America and Australia.
Coffee Chicory is a bushy perennial herb with blue, purple, or occasionally white flowers.
Coffee Chicory is grown and cultivated for their leaves or for the roots which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive.
Coffee Chicory is a famous flavor and beverage in New Orleans. The Germans began using
Coffee Chicory as a coffee substitute in the mid 18th century to avoid the tax on foreign luxury items. Napoleon had a plan to make Europe self-sufficient; the best substitute the French could find for coffee was the
Coffee Chicory plant. It was the French settlers that brought chicory to the southern United States.
Coffee Chicory has been used widely in the United States as an additive to coffee when money is scarce.
Also available: Wild Chicory Flower Seeds
