Things you should know about Chicory

• Chicory is a woody, flowering plant having blue flowers. Flowers and leaves of chicory plants are used in salad. You can eat the roots and leaf buds of the chicory plant by boiling it and you can eat its leaves as celery. When you are planting chicory, it will become 30 to 100 cm long having a lifespan of 3 to 7 years. The head of flowers is usually 2 to 3 cm wide in the color of light purple or lavender but known as light blue. The root of Ground chicory has a similar taste to ground coffee beans. You can be made chicory coffee with a combination of Iconic Coffee & Chicory root. 
• Most people used chicory roots for centuries for culinary and medicinal purposes and it is considered generally safe. You can use chicory for medical purposes when you have a loss of appetite, upset stomach, disorders of liver and gallbladder, cancer, rapid heartbeat, and other conditions. Some people use chicory leaves paste, applying to the skin when they have swelling and Inflammation.

• Chicory has nutritions like manganese, vitamin B6, Potassium, Phosphorus, and vitamin C in it. Manganese helps in the process of digestion and utilization. To create certain neurotransmitters in the brain Vitamin B6 is used. Potassium is needed for muscle contractions. The role of phosphorus is in the formation of bones and teeth. So overall chicory is good for health.

Louisiana is famous for bold chicory blends and flavored coffees. French Market Coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, and Cafe du Monde's chicory blends are some famous Louisiana Coffee Brands. 

Role of Chicory in Coffee

• In beverage, you can be made warm, nutty, woody, and earthy Chicory coffee using the roots of the chicory plant, which you have to roast, ground, and brewed into a coffee-like drink.

• Combining of chicory roots powder form and coffee can enhance the taste, aroma, and makes the coffee mellow.

• Chicory does not have caffeine and has a similar flavor as regular coffee. So it is good for health because the consumption of caffeine is making the body dehydrated.

• In 1801, a mixture of coffee and chicory consider as a beverage in France during an economic blockade. Because at that time there was a curtailment of coffee and chicory have similar tastes. So, People have started adding chicory which has similar features and effects. 

• You can make a good and low-cost replacement for coffee by using the roasted and ground root of the chicory plant. So to cut the cost of a coffee economical option is to mix chicory and coffee because the cost of chicory coffee is less than coffee from Starbucks. 

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