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Just seen the syrup thread.
Coincidentally I have been making Dandelion coffee.
Dig up loads of dandelions and cut off the roots to use.
Wash them and dry them then put them in the oven to roast. I did it on 200 degrees c but that might have been a little hot .
When they are brittle and dark brown,grind them up to powder.
Put in a coffee percolator or cafatierre and make coffee.
About a teaspoon per cups worth.
It tastes very like (but not exactly the same as)coffee and even smells like it.

I wonder if it's a similar approach for making 'chicory coffee'? I love the flavour of that even though I understand it was only done as a stop gap in periods when real coffee was unavailable. If I just need to grow a bunch of chicory and then roast the roots, I might give it a try.

Wulf

Does this have caffeine in? I'm afraid we all have caffeine intolerance in this house....boys go wild, OH pees for England and I get raging tachycardias and palpitations so best avoided all round but I'd be interested at having a go if it was caffeine free

kind thoughts
Deb

no it doesn't
I just checked by googling and you can buy it in health food shops if you dont want to dig up the roots etc.
I cant handle caffeine very well either as it makes me very bad tempered hence my having a go at making my own.

So that's why I'm so grumpy! Actually with the price of coffee it really might be worth having a go at this - however I think the OH needs his caffeine to wake him up in the morning!

NOW then... this I really must try. I can't drink coffee either - it makes me feel very ill.

Blimey - so many things that I need to make that have been featured on SSISH!! I WILL get a round tuit one day.

Millymollymandy wrote:So that's why I'm so grumpy! Actually with the price of coffee it really might be worth having a go at this - however I think the OH needs his caffeine to wake him up in the morning!

If it looks and smells like cofee he might not notice. a lot of caffine realted burst of energy as entierly in the drinkers heads.* try it and see i he can tell the difference.


*They done similar tests with decaff and normal coffee.

Yes, I think it's more the smell of coffee (real coffee, of course) than the caffeine that gives me the extra zap... However, I do detect a massive difference between coffee and burnt dandelion root. The latter just doesn't do it for me. No way.

I'll give this a go even though I like my caffeine fix in the morning - this would be nice to drink throughout the day.
After I've pulled the Flowers off to make syrup I can then dig up the Roots to make coffee - COOL!

... and put the leaves in your salad bowl - alternatively, feed to goats.

Nothing wasted - perfect!

Wormella wrote: If it looks and smells like cofee he might not notice. a lot of caffine realted burst of energy as entierly in the drinkers heads.* try it and see i he can tell the difference.
*They done similar tests with decaff and normal coffee.

When staying with relatives, i am never sure if the morning brew is caffinated or decaf until about 11:30 when i get a splitting headache and have to go lie down. Of course, my addiction may be an extreme case.

Is it the decaf that gives you a headache or the "normal"? I've heard that some people suffer withdrawal symptoms if they don't get their caffein fix...

I think that caffein withdrawal symptoms does affect some people. i work as a carpenter and used to drink tea and coffie at work all day (as some builders do. LOL) and used to get really bad headaches at diffirent parts of the day when i had no caffein at all. Then i decided to stop drinkin coffie at work the headaches went away.

[quote="Shirlz2005"
Blimey - so many things that I need to make that have been featured on SSISH!! I WILL get a round tuit one day.[/quote]

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Hope it ok to put the link if not can somebody take it off.

Good one Ray!

Nev