THRIVING after the FALL
Book One FEASTING after the FALL

The Menu · Drinks

Chicory and dandelion coffee

Served in The Evening, course 11: Tiramisu.

Drink

Its documents

  • 34 Berlin Root Coffee Substitute Systemic Integration of Cichorium intybus and Taraxacum officinale as Locally Cultivated Coffee Surrogates in the Berlin-Brandenburg Region: Agronomic, Phytochemical, and Culinary Dynamics

The chapters that use them

In the log

The claims that cite its documents, the safety rows first.

  • F7 confirmed Safety Chicory/dandelion roots concentrate Cd/Pb; city and roadside roots not to be drunk; acrylamide from roasting >120 °C, worse if root was chilled
  • F50 confirmed Chicory: sow Apr–May 1–1.5 cm, 12–15 × 30–50 cm, no N, lift Oct–Nov; never refrigerate; roast 135–220 °C, inulin gone by 195; brew short/pressurised; dandelion …
  • D46 confirmed Chicory, dandelion, roasted barley, rye and acorns contain no caffeine; pine and roots cannot replace coffee
  • D48 amended Chicory: root 30 to 50 cm, sow 1 cm deep April to May, rows 40 cm, thin to 15 cm, lift October; about 200 g dry root per square metre; roast at 180 °C 20 to 40 …