Community Coffee

I think I’m in love.
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I was in Baton Rouge Wednesday and Thursday and while in the airport on my way back bought a bag of this lovely product. I brewed a pot in my Chemex this morning and it’s awesome! Black as Donald Trump’s heart and quite a bit thicker than his wallet, I was a little afraid that it would be bitter. I did add a little bit of sugar and my wife inadvertently put a dollop of whipped cream on top, and it tasted every bit like a really top notch cappuccino. Tomorrow I’ll make some and drink it straight up black, to see how different it is. Chicory is the root of the endive plant and contains a high concentration of a natural sugar called inulin. Now see, you done learned somethin’ I gah-ron-tee.

  • Patrick

    I do love my Café du Monde coffee, but I really think it’s better french-pressed and with steamed milk and a little sugar added. Chicory leaves a distinctly bitter taste in some people’s mouths (including mine).

  • http://www.spiritualtramp.com Scott

    I’m going to try it tomorrow in my french press here at work. And the whole cafe au lait thing is good in my book. I didn’t notice any bitterness in this morning’s brew. Maybe that has a little something to do with the coffee that it’s blended with? Community is smoove.

  • Patrick

    I think chicory just reacts differently with people. It could be the mix, the brew strength, the water…literally anything, but I think it’s a lot about different people and their different taste buds. I’ll try to find some of this though.

  • http://www.spiritualtramp.com Scott

    Yeah there are soooo many different variables, whic his part of why making coffee is fun.

  • http://kansasbob.blogspot.com/ Kansas Bob

    I loved Café du Monde when we visited New Orleans a few years back. I was reacquainted with the great taste last month when a friend brought some in to work.

  • http://www.insidethedangerzone.com rock

    you are a traveling man

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