Chicory – Prebiotic, Coffee Substitute, Health Tonic – Weekly Weeder #5
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Chicory – Prebiotic, Coffee Substitute, Health Tonic – Weekly Weeder #5

ByLaurie Neverman

Welcome to the Weekly Weeder series. Today’s featured plant is chicory, Chicorium intybus. The wild and domesticated varieties of chicory have a long history of use for food and medicine, and as a forage crop for livestock. Chicory is prized for its long taproot, which is roasted and used as a coffee substitute or coffee…

8 Herbal Coffee Alternatives, Including 2 You Can Grow
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8 Herbal Coffee Alternatives, Including 2 You Can Grow

ByLaurie Neverman

When I mentioned I was writing a post on herbal coffee alternatives, my eldest quipped, “Isn’t that called, ‘tea’?”  Not being a coffee drinker, the boy simply doesn’t understand the finer aspects of coffee drinking. There’s just something about that rich, earthy brew that calls to me on cold winter mornings. I drink plenty of…