re: Who remembers when you could go to Camelia Grill or Cafe Du Monde without a mile long line

Still go to Camellia Grill without a line.

And just walk into Cafe Du Monde like you know what you are doing. The line is for tourist.

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Chicory sucks donkey dick.

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Poor people coffee

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Chicory sucks donkey dick.

It’s there to “bulk” the product and correlates to less actual coffee.

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Chicory actually started when coffee was rationed during WW2. For some, it's more about tradition than flavor.

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But during the American Civil War, Louisianans looked to adding chicory root to their coffee when Union naval blockades cut off the port of New Orleans. With shipments coming to a halt, desperate New Orleanians looking for their coffee fix began mixing things with coffee to stretch out the supply. Acorns or beets (cafe de betterave) also did the trick. Though chicory alone is devoid of the alkaloid that gives you a caffeine buzz, the grounds taste similar and can be sold at a lower rate.

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Chicory coffee was cheap and for this reason, it’s been used in times of coffee shortage or economic crisis, like the Civil War and the Great Depression. It’s also been used to stretch supplies in prisons. But if you ask a New Orleans native, it’s all about the tradition. In addition to being delicious, the chicory in a café au lait (chicory coffee with hot milk) is an essential part of the city’s history.

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