On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:24:22 GMT, Sheryl Rosen
> wrote:

>in article VMlkb.27178$N94.3508@lakeread02, Dave at
wrote on 10/18/03 9:28 PM:
>
>>
>> "FERRANTE" > wrote in
message
>> ...

>What exactly does chicory do for coffee?
>
>I never understood that. Chicory is a leafy green, isn't it? How
would
>dilluting your coffee grounds with a leafy green vegetable be
preferable to
>straight coffee.
>
>Not being argumentative, just don't really understand what it is and
would
>like to know.
>
>thanks.

They added chicory, a vegetable and easy to grow, to stretch the real
coffee and that combination has its own following.

aloha,
Thunder
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