Beanless Coffee

"Beans, beans, the magical fruit."

Your cup o'Joe is full of them.  And that sweet, frilly stuff you buy at The 'Bucks, too.

Did you know that a beanless coffee is available?

Coffee without beans?  What??

Instead of growing, processing, roasting, and brewing beans, Minus Coffee makes a bean-less product through fermentation. The company uses upcycled ingredients including chicory roots, date seeds, and legumes like lentils—roasting them, grinding them, and then brewing them in a fermentation batch with caffeine, to create a coffee-like blend. Working with food and fermentation scientists, the team at Minus studied the coffee microbiome from different places around the world to understand the conditions the coffee grows in and to help develop flavors.

Amazing concept, huh?

Read the full article:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90848621/this-new-coffee-is-brewed-without-any-beans-but-all-the-caffeine-dont-worry

I remember reading some western novel at some point in the past where the cowboys drank chicory as a coffee substitute.  Can't recall whether they liked it or not, but there's a long history of folks brewing it:

https://coffeeordie.com/coffee-chicory

All that said, no coffee for me.  Or chicory, thank you.  I'll stick with my frothy Venti Diet Dew.

Grace and Peace and Love to you all -

Matt

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