chicory

I sent you the chiccory seed for trial, as it is so highly spoken of by A. Young and other British writers, … In foreign countries an imitation of coffee is made, by grinding the dried and burnt roots, and mixing a little real coffee wih the ground roots.

The leaves of the cultivated chicory, endive, when blanched, form an ingredient in early spring salads.

The Coffee planters have invariably waged war against the use of Chicory, under the conscientious conviction that every ounce of Chicory consumed in England displaced an ounce of their Coffee in the market. … That the prudent, sensible, moderate use of Chicory has been abused, there can be no question; but the same remark applies to everything which has every been found useful in any branch of manufacture whatever.