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Chicory root alternative coffee

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  • 15-04-2014 6:31pm
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    Curious Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    Going through one of those periods of my life where i want to cut down on coffee and caffeine in general. Someone recommended a coffee alternative made from chicory root. So i was down to one or two cups of tea daily in any case. After drinking the chicory for two weeks, i started to get headaches which subsided to be left with something akin to sinus or symptoms which i experienced years ago when i stopped drinking tea/coffee altogether. I know caffeine contracts blood vessels but does chicory do the opposite? Is this what is happening in my case or some allergic reaction? Sorry i forgot to add i am still drinking one cup of tea or a glass of coke daily?


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    #2
    Maximilian Cope
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Maximilian Cope


    Other alternatives it's the roasted barley, but, unfortunately, it's very hard to find in Ireland. Probably you will find in a polish grocery store. Otherwise try to ask in a italian store.


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    Tom75
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭Tom75


    Hi,
    Chicory coffee (INKA), very tasty and very common in Poland.
    You should find it in every Polish shop in Ireland - powder (like standard coffee), or in bags (like a tea).

    w w w .google. ie/search?q=kawa+inka&client=opera&hs=sDr&channel=suggest&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=TwfIU4asAqr17AbNiIDwBA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1333&bih=602


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    Parchment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Parchment


    Polish shops have this for sure. My other half is Polish and drinks it.

    Inka is the brand he uses - as mentioned above.


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