This sounds like a recipe for lukewarm coffee to me.
Dennis Lee
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Staff writer at The Takeout. Also: Saveur Humor Blog Award Winner, professional pizza maker, and insufferable troublemaker.
At that price just get a fucking Keurig. Craziness.
I found out about Cometeer back in 2019 at a coffee expo and got an invite to try it. We’ve been getting bi-monthly drops since then. It’s a great, easy coffee if you don’t have time to French press or an easy afternoon coffee with little effort. The coffee is legitimately good. I don’t have a Keurig, so I just pour… Read more
He did.
The future? Chicory root “coffee” has been around for more than a century and was a staple drink for people who couldn’t afford ground coffee. My dad in the 60s grew up with this and (in Canada at least) its available at every grocery store. Read more
Along with what others are saying about this being nothing new, I want to add that chicory does not agree with everyone, digestively. I used to get violent stomach aches after eating Kind bars, found out a few years ago it’s likely the chicory they use as a binder. So I now skip chicory altogether.
They’re a start-up, they have to act like this is innovative. I wish they’d instead admitted that chicory coffee has existed for well over a century (probably longer) and they built upon it. Hell, Cafe du Monde’s famous blend very clearly says “coffee and chicory” on the front. There’s a long tradition to pull from.
I believe the point is that climate change will take care of that question for us. “What are we going to drink” is really the least pressing problem of the bunch, but it’s the most exciting one for capitalism to address.
They’re going to have to do better than $6 a can.
I mean, it sounds like you’re trying to like coffee, when you don’t. That’s ok, and it’ll save you a ton of money.
Wow, really love the juxtaposition of these two sentences, one right after the other: Read more
I’m so happy that now, even coffee has a safer substitute. Assuming those faux-coffee ingredients are more sustainable with increased scale, I’m so very impress with this, including all the fake meat substitutes and general advancements made with eco-friendly foods. What a cool time to see these things happen (and… Read more
Nah... I’ll take my freshly ground, fresh brewed Casi Cielo from Starbucks over any of these wanna-be brews.
So.. what crops are we going to give all those farmers who are actually growing the coffee to grow? Or do we just send them all to the big cities of their respective countries to live off welfare?
The future? Chicory root “coffee” has been around for more than a century and was a staple drink for people who couldn’t afford ground coffee. My dad in the 60s grew up with this and (in Canada at least) its available at every grocery store.
So, they took something that people already use as a coffee alternative (chicory) and added caffeine to it.
We gotta stop mislabeling things. Its NOT coffee. Don’t call it coffee.
Where is the “caffeine” coming from? Are they dropping a No-Doz into a date seed and chicory root tea?
My dog went beanless. He had to wear a cone.
(Captain Janeway gif)