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“As y’all know, I’ve been sampling my way through a bunch of Teeccino’s coffee replacement blends. So, when I saw that Adagio had released their own “fake coffee” tea I had to tack it onto my advent...” Read full tasting note
Looking for the rich, cozy comfort of coffee without the jitters? Look no further! Chicoriccino is a chicory-based blend with cocoa nibs, cinnamon, and dandelion root that is a low caffeine alternative to warm your soul and relax frayed nerves. With a trace amount of caffeine, and smooth roasty, toasty character, our Chicoriccino is a perfect coffee doppelgänger.
Chicory root has long been a substitute for and an additive to coffee in efforts to extend supplies and mitigate costs. Originally roasted and used in Holland as the latter in the late eighteenth century, it was used a complete replacement in France when Napoleon strove to make the country completely self-reliant. This practice lives on today and thrives in New Orleans’ French Quarter where a Café Au Lait is typically a blend of dark roasted coffee and roasted chicory root.
Adagio Teas has become one of the most popular destinations for tea online. Its products are available online at www.adagio.com and in many gourmet and health food stores.
As y’all know, I’ve been sampling my way through a bunch of Teeccino’s coffee replacement blends. So, when I saw that Adagio had released their own “fake coffee” tea I had to tack it onto my advent order. The curiosity was too much.
I will say, this is the most chicory dominant of the fake coffee teas I’ve tried – and I think that’s both a pro and a con. The con is that I am personally just not a big fan of chicory. As much as I deeply crave that dark, dark roasted flavour I find there’s a sour sharpness that always accompanies chicory that turns me off more than the heavy generality and earthiness appeals to me. Howerver I think the pro is that because there’s so much chicory here it actually does a better job of recreating the intensity and full bodied of coffee – from the roast all the way to coffee’s natural acidity.
Chicory aside, I did really love the addition of cinnamon here. It kind of broke the illusion of coffee for me, because it did taste so distinctly of cinnamon, but it was really complimentary and added just enough natural sweetness that there really isn’t any need for other forms of sweetener like the carob/date sugar that’s used in the Teeccino blends. To clarify though, it’s not a sweet tasting tisane – it’s more just that the natural bitterness and earthiness is offset enough by the inclusion of cinnamon.
Definitely really roasty and I think a great take on this whole fake coffee/coffee replacement trend that’s happening – I’m glad I picked it up because even though I’m not a coffee drinker I do love these heavily roasted profiles.
