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Mikey637 t1_jegtqnv wrote

Reply to comment by r1ch999999 in TIL that New Orleans chicory coffee mix started during the American Civil War when Union naval blockades cut off the port of New Orleans bringing coffee shipments to a halt. New Orleanians looking for their coffee fix began mixing chicory with coffee to stretch out the supply. by GeoJono

Some high percentage of people are sensitive to chicory, I personally can’t drink it without getting spaced out, hot and agitated and it raises the average persons gut acidity, old job had cheap coffee for staff and I got tested for IBS and other issues until we worked it out.

If anyone here tends to have upset stomachs often with burning check your coffee, it may be cheap and you might be sensitive, it wrecked havoc on my digestive system for close to a year.

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