The Vancouver Indy Coffee Scene

An herb used as a coffee substitute and to flavour coffee. Chicory has been used as a coffee additive for centuries, both to enhance the flavour of coffee and to stretch coffee supplies. Many people in the southern United States have developed a preference for chicory coffee.

Author’s note:
Although it is available across North American I have not seen a Vancouver cafe offer chicory coffee.
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A coffee bean starts out as a ripe coffee cherry, which is harvested and processed to remove the skin, pulp and parchment. The dried parchment of coffee cherry seeds are removed to expose the inner bean. An un-roasted coffee bean can stay alive for months and could potentially even germinate if planted and watered.