chicory

• Under pretence of having caught the mocha of the establishment in improper intercourse with chicory, they have brought a lamp with spirits-of-wine, and make their own coffee, sweetening it with their own sugar; all of which is an insult to the establishment Sixthly. —  Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
• The following table gives an approximate idea of the composition of coffee beans (Konig Water 1.15 Fat 14.48 Crude fibre 19.89 Ash (mineral matter 4.75 Caffeine 1.24 Albuminoids 13.98 Other nitrogenous matter 45.09 Sugar, gum and dextrin 1.66 Coffee is frequently adulterated with chicory, which is harmless. —  Public School Domestic Science
• An elaborate wine-list still graced each little table, but coffee made from rye bread crusts mixed with a little chicory was the only drink that a few white-faced waiters who crept about the room like shadows could apologetically offer us. —  Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium ; Russia
• Otherwise you may reckon upon its containing a certain amount of chicory, at least_. —  Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not
• Pointing at the sprays in her corsage he went on That's what the country people often call the chicory weed in France She was able to gasp feebly: "Oh, does it grow there I think it grows pretty nearly everywhere. —  The Dust Flower

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