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Dandelion Root Coffee

Chopped Dandelion Roots, Leaves and Flower Blossoms

Dandelion root coffee

Dandelion is one of my favorite wild foods.

But I have never actually made Dandelion root coffee before and so I was pretty jazzed to try it for a wild breakfast I made with Sean Croxton.  I have lots of stored roots of all kinds at home (Evening Primrose roots, Queen Anne’s Lace roots, Sassafras roots, Burdock, Yellowdock, Dandelion, Elecampane, Solomon Seal, Mullein…….) but I was in San Diego away from my wild stores.  So I bought some Dandelion Root and it worked quite well.

  • roast the roots in the oven at 375 degrees until they turn as dark as you want them
  • cook and grind in a coffee grinder
  • use as you would regular coffee in an automatic drip coffee dispenser

    Roasted Dandelion Root Coffee

or you can make a Dandelion root decoction

  • chop the roots well and simmer in a pot of water.  1/2 cup of root to 3 cups of water.  Simmer down till the liquid is halved

I was amazed at how much it tastes like coffee and yet it is soooooooo good for you.  Quite proud to serve this to Sean, I was dismayed to discover that he is a coffee hater.

I asked him to sample it for me and he said, “it tastes like coffee”  nuf said.

Since I wrote this blog entry over a year ago, Dandelion root coffee has become my favorite daily drink.  Keeps me digging!

Dandelion root coffee with cinnamon and maple syrup and a tiny Crabgrass muffin for a tiny tea party with myself. The forest fairy was made for me by my sweet neighbor friend, Kazia. The tea pot is one of my more treasured possessions for it was a gift from Linda Runyon. Her tea pot during her homestead days. If teapots could only talk!

 

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About Wild Blessings

Welcome to my website. My name is Holly Drake and I love to study, teach, and talk about wild foods. I live in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina with my husband Jason and my dog Max where I explore the beauty of God's creation to learn as much as I can about wild foods that are available to us for free.

Recent Posts

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  • Wild Preparedness – Water
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  • The Wildly Preserved
  • Befriending Plants – The Presence of Pine
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  • Wild Food Recipe Secrets
  • Wild Blessings Video of Adventures
  • Befriending Plants: Magnificent Mullein
  • Oils in the Life of Jesus Christ: April 2, 2021
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  • Thank God for Goldenrod
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  • Befriending Plants…Heal All
  • Wild Shopping Tips
  • Foraging in April
  • The Passing of a Pioneer, Linda Runyon
  • Forage to Feast with Marc Williams
  • A Dandelion Celebration
  • Tapping Maples
  • My Facebook Confession
  • Pine is Fine
  • Paleo Wild and Free
  • A Personal Hero, Linda Runyon
  • Spring Fling March 31
  • Wild Food Lunch w/ Friends

 

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