Cafe Du Monde

by Café Du Monde

Product Features

• Great coffee with chicory flavor.

Product Description

Cafe du monde, coffee and chicory

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002LDAHC
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,371 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When in doubt, drink the original!, May 25, 2009

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Judy K. Polhemus "Book Collector" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cafe Du Monde (Misc.)

It's summer. It's so muggy you can see the steam rise off the pavement. Yep, you're in the semi-tropics now. It's New Orleans and the living is easy. And it is 8 o'clock in the morning. Time for cafe au lait made with coffee and chicory and a plate of beignets dusted with powdered sugar. It's the chicory that gives cafe au lait its robust, mellowed down flavor.

Chicory? What is chicory? Thought you would never ask. I just happen to have that answer right here:
From Wikipedia: "Root chicory (Cichorium intybus var. sativum) has been in cultivation in Europe as a coffee substitute. The roots are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive, especially in the Mediterranean region (where the plant is native), although its use as a coffee additive is also very popular in India, parts of Southeast Asia and the American South, particularly in New Orleans. Chicory, with sugar beet and rye was used as an ingredient of the East German Mischkaffee (mixed coffee), introduced during the "coffee crisis" of 1976-9." Chicory is also related to endive and raddichio.

Cafe au lait is strong coffee mixed half with hot milk, and sugar added as desired. There is nothing like it, especially when drunk in the atmosphere of New Orleans.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great taste, less buzz, February 26, 2008

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Laurene (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cafe Du Monde (Misc.)

Chicory gives this coffee its rich taste, dark color and syrupy body -- I guess, although no other chicory-cut coffee I've ever tasted was this good. Although this coffee tastes very strong and robust, I suspect it has less caffeine than the straight stuff; at least, I've been able to drink a lot of it without getting the jitters.

I usually buy mine for some ridiculously low price at an Asian market, but lately they've been out of stock. Anyone know why Asian markets carry this product? I wonder if there's an interesting story behind that...

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST COFFEE EVER!, December 5, 2004

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CHRISTINE T. JACKOWSKI "Jax" (Albany NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cafe Du Monde (Misc.)

I have been to NOLA twice, and both times drank as much Cafe Du Monde as possible. Make it 50% coffee (I use a french press) and 50% hot whole milk. I get mine at the local asian market for $3.65 a can but this price is fair for the coffee, and it is simply the best, full chickory taste. Great with grits in the morning too!