https://jstookey.com/roasted-dandelion-root-coffee/ Jake Stookey's Blog Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://jstookey.com/roasted-dandelion-root-coffee/#comment-2470 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:38:19 +0000 https://jstookey.com/?p=39065#comment-2470 From what I have seen there are very different dandelions in different places. Around my yard they're all tiny with roots about the thickness of a piece of yarn. I've been keeping my eye out elsewhere and finding some nice big healthy ones occasionally. And some have roots that are difficult or impossible to get completely clean because of embedded dirt, while others come out practically clean right out of the ground. Also it is really easy to break off the big root, so I've read that some people use shovels to dig it out. I just got lucky with one of the bigger roots and it came up with a little extra effort (and a weeding tool to help pull it up, I happened to use a wrench). Anyway I think a key is just to keep an eye out for awesome looking ones with lots of big leaves above ground. And even then they don't always seem to have a great root. But sometimes!

]]> https://jstookey.com/roasted-dandelion-root-coffee/#comment-2469 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:38:15 +0000 https://jstookey.com/?p=39065#comment-2469 You make it sound so easy! The one time I tried (before you were born!) it took all day to get one cup's worth of the coffee. I don't know how you get the roots clean. I peeled them with a vegetable peeler.

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