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Dandelion Coffee

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Dandelion and coffee work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

Dandelion Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Roast dandelion roots until dark brown.

  2. Grind the roasted roots to a fine powder.

  3. Brew the ground dandelion roots with hot water like coffee.

  4. For a milder taste, mix with half coffee at first, then gradually increase the dandelion coffee ratio.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Dandelion + coffeetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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