coffee with chicory is the tastiest and perhaps least well known nola beverage tradition. it dates back to when louisiana was still a french colony. coffee was expensive, so people would cut their coffee ground with the cheaper chicory. it tastes smooth and sweetish but not sugary. blue bottle and cafe du monde both sell their own stupid expensive coffee with chicory blends, but cdm coffee is $3 a brick, totally delicious, and straight from nola. it’s also the house roast of the company that roasts coffee for cafe du monde (the name cdm is a wink to that). i cold brew my cdm in a toddy overnight and wake up to very strong, very smooth coffee that lasts my bf and me for a week and a half—all for $3!
