Saw the earlier post about the evil drip machine, figured I’d jump in and post my deranged coffee setup too. The picture contains both the tools and all of the ingredients that make up ~90% of my coffee intake. I have a moka pot and a french press and a grinder in the kitchen, as well as a little buzzy tool that froths milk that I use when I’m making coffee for any set of people larger than just myself. I even go to a local roaster so I can keep 3 or 4 exotic sounding bags of coffee beans around to make for/impress company. Nobody I know irl has ever seen the Taster’s Choice setup of shame, yall can consider yourselves (un)lucky
I think chicory would be fine as that’s been historically the most popular coffee substitute. But if you like coffee and just don’t do caffeine, why not try decaf? There’s some great options available. I love decaf, personally. It lets me continue making coffee late into the evening without affecting my sleep. I’m a big fan.
Somehow I have found a njce chicory but not a nice decaf. I also haven’t looked very hard after finding the chicory