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Joe Alternatives: A Cup of Hot Brown, Hold the Coffee

Serious Eats

in Food on 6 February 2012, 07:45

Joe Alternatives: A Cup of Hot Brown, Hold the Coffee’

From Drinks Cafe au lait at Cafe Du Monde. [Photograph:gwen on Flickr] Desperate times sometimes cause people to do seemingly crazy things, and having to live caffeine-free for one reason or another is no exception. Almost as long as there's been coffee there have been coffee substitutes, for better or (mostly) worse. From roasted acorns (no, really) to barley, to wheat bran and molasses, folks without access, without tolerance, or without religious allowance to drink the real stuff have found... Continue reading »

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