Flummery, regarding the dandelion coffee... thats pretty much where I came up with the idea for it as both have those long roots, but the parsnip coffee is a lot nicer. I found the dandelion coffee really bitter and as you say not like coffee.

I've since been looking around the internet and foud you can make another mock coffee or as I now like to call them mocoffee out of chick peas. I may well give it a try.

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