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Find Five Coffee Substitutes in Wild Plants

These “Five Coffee Substitutes to Find in Wild Plants” can be foraged for in your garden, backyard and in the woods. During the great depression, families supplemented their limited grocery budget by herbal wildcrafting knowledge handed down generation by generation. The homesteaders who knew which plants were edible and delicious had healthier well fed children.

Adults love to drink their cups of coffee throughout the day, it is warm comfort in a mug.

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Coffee is one of the most popular of all beverages consumed all across the US. Most people can identify coffee beans and ground beans in stores when the go shopping. However, there are actually a number of not so widely known plants that can be used to make coffee. Unfortunately, not a whole lot of people outside of the foraging community that would have any idea what they are. This article was designed to introduce the reader to some alternative plants that can be used to make a type of coffee.

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The author of this useful article on alternatives to traditional coffees was hoping that they would be able to both introduce 5 unique plants found in the wild and offer plenty of advice on how to forage. Discover one of the biggest keys to foraging and how you can use it to your advantage which is being able to identify each of the them. All of the information contained inside of the article is presented in a way that makes it really easy to read and understand.

*** Benefits of reading the Foraging 101: 5 wild grown coffee substitutes that wildfood foragers can find

Discover some capable alternatives to your traditional cup of coffee that are made from wild plants gathered by some very well known foragers

The author of this article is well-trained forager that is always looking for ways to share his craft with other people

The article includes 5 high quality plants that can be found in large quantities all around you and will not cost you an arm and a leg

There are numerous full-colors pictures that are designed to help the person to be able to identify each of the plants

1. Dandelion Root (Taraxacum officinale) – What it tastes like: It has a similar taste to coffee, but it’s less acidic and bitter

2. Chicory Root (Cichorium intybus) – What it tastes like: naturally caffine free, deep dark flavor that tastes like it has creamer added

3. Cleaver Seeds (Galium aparine) – What it tastes like: the roasted seeds have a light coffee flavor (they are often mixed with Dandelion Root and Chicory Root to create a blend)

4. Purple Avens/Water Avens dried root (Geum rivale) – What it tastes like: a coffee/hot chocolate taste when sweetened with milk and sugar

5. American Beech Nuts (Fagus grandifolia) – What it tastes like: deep warm flavor (pick nuts off the ground)

Bonus: To name a few: the Kentucky coffee tree, fever wort, and sunflower also make popular coffee substitutes for foragers.

Here is a great blend to buy and try for yourself – AMAZON

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Melissa Francis
Melissa Francis
Greetings! I'm Melissa Francis, the founder and primary contributor to The Homestead Survival. With over 20 years of experience in homesteading, sustainability, and emergency preparedness, I've dedicated my life to helping others achieve a simpler, more self-reliant lifestyle.

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