New Orleans Chicory Coffee

Also coffee and chicory, chicory coffee

New Orleans' dark coffee blended with roasted chicory root, brewed strong. The chicory lends body and a roasted bitterness while diluting the caffeine.

FilterServed hotFrom United States

Volume
240ml8.1 US fl oz
Espresso
0shots
Caffeine
67mgderived, USDA FDC
Glass
Mug300 ml

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Mug, 300 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. dark-roast coffee blended…240 ml100%
Volume
240ml
Caffeine
67mg
Espresso
0shots

Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.

Coffee and roasted chicory root ground together, often 70:30 or so, brewed strong; chicory adds body and bitterness without caffeine.

Caffeine

Derived
67mg

in a 240 ml new orleans chicory coffee

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 240 ml x 0.7. Scaled from USDA brewed coffee reduced by 30% for the chicory share of the blend; the proportion varies by brand.

USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-26

A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.

Variants by country

2
NameCountryHow it differs
New Orleans café au laitUnited StatesHalf and half with scalded milk.
café chicoréeFranceFrench chicory habit that travelled to Louisiana.

History

Popular account

The chicory habit is usually traced to French practice and to Civil War-era coffee shortages in Louisiana (popular account). Wikidata's chicory item classes it as a coffee substitute.

New Orleans, Louisiana.

Popular account

Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.

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