# From "The Hidden History of Beverages" by Alexander Lukashev

## 35. “Coffee” from Dandelion Root

Part Two (recipes), chapter 35 · Drunk whenever you like
Page: https://herbalmind.bar/recipes/dandelion-root-coffee/

coffee substitute · taste: earthier and more bitter than chicory, faintly smoky · preparation time: 20 minutes

Plants:
- dandelion root (Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg.) — European Medicines Agency monograph EMA/HMPC/475726/2020: traditional use for mild digestive disorders, for temporary loss of appetite and for increasing urine volume in minor urinary complaints

From “Before You Begin,” the book’s safety page (free: https://herbalmind.bar/before-you-begin/):
- Fifteen of the recipes are drunk whenever you like. Make them at whatever frequency suits you, within the limits each chapter gives.
- If you came here to replace a daily cup of coffee, Chapters 32 and 35 are the two you want, and they are written for that purpose.
- Pregnancy: Twenty-six of the twenty-eight recipes here are restricted in pregnancy — most because safety has not been established rather than because harm has been shown, but the answer is the same either way. The two that carry no restriction are the rosehip brew of Chapter 26 and the sea buckthorn of Chapter 28, both of them fruits eaten as food across Europe.

The recipe itself — amounts and preparation, who should not drink it, how much and for how long — is in chapter 35 of the book: https://books.apple.com/book/id6756108723

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