Global: It became known that it will soon completely replace coffee

Due to the rise in price of coffee due to poor yields in major producers (Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia), the sale of chicory root is becoming very profitable. This was reported by agroxxi.ru, writes agronews.ua. In Russia, according to analysts, the rise in prices in the segment of the cheapest coffee could be up to 40%. Chicory is one of the oldest domesticated plants with healing properties. The Ebers Papyrus (a medical treatise published around 1500 BC in Egypt) identifies two types of chicory: field chicory, harvested for roots, and garden chicory, which is now marketed as "witloof." In Europe, chicory has been grown as a medicinal plant since the Middle Ages, and Benedictine monks have improved chicory varieties for food purposes. "In 1763, the Dutch used the method of roasting the root for an invigorating drink. In France, roasted chicory experienced a real boom in 1806, when there was a shortage of coffee during the war, and Napoleon contributed to the development of chicory ...