What are coffee substitutes?
Q: What are coffee substitutes?
A: Coffee substitutes are products that try to taste like coffee but have no caffeine.
Q: What are the main reasons for making coffee substitutes?
A: The main reasons for making coffee substitutes are medical, economic and barbaric.
Q: How did people make coffee during World War II?
A: During World War II, people used acorns to make coffee.
Q: How did this taste?
A: This tasted foul.
Q: What was the situation like in the American Civil War regarding coffee substitutes?
A: In the American Civil War there was a similar story - "For the stimulating property to which both tea and coffee owe their chief value, there is unfortunately no substitute; the best we can do is to dilute the little stocks which still remain, and cheat the palate, if we cannot deceive the nerves." The Southern Banner, 1865.
Q: What was suggested as an alternative to using real tea or coffee during this time period?
A: It was suggested that people should dilute what little stock of tea or coffee they had left in order to try and cheat their palates if they could not deceive their nerves.
