As a child, while living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 45 miles east of New Orleans, I watched my mother drink her daily cup of Luzianne Coffee. Luzianne Coffee is one of a handful of coffees that contain chicory as an ingredient. Later in life, I began to drink chicory coffee myself. Chicory coffee, found mostly in the New Oleans, Gulf Coast area, is a delicious blend of coffee.A couple of years ago, I started using a Keurig to brew my coffee. Up until that point, I had used a generic coffee maker. Luzianne, CDM, French Market and Community Coffee had all provided good blends of chicory coffee for my coffee maker, but until recently, none provided it in a K-Cup. Just a few weeks ago, while on Amazon, I typed in the phrase, "chicory k-cup". Right before my eyes, French Market Coffee provided me with what I think to be the only chicory K-Cup coffee that exists. Immediately, I ordered the medium dark roast blend.
Within a couple of days, my shipment of a box of 12 K-Cups of French Market chicory coffee arrived. Almost immediately I placed a K-Cup in the Keurig and made a cup of coffee. It was as delicious as ever!
To the folks at French Market Coffee, I'd like to give you a pat on the back for providing a product that has been needed for some time.
UPDATE: A pat on the back to Community Coffee! I generally order my K-Cups through Amazon on a subscription basis. At some point a few months ago, I was sent an email from Amazon that my supplier was unable to provide the product that I had requested (French Market K-Cups). I logged onto Amazon.com and searched for chicory coffee. To my surprise, Community now offers their chicory coffee in K-Cups. The price was slightly better than what the other supplier had been offering and so for the past few months I have been drinking Community's New Orleans Blend coffee. It has a good taste and the price is slightly lower than what I was paying for French Market. Also, it is available at my local Kroger.
2016 UPDATE: Last year, I switched back to purchasing French Market C offee K-Cups through Amazon. I kind of like the taste of French Market a bit better than Community but everyone has their own taste and both are very good. On a recent trip to New Orleans, I stopped in on the Cafe Du Monde in Kenner, LA. On the shelf beside some Cafe Du Monde Mugs, t-shirts and coffee was Cafe Du Monde chicory coffee in a K-Cup. I did not know that this existed. The price was very reasonable at $8 for 12 K-Cups. I have yet to try the Cafe Du Monde K-Cup but felt that you should know about this option. Cafe Du Monde K-Cups can be bought from CDM's website.
2018 UPDATE: Two things: First, I have started getting a limited supply of Cafe Du Monde Coffee in a K-Cup either from Cafe du Monde's Kenner, LA location or online from Cafe du Monde's website. It has a great flavor and has become my weekend coffee. Second, I always drink Half & Half in my chicory coffee and for years I drank Land O' Lakes Fat-Free Half & Half until I discovered it's ingredients and discovered that it was full of corn syrup. At that point, I decided to not worry about fat-free and I tried Land O' Lakes Buttercream Style Half & Half. It is absolutely delicious in any chicory coffee and also most any cold brew.