{"id":2360,"date":"2015-04-12T17:40:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrybower.co.uk\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2020-07-23T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T17:00:10","slug":"and-you-think-coffee-is-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/?p=2360","title":{"rendered":"And You Think Coffee is Expensive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Determined to put the time spent picking dandelions to good use, I vowed I would carry out the task of converting the dandelions to something useful &#8211; namely the coffee I mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/?p=2286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">way back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to speed the process up, I dropped the dandelions into a reasonably clean barrow (yes &#8211; the new posh black one &#8211; we&#8217;re officially a three-barrow household now!) and hosed the majority of the dirt from them before allowing myself into the house. I then topped and tailed them all, keeping some of the leaves for salads, the rest going into the brown bin as I&#8217;m lost for ideas that will make use of it.<\/p>\n<p>Once topped and tailed, they&#8217;re scrubbed thoroughly with a nail brush to remove the majority of the brown skin &#8211; I&#8217;m really not sure if it&#8217;s necessary to be that thorough, but figure we do it with carrots and potatoes, perhaps it&#8217;s a good idea to do it with something else pulled from the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Then they&#8217;re diced really small, slow roasted in the oven for about an hour at 75 Celsius, often turning them. Then they&#8217;re crushed. 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