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A cereal coffee (also known as grain coffee, roasted grain drink or roasted grain beverage) is a hot

drink A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothie ...

made from one or more

cereal A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize ( Corn). Edible grains from other plant families, ...

grains roasted and commercially processed into crystal or powder form to be reconstituted later in hot water. The product is often marketed as a caffeine-free alternative to

coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...

and

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...

, or in other cases where those drinks are scarce or expensive. Several well-known cereal coffee brands are Nestlé Caro,

Postum Postum () is a powdered roasted grain beverage popular as a coffee substitute. The caffeine-free beverage was created by Post Consumer Brands, Post Cereal Company founder C. W. Post in 1895 and marketed as a healthier alternative to coffee. Post w ...

, and Inka. Other brands can be found at

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s and at some grocery stores. Some common ingredients include toasted

barley Barley (), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikele ...

malt Malt is any cereal grain that has been made to germinate by soaking in water and then stopped from germinating further by drying with hot air, a process known as "malting". Malted grain is used to make beer, whisky, malted milk, malt vinegar, ...

ed barley,

rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than o ...

chicory Common chicory (''Cichorium intybus'') is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Native to Europe, it has been introduced to the Americas and Australia. M ...

molasses Molasses () is a viscous byproduct, principally obtained from the refining of sugarcane or sugar beet juice into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, the method of extraction, and the age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is usuall ...

brown rice Brown rice is a whole grain rice with only the inedible outer hull removed. This kind of rice sheds its outer hull or husk but the bran and germ layer remain on, constituting the brown or tan colour of rice. White rice is the same grain without ...

, chickpeas,

sorghum ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...

, and beet root.

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Poland

Grain coffee came to Poland from Prussia (at the end of the 18th century), but since then little has changed in the production of this drink. Just like in the past, it is made from roasted rye grains, wheat (including spelt from organic farming) or barley, and sometimes also from dandelion root, sugar beet, or chicory. In some regions, coffee substitutes are prepared from fenugreek or lupine seeds. Less popular additions are figs or acorns. The first grain coffee factory in Poland was established on the initiative of Ferdynand Bohm in 1818 in Włocławek. It produced coffee from roasted grain with the addition of chicory. This plant was first imported from the Netherlands, but soon afterwards its own cultivation began on the outskirts of Włocławek. Initially, grain coffee was drunk only in Greater Poland and Silesia by the poorest social classes. Over time, especially during both world wars, it appeared on all tables. In the Czech Republic, the Kávoviny Melta brand has been roasting grain coffee since 1896. Such roasted grain mixes are also used as a base to make

podpiwek Podpiwek is a Polish and Lithuanian Soft drink, non-alcoholic beverage (even though it contains a small amount of alcohol, about 0.5%). It is usually made from grain coffee, hops, yeast, water and sugar, which undergo fermentation. Often created ...

, a type of non-alcoholic beverage.

East Asia

Cereal coffee is popular in

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Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

, and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

each having one or more versions (usually roasted grains simply steeped in hot water). * Barley tea (''bori-cha'', ''dàmài-chá'', ''mugi-cha'') * Rice tea ** Brown rice tea (''hyeonmi-cha'', ''nước gạo lứt'') ** ''

Sungnyung ''Sungnyung'' () is a Traditional food, traditional Korean infusion made from boiled scorched rice. Preparation This drink is typically made from ''nurungji'', the roasted (but not charred) crust of rice that forms on the bottom of a pot after ...

'' * Corn tea (''oksusu-cha'') * Job's tears tea (''yulmu-cha'') Grain-like seeds and pseudocereals are used to make similar drinks. * Buckwheat tea (''memil-cha'', ''soba-cha'') * Sicklepod tea (''gyeolmyeongja-cha'') Grain teas can also be blended with green tea or other tea drinks. * Brown rice green tea (''hyeonmi-nokcha'') ** ''

Genmaicha is a Japanese brown rice green tea consisting of green tea mixed with Roasting, roasted popped brown rice. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as "popcorn tea" because a few grains of the rice pop during the roasting process and resemble po ...

Ethiopia

Traditionally known as "Kafir coffee" in

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, cereal coffee made from roasted sorghum offers a bright, citrusy taste with a subtly astringent finish. *

Sorghum ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...

Philippines

Corn coffee () made from roasted and ground kernels of the

Visayan white corn Visayan white corn, also known as Visayan white flint or Tinigib, is an heirloom cultivar of flint corn from the Visayas Islands of the Philippines. It is considered a secondary staple food, staple cereal in the Philippines (particularly in the ...

variety is a common drink among farmers in the

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Poland

East Asia

Ethiopia

Philippines

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