[Wombat]

The following recipe is a gem(as in i wish i could swallow diamonds to cut out this horrible taste.)

I have made this once, and no matter what i did to doctor it up (milk, sugar, coffeemate etc) it was hardcore bitter. But it is a fall back when you dont have the beans.

Acorn coffee
For acorn coffee, heat the oven to 500°F. Hull and
roast 2 cups of white oak acorns. In a separate pan, roast 1;2
cup wheat. Cool and pound with a mortar or process in a food
processor. Combine. Boil 1;4 cup of the mixture in two cups of
water and pour the mixture through a coffee filter. Makes a
reddish-brown coffee.

recipe from a very old recipe card.

 

[DWwolf]

Could always presoak the crushed acorns to get rid of some of the tannins. Its what you'd do if you wanted to use em for flour. You'd need to dry em after that.

 

[NeighborBill]

Green Coffee Beans

Keep frozen, I'm finding them for $4 US a pound. Use a dedicated hot air popcorn popper to easily roast them.

 

[Axethebarbarian]

What DWwolf said. It's super bitter because you didn't soak the acorns. Once that's done they're pretty much tasteless, though it might remove any point as a coffee substitute. You might be better served using chicory or yaupon holly as they both actually have caffeine in them, something I'm not so sure acorns have.

 

[DWwolf]

You could experiment with the soak time.....

 

[Routestep]

Wombat,

I appreciate you taking one for the team and trying out this acorn tonic stuff.

When the time comes I'll either switch to tea or go cold turkey.

 

[MikeK]

What DWwolf said. It's super bitter because you didn't soak the acorns. Once that's done they're pretty much tasteless, though it might remove any point as a coffee substitute. You might be better served using chicory or yaupon holly as they both actually have caffeine in them, something I'm not so sure acorns have.

Yaupon Holly has caffeine, but Chicory doesn't. It's used for flavor.