Taraxacum officinale Pissenlit (the French word for dandelion, literally meaning "wet the bed") made by Brasserie Fantôme in Belgium. Dandelion and burdock is a soft drink that has long been popular in the United Kingdom. Another recipe using the plant is dandelion flower jam. In Silesia and other parts of Poland and the world, dandelion flowers are used to make a honey substitute syrup with added lemon (so-called "May-honey"). Ground roasted dandelion root can be used as a non-caffeinated coffee substitute. Historically dandelion was prized for a variety of medicinal properties. It contains a wide number of pharmacologically active compounds. Dandelion contains
The Dandelion War described the band as "sounding like what would happen if someone melted Explosions In The Sky, Radiohead and The Antlers’ Hospice together." The Dandelion War has also been compared to Sigur Ros and My Morning Jacket. The band reached critical acclaim with the release of "We Were Always Loyal to Lost Causes" in 2012. The album was listed as one of the year's top release by The Alternative Tone (#13), Team Reasonable (#10), and PopBlerd (#10). The Dandelion War has toured up and down the west coast since 2010 and has become a mainstay of the San Francisco Bay Area