Dandelion coffee want to stop their standard medicine and take [dandelion tea] instead because of these really unfounded claims. They can die if they do that." — Dr. Caroline Hamm Unroasted "Taraxacum officinale" (among other dandelion species) root contains: Dandelion coffee Dandelion 'coffee' (also dandelion tea) is herbal tea used as a coffee substitute, made from the root of the dandelion plant. The roasted dandelion root pieces and the beverage have some resemblance to coffee in appearance and taste. Susanna Moodie explained how to prepare dandelion 'coffee' in her memoir of living in Canada, "Roughing it in the Bush" (1852), where she
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