Dandelion coffee 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 mentions that she had heard of it from an article published in the 1830s in "New York Albion" by a certain Dr. Harrison. Dandelion 'coffee' was later mentioned in a "Harpers New Monthly Magazine" story in 1886.
Hakea divaricata both frost and drought tolerant Although it is slow growing it can live to over 20 years. It is able to resprout epicormically from the lignotuber following fire. Indigenous Australian peoples have used the plant as a food source especially the fruit flesh, the roots are used as a water source, gum can be extracted from the tree and the wood used to make weapons, implements and traps. They also extracted honey from the flowers or soaked the flowers in water to produce a sweet drink. Hakea divaricata Hakea divaricata, commonly known as needlewood, corkbark tree or fork-leaved corkwood, is