Despite record production in Latin America, coffee is added to the list
of items rationed during
WWII. Its availability became limited
due to increased demand from the military & civilians, and due to
transportation ships being diverted to military use. Families were allocated
one pound of coffee every 5 weeks.
Roasted grains (called Postum) and even acorns were used to make coffee
substitutes.
Coffee was released from rationing in July 1943, but sugar, which was the first food to be rationed back in 1942, remained on the ration list for five years, until 1947.
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