Glad you appreciate it! On top of being a Java joke it’s an homage to my home, New Orleans. We still drink coffee with chicory here due to some events during the civil war and then a changed cultural taste. Though the history in this isn’t exactly clear I think https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1393

Came here to say the same thing, excellent name.

For people who aren't aware, Chicory has long been used (e.g. in Europe during WW2) as a coffee substitute, and Java is another name for coffee, thus Chicory is a substitute for Java.

Edit: I originally thought Chicory was a JVM replacement using WebAssembly (e.g. to run Java applets in modern browsers, using WebAssembly). It appears that it's actually a WebAssembly runtime, to run WebAssembly code on the JVM. So the name is a lot less cool than I thought it was.

it really is a perfect name. credit to u/bhelx!