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Herbal Tea by Coffee Trade Company
What’s in Ersatz? Roasted rice, roasted peas, and roasted chicory, in a brewing-bag (teabag). Ersatz is: Caffeine-free, Gluten-free (and Barley-free, unlike some of our competitors), Lactose-free, Soy-free, Peanut-free, Nut-free, Casein-free, All-natural, no preservatives — and actually, believe-it-or-not, tastes good!
I have had this one for a really long time too! I have been afraid to try it. I’ll admit.
It smells and looks like coffee once infused/steeped. It’s mellower tho – thankfully. I can taste the rice and peas but paired with the chicory it seems to make sense.
Gutsy combo and I understand the appeal for those who are coffee fans, I suppose. It’s ok…not loving it but it’s better than I thought it would be.
Not a fan of coffee? Possibly a fan of genmaicha? Sensitive to caffeine? This may be up your alley. It’s a coffee substitute utilizing chicory, roasted rice and roasted peas. It took me awhile to get past the rice, personally. I’m not one for steeping rice…only eating it. However, at a bare-minimum steep (and doses of milk and sweetener), it was a damn good “coffaux”.
Full Review: http://lazyliteratus.teatra.de/2011/06/23/attack-of-the-coffee-clones/
Another one for further consideration and meditation before writing it up for www.itsallabouttheleaf.com. Makes a nice companion WWII-era coffee-ration drink for what I’m reading…an early review copy of “Mr. Churchill’s Secretary” by Susan Elia MacNeal. Due out officially next month or April, I believe. Female British expatriate mathematician returns to London and subsequently gets a job as a typist to Winston, which she believes to be be beneath her, but … the plot’s still thickening.
