Roastaroma Herbal Tea
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Commercial Description
This full-bodied, caffeine-free alternative to coffee has been a trusted favorite for more than 30 years. With the robust flavors of roasted chicory and barley, a hint of chocolate from roasted carob and just a touch of cinnamon and allspice, Roastaroma is hearty enough to give you a lift in the morning and delicious enough to enjoy all day long.
Ratings & Reviews
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55 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5Tchuggin' Okie (467 reviews) on Jun. 16th, 2026
For many years, I've simply avoided this herbal tea, given its promotion as an "alternative to coffee." I can't stand coffee, somehow, despite my parents both being avid drinkers of the beverage. So I didn't even give this concoction a second thought until this year, at a hotel in Denver, when I caught a dry-aroma whiff from a box of the stuff, and thought, "that's not exactly coffee, and might not even be a reasonable approximation." As far as I'm concerned: good!
Instead, steeped up in cup, it looks suitably dark, but more translucent umber-brown, like a strong black tea. Roastaroma tastes like one would imagine a cinnamon-chicory-carob herbal tea, which by itself would be nice, also with hints of both chocolate (great!) and beer (blecch...don't like beer either), the latter presumably emanating from the barley. Without that component, this might be something I'd regret ignoring for all these years. However, I'll just pass on it from now on, but recommend it to folks who might want a robust herbal tea that has an overt barley taste.
38 Aroma: 4/10 Flavor: 2/5 Value: 3/5Difflugia (170 reviews) on Mar. 25th, 2019
I'm not a fan. It smells nice dry, kind of like a cinnamon roll. Brewed, the grain aroma from the barley takes over. I can see what they're going for and the chicory, carob and spices combine to give the passable impression of a mocha coffee, but there's too much dark bread crust for my taste.
I don't think this really fits the niche that it's supposed to. If my beverage doesn't need to be absolutely caffeine-free, decaffeinated coffee is far superior to this. Even if I want no caffeine at all, though, I'd rather drink something completely different, like mint. Roastaroma is the turkey bacon of coffee.
47 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 2/5 Value: 3/5spaflam (180 reviews) on May. 21st, 2013
Blech!!!!! Just drink some coffee already. This one smelled OK in the bag but was not quite barley, not quite chicory, brown/herbal smelling and not at all like coffee. Sorry. FAIL.
87 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 5/5laggiunelsoledad (2 reviews) on Mar. 24th, 2012
Lovely and comforting.
53 Aroma: 5/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5Sylvia (215 reviews) on Oct. 27th, 2011
I can't quite decide how I feel about this tea. It sort of hovers on the line between really good and completely off. I like that it brews really dark. Usually with Celestial Seasonings teas, I have to leave the teabag in for like 10 minutes, but this one took just a couple of minutes. It has this nice roasted flavor, but it has this flavor that I've tasted in other coffee alternatives that I don't particularly like, and it just makes the tea taste like "coffee alternative." It's probably the barley. I don't usually like herbal teas, though. I added cream and sugar.
63 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 2/5marlena (75 reviews) on Oct. 28th, 2010
Ok, it is NOT coffee. It is pretty good just as it is, but I have to confess I drink it more out of nostalgia than anything else and I keep it for my "no caffeine shall cross my lips" friends. It's a pleasant drink in the winter evenings.
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