Raja's Cup Ayurvedic Coffee Substitute, 8 oz (228 g)

Has the coffee flavor but it's good for you. No caffeine rush. Just good nutrition.

I liked it. It's bitter warm liquid. Certainly wouldn't fool me as being a cup of coffee, but as its own thing it's good. I like a nice bitter taste in the morning and this seems to have a calming effect. Having Ashwagandha in it is cool. I think the main downside is that the color of the steeped product is very clear so it doesn't have that coffee color. I think if they mixed in roasted fig seeds (like coffig) this would make it seem much more coffee-like.

I was using this product a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Recently after deciding to cut back on coffee decided to buy it again. After drinking it this time my lips felt numb so I'm suspecting I have some allergic reaction to it. Wound up asking for a refund since I can't use it.

Look I am a die hard coffee aficionado. I drink it black - always. I know what good and bad regular coffee tastes like, I don't mask it with cream or sugar. I had no expectation going in to this purchase, as I was simply hoping for a coffee alternative to cut back on caffeine intake. It brews right out of the Keurig which I love. Yes the grounds get very gummy after your brew so you have to dump them quick or you will be scraping it out of the basket with a knife. It smells like a weak coffee brew. We were off to a good start. For the taste, the first sip you are like - oh yea this tastes like a decaf sort of coffee. Then the taste lingers on the back of your tongue and throat, and you are like, oh yea i could make this work. Then the bitter copper-metal-iodine taste hits. And stays. And starts to conjure up images of industrial pipes and metal shavings being splayed all around you. There is no amount of cream, sugar or substitute that can make it go away. A major flush of 32 ounces of water and a prayer to the gods of real coffee for forgiveness eventually does the trick, followed by a quick dump of the brown liquid down the drain, hoping that it will be put to good use as a drain cleaner. I lost hope. I really wanted to like it. But alas, it is more fit for household cleaning.

I know a lot of people don't like this, but I think that's because they have expectations that aren't met. Let me be clear: this does NOT taste like the dark roast you're used to. To me, it tastes like weak decaf, but better. The first cup was different, but now I order Raja is a staple in my kitchen. I love that it's brewed instead of steeped; it's a better taste for me. I put it in my single-cup coffee maker with no issues.