Organic Cafe Orzo

5 leaves and a bud

Deb | 03/10/2012 08:52pm

I've been watching my caffeine intake but haven't been thrilled with any of the "decaf" coffees. And I love my coffee! I found this at an "outlet" grocery store and as with one of your other reviewers, loved it at first sip! Unable to find it anywhere but at that same store. Luckily I've been able to visit another locations of that store and bought up as many bags as I can afford. I'm nearly out, only 2 bags left, and finally realized I could look online, yay!

5 leaves and a bud

Nancy | 11/11/2011 11:31am

It did not take me a few days to get used to Orzo. I loved it on first sip. It has such wonderful flavor that I don't even think of it as a coffee substitute. To think of it as a substitute for something else doesn't do it justice. It is something different that satisfies like coffee, but the flavor is all its own. I'm hooked!

5 leaves and a bud

Nancy Hart | 07/09/2011 08:11am

I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and read that one needs to cut out caffeine---among other things---- if you want to fight cancer. I only drank coffee in the morning but it was a ritual for my husband and I to drink coffee upon waking while we read the paper. I have tried the other herbal coffees with nuts and dates, etc. but they just didn't taste like coffee. I just happened to find a different bag one day while shopping which was Orzo. What a world of difference. I will stick to this from now on. A little stevia and coconut milk creamer is my favorite way to drink it!

5 leaves and a bud

Manda | 03/30/2011 02:22pm

I also discovered Cafe Orzo when I was having trouble with heartburn and cutting back on coffee. I take my coffee strong and black, and Cafe Orzo really satisfies! Like another reviewer said, other substitutes are way too sweet, but this has that hearty, nutty flavor. I love it!

5 leaves and a bud

Daniel Bucciano | 03/30/2011 11:33am

First let me say that this is only my opinion, and you know what “they” say about opinions…
A while ago I found that I had to give up coffee, which for me was tough because coffee and water are about the only two things I drink. I’ve never been a milk drinker, nor have I ever been big on juice. And forget tea – maybe some herb tea before bed but it’s nothing I want during the day while I’m working. Enter the “coffee substitute”. I found numerous brands on line. All of them claim to taste “just like the real thing” and have plenty of reviews by people just like you and me saying how wonderful the stuff is. You could probably serve these people a cup of hot yak urine and tell them it was coffee and they would tell you it was delicious. The truth is, NOTHING but coffee tastes like coffee, and anyone that tries to tell you otherwise needs a new set of taste buds. All of the coffee substitutes I’ve tried taste like exactly what they’re made from – roasted grains, nuts and roots. Most of them contain roasted carob. Carob DOES NOT taste anything like coffee; for one, it’s way too sweet. You don’t want anything that contains carob. Substitutes made with dates and figs are equally as repulsive. Again – way too sweet. One of the things that gives coffee its appeal is its bitterness. A good coffee substitute has to have some bitterness. So far the only thing I’ve found that comes close is Orzo brand roasted organic Italian barley. If you drink it black it satisfies like coffee. It takes a few cups but it starts to “grow on you”; after drinking it for a week I’ve found I like it just as much as, and maybe even prefer it to, coffee. For one thing, it doesn’t upset an empty stomach the way coffee does, and you can drink it after dinner without fear of it keeping you up all night.