Headrush Roasters Coffee & Tea

Headrush Roasters Coffee & Tea is a family-owned specialty coffee and tea house in Gladstone, Missouri, operating since 2012. It roasts its own beans on-site and serves a wide range of handcrafted beverages, loose-leaf teas, smoothies, and homemade bakery items from its location on North Oak Trafficway in the heart of the Northland.

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Description

Headrush Roasters Coffee & Tea has been a Gladstone staple since 2012. The family-owned business roasts its own coffee beans on-site using an air-roasting process and offers a full menu of espresso drinks, seasonal lattes, cold brew, matcha, chai, loose-leaf teas, smoothies, and fresh bakery items. It provides both a welcoming café experience with an outdoor patio and the convenience of a drive-thru, making it a daily anchor for many Northland residents and commuters.

Ownership and history

Founded in 2012 as a family-owned specialty coffee and tea house, Headrush has grown into a recognized local institution in Gladstone. Its on-site roasting capability and emphasis on fresh, high-quality beverages distinguish it within the Northland’s independent coffee scene. The business has maintained a consistent presence on the North Oak Trafficway commercial corridor, contributing to Gladstone’s local character alongside other independent spots and cultural hubs like Little Saigon Plaza.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-17 · Source: Headrush Roasters official site (headrushroasters.com) + Yelp/KC review platforms · URL(s): headrushroasters.com, shop-coffee, shop-teas · Confidence: Medium-High (drink lineup well-sourced; prices not published online → “)

Headrush builds a rotating, season-driven menu of from-scratch beverages — “nature-inspired drinks made from scratch,” with house-made syrups and on-site small-batch air-roasted beans.¹ The seasonal craft drinks are the signature draw.

Espresso & coffee drinks

• Summer Rush Latte (seasonal signature) — double espresso + white mocha + bright orange citrus.¹²
• Wild Blueberry & Cardamom Latte (seasonal, summer 2026) — deeply blueberry with a whisper of black cardamom smokiness; 100% house-made wild blueberry syrup.²
• Banana Cream Pie Latte (seasonal, summer 2026) — creamy dessert-style summer latte.²
• Golden Peach Matcha (seasonal) — matcha meets sun-ripened peach.²
• Strawberries & Horchata Chai (seasonal, summer 2026) — house-made masala chai with summer strawberries and horchata.²
• Core café espresso bar — caffeinated lattes and non-caffeinated options built on house-made syrups; standard espresso, cold brew, and matcha/chai service alongside the seasonal rotation.²

Drink prices are not published online; review platforms note pricing runs slightly above Starbucks for noticeably higher quality. “

Retail roasts / tea / food

• Small-batch air-roasted coffee beans — single origins (microlot beans sourced from small farms worldwide) offered as-is or blended.¹³
• House blends — House, House Decaf, Breakfast, Half Caf, and Espresso blends; roasted on-site daily.³
• Loose-leaf teas — green, black, chai, mate, matcha, and herbal blends.¹
• Bakery / pastries — freshly made baked goods including croissants, cakes, and loaves; smoothies also available.²

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Footnotes

1. Headrush Roasters — official site / shop pages. https://www.headrushroasters.com/, https://www.headrushroasters.com/shop-teas — asserts: “Seasonal Craft Coffee & Tea – Nature-Inspired Drinks Made From Scratch”; from-scratch drinks with house-made syrups; small-batch air-roasted beans; loose-leaf teas (green, black, chai, mate, matcha, herbal); Summer Rush Latte (double espresso + white mocha + orange citrus). (Accessed 2026-06-17.) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. Headrush Roasters seasonal menu (summer 2026), surfaced via official site + KC review/listing platforms (Yelp, Wheree, WanderBoat). https://www.headrushroasters.com/, https://www.yelp.com/biz/headrush-roasters-coffee-and-tea-gladstone — asserts: Summer 2026 seasonal drinks — Wild Blueberry & Cardamom Latte, Banana Cream Pie Latte, Golden Peach Matcha, Strawberries & Horchata Chai; caffeinated/non-caffeinated lattes on house-made syrups; cold brew, matcha, chai; baked goods (croissants, cakes, loaves), smoothies; pricing slightly above Starbucks. (Accessed 2026-06-17.) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

3. Headrush Roasters — Shop Coffee / Single Origin series. https://www.headrushroasters.com/shop-coffee, https://www.headrushroasters.com/shop/single-origin-coffee-series/6 — asserts: small-batch air-roasted single-origin (microlot) beans offered as-is or blended; named blends — House, House Decaf, Breakfast, Half Caf, Espresso; roasted on-site daily. (Accessed 2026-06-17.) ↩ ↩²