Honest Tea - Organic Honey Green Tea

I promised you another Honest Tea review, and here it is. I decided to keep it simple this time, no fancy Ade's or fruit-flavored teas, this is a straight up green tea, and 'just a tad sweet.' I just got back from the gym and I wanted something refreshing without a lot of sugar, and what should I find staring at me pleadingly from the beer-infested recesses of my food-prison? This chilly little bottle.

The aroma is nothing special, it smells like tea. But the taste is amazingly layered for something with only five ingredients; water, cane sugar, tea, honey and citric acid. An initial sweetness bombards your tongue with an herby background, then the sugar fades away, letting the dry, slightly bitter tea leaves take over. As the tea flavor mellows off, a hint of the honey appears at the back of your tongue, tempting you into another swallow. If you chug it slowly, all the flavors blend together and trick you into stopping to enjoy it.

Even with the 20 g's of sugar per 16.9 oz, it was still slightly too bitter for me to fully enjoy, although I sure wish I had another bottle right now. Which reminds me, you can find Honest Tea in many health food stores, Albertson's, and wherever else you are lucky enough to spy it. Order online if you're desperate.

Score: A reluctant 4.5 out of 5.

-- WiseGuise