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Inko's White Tea Honeysuckle

Inko's White Tea Honeysuckle
What a nice drink. It's got a great, light, floral scent and taste to it. I drank it luke warm and it was very good. It might be better than drinking it cold as it's an unsweetened tea. It has a sweet, flowery taste, but not so much that it is as if you are drinking potpourri, which is fantastic.
Rating
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Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Inko'sWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Unsweetened
Author
Mike Literman on 9/17/10, 7:51 PM
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Natalie's Hand Crafted Seasonal Blends Orange Raspberry

Natalie's Hand Crafted Seasonal Blends Orange Raspberry
Here is a list of the ingredients in this beverage: 1. Florida Orange Juice. 2. Raspberry Puree. It is by far the best orange juice I have ever had. I love pulp in drinks, and when the pulp is ground up raspberries my taste buds are in heaven. The raspberry takes away the bitterness of the orange juice for a perfect addition to your breakfast.
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Categories
Juice and Chunky
Company
Natalie'sWebsite@OrchidIslandJ
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Jason Draper on 9/17/10, 7:16 PM
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Hansen's Smoothie Mango Pineapple

Hansen's Smoothie Mango Pineapple
Mike and I were first introduced to Hansen's sodas when we found ourselves backstage at Warped Tour visiting friends a few years ago. We thought it was incredible, and since we couldn't find it around Buffalo, Mike ordered a case. It's been over a year, and this is my first run in with it since then. This is supposed to be a smoothie, but it doesn't have the proper consistency so I will claim it as a juice. It tastes like mango, with a slight pineapple aftertaste. It's pretty good. I didn't even realize until I was done that it has high fructose corn syrup in it. I would never have expected that from drinking it.
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Categories
Smoothie
Company
Hansen'sWebsite@HansensNatural
Country
United States
Sweetener
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Author
Jason Draper on 9/17/10, 7:05 PM
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Mira Guava Nectar

Mira Guava Nectar
When I was in high school I was obsessed with guava. It may or may not have had something to do with the Ween album I bought being called "Pure Guava." Regardless anytime I ever saw anything guava flavored (which wasn't very often) I jumped at a chance to try it. Years later, I don't really care about Ween anymore, but my love of guava has kept strong. This drink is one of the better that I've had throughout my life. It's sweetened guava puree, and what else could you ask for. I'll tell you what, for it to come in a bigger bottle, so I'm not left craving more when it's gone.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Juice
Company
MiraWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 9/17/10, 4:12 PM
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Sweet Leaf Peach Iced Tea

Sweet Leaf Peach Iced Tea
When I'm at the store and I'm picking out an iced tea, peach is my go to flavor. When I saw that the stores around here started carrying peach Sweet Leaf, I knew it was going to be a good day. They actually use "natural peach flavoring," so it actually tastes like peaches and not some horrific peach flavored candy. I do feel like it is a tad sweeter than the rest of the Sweet Leaf line, and to be honest, the peach does overpower the tea a bit. Nonetheless it is an excellent beverage that I urge you to try.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Sweet LeafWebsite@SweetLeafTea
Country
United States
Sweetener
Organic Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 9/17/10, 4:07 PM
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Sweet Leaf Lemon Iced Tea

Sweet Leaf Lemon Iced Tea
Finally, a lemon flavored iced tea that doesn't taste like floor cleaner. I don't know why it's so hard. Lemon goes a long way. You know when you have a glass of water at a restaurant and they give you the smallest slice of lemon? You take that little guy, squeeze the heck out of it and what do you get? Gross, overly lemon'd water, case and point.

What we have here is this marvelous can is clearly black tea with lemon. What more do you need? You can taste the tea, which is important to me because I would otherwise be drinking lemon juice, which I don't think is really for public consumption.

Once again, please, for less than $1, you can get a can of Sweet Leaf's awesome array of teas. I didn't know about it until my roommate let me have one that he bought less than a year ago and I have loved it ever since. This tea is exceptional.
Rating
🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Sweet LeafWebsite@SweetLeafTea
Country
United States
Sweetener
Organic Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/17/10, 7:59 AM
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Bombilla Gourd Super Fruits Yumberry Lime

Bombilla Gourd Super Fruits Yumberry Lime
The picture on the label led me to believe this was iced tea. I'm an idiot, and didn't bother reading anything other than the flavor, so I was surprised when I took a sip. It's actually all juice from concentrate, but it tastes more like some exotic flavor of Vitamin Water. This is my third tasting of yumberry. I have to say I'm not a huge fan. The lime also reminds me of cleaning product the way that a lot of lemon flavored drinks do.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Juice
Company
Bombilla GourdWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Organic Evaporated Cane Juice
Author
Jason Draper on 9/16/10, 5:20 PM
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Inko's White Tea Honeydew

Inko's White Tea Honeydew
Inko's has worked some magic on this drink. You know how some people soak fruit in vodka in order to make crazy adult fruit salad? Well this lightly sweetened white tea tastes like what was left over after someone soaked 20 honeydews in a vat of white tea. It surpassed all expectations I had. Remember like Moe says, "Honeydew, that's your money melon."
Rating
🧃🧃🧃🧃🧃
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Inko'sWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Fructose Crystals
Author
Jason Draper on 9/16/10, 2:27 PM
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Genesis Boost Youth Mangosteen

Genesis Boost Youth Mangosteen
I've seen these drinks around a few times, but the $4-$5 price range always deterred me from trying it. When I saw it on sale for $2, I realized it was time to give it a chance. I've had dried mangosteen in the past, and it was pretty decent, so I was looking forward to this. When I opened it, there was brown gunk on the inside of the cap, I checked the expiration date, and it hadn't passed, so I chalked it up to "health food sludge." The smell is pretty terrible, like a fruit that is past ripeness. First swig it wasn't so bad, but it was kind of hard for me to finish the bottle. It reminded me of cider when it's just on the verge of becoming alcoholic. This is definitely not the beverage for me.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Juice and Sports/Dietary Supplement
Company
Genesis BoostWebsite@GENESISBOOST
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Jason Draper on 9/16/10, 2:20 PM
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North American Beverage Chocolate Moose Chocolate Mousse

North American Beverage Chocolate Moose Chocolate Mousse
Who doesn't love chocolate milk? Not me. Love the stuff. It's downright awful for you, but seriously you're drinking chocolate. What do you expect?

This stuff tastes like pudding skins, which is ultra awesome. I love me some chocolate mousse, and I might be lucky if I get it more than once a year. This drink will not supplement my desire for said treat, but you know what? This isn't just chocolate milk. It's not the delicious, processed, smooth Nesquik or whatever you're used to drinking. This is different. It's probably the Dutch cocoa they use to make it.

I would say if you're not vegan, and you see this, get it and leave a comment, please. I'm interested in what others think of this stuff. I got it at my local Big Lots, which, if it is not nationwide, is a discount everything store, kind of in the same vein as Aldi's if you have that, although I don't think they carry this.
Rating
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Categories
Milk
Company
North American BeverageWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/16/10, 1:10 PM
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Sweet Leaf Raspberry Iced Tea

Sweet Leaf Raspberry Iced Tea
This tea has a good, natural taste. Problem with a lot of companies is that they think that if it's flavored, they have to make it prominent, but Sweet Leaf gets it. They have a good tea taste with a subtle amount of sweetness and raspberry. It's good and the entire can may be drank in one sitting all the while you not having to worry if you have dental insurance.

If purchased at the right place, you can find this entire line for under a dollar, which is a steal for all organic iced tea. Anyone who drinks as much as we do here probably understands that.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Sweet LeafWebsite@SweetLeafTea
Country
United States
Sweetener
Organic Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/16/10, 12:46 PM
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Metromint Spearmint

Metromint Spearmint
The spearmint, so far, has been my least favorite flavor by Metromint by far. Simply put, it tastes like when you are chewing spearmint gum and drinking water at the same time. Sure it's a crisp taste, but I feel that the flavor of spearmint is so unique to gum that it's hard to think otherwise.
Rating
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Categories
Water
Company
MetromintWebsite@Metromint
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Mike Literman on 9/16/10, 9:18 AM
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Metromint Peppermint

Metromint Peppermint
The first time I bought this I went in headfirst and bought a 4-pack. I lucked out because it was actually pretty refreshing. It is just peppermint and water so it didn't leave much to imagination but it was a nice, cool flavor that left a clean aftertaste. I feel like this is something that you could even water down to be more of a hint of peppermint.

It would be nice if they made it in a larger container so you could share it with others now that I think about it. For the first time I think that personal bottles are greedy.
Rating
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Categories
Water
Company
MetromintWebsite@Metromint
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Mike Literman on 9/16/10, 9:14 AM
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Mayer Bros. Pomegranate Lemonade

Mayer Bros. Pomegranate Lemonade
Hmm. Tart. Super tart. It's as if they accidentally labeled it pomegranate and it was really grapefruit. That's what the bite was like. Like sinking your teeth into a grapefruit. I honestly got no pomegranate flavor.

Kudos to the local Mayer Bros. for using real cane sugar, but the taste is simply off. See you in the fall for cider, though.
Rating
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Categories
Lemonade
Company
Mayer Bros.Website
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/15/10, 3:38 PM
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Xing Tea Sweet Tea

Xing Tea Sweet Tea
Mike reviewed this drink three and a half years ago, and just wasn't into it. As you can see below, it just didn't deliver what he wanted from a sweet tea. Cut to now, the company contacted us and said that from what he wrote, they thought something was wrong with his can, as in a bad batch or something. They ended up sending us a couple cans to try again, and I have to say they were absolutely right.

I will now address Mike's issues:
1) There is a difference between sweet tea and sweetened tea.

I can most definitely taste the sweet tea aspect of this. You can absolutely taste the cane sugar, and it's one of the driving tastes in this beverage. That is what makes a sweet tea to me.

2) He couldn't taste any actual tea, and it tasted fake.

There is both black and green tea in this, which I admit is odd in a sweet tea, and purists would scoff at it and claim it wasn't real sweet tea. Those people are snobs. I can definitely taste both type of tea very distinctively. It gives a new twist to an old standard. I am personally a fan, and during a sweltering summer I would drink this all of the live long day.

Sorry you got a bunk can Mike, because this is great and more than lives up to my Xing expectations.

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Mike's Old Review:
The more I am drinking Xing Tea the more I am getting disappointed. This sweet tea is, technically, sweetened tea, but there is a significant difference between "sweet tea" and sweetened tea. Also I taste no actual tea in this drink and something about it seems fake. I don't think I need to say anymore.
Rating
🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Xing TeaWebsite@XINGtea
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/15/10, 7:56 AM
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Mt. Angel Root Beer

Mt. Angel Root Beer
I saw this bottle at New Seasons yesterday and was drawn in by the plain label in a sea of colorful bottles. I had high hopes for this micro-brewed root beer, and I wasn't let down. I wish all root beer was this smooth. Even though I've only had one bottle so far, I think this is easily in my top 5 root beers.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Root Beer and Soda Pop
Company
Mt. AngelWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Sugar
Author
Derek Neuland on 9/14/10, 11:06 PM
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Xing Tea Green Tea With Pomegranate

Xing Tea Green Tea With Pomegranate
Better than the cherry? Possibly. Once again, not a strong tea flavor, but this time the pomegranate was the star. The aftertaste of the fruit was pretty spot on to the sweet, tartness of real pomegranate seeds.

The pomegranate green tea is a nice, drinkable alternative to the ten minutes and yellow fingers you have to deal with on a real pomegranate. I do love the bursting flavor of those lil' seeds, though.
Rating
🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Xing TeaWebsite@XINGtea
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/14/10, 8:01 PM
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Xing Tea Green Tea With Cherry

Xing Tea Green Tea With Cherry
I've had Xing Tea before. It was a nice change from the Arizona tall boys to these because of the totally different cane sugar taste. This cherry flavor was unique since I've never had that flavor iced tea before. It certainly was unique but it was so cherry flavored that they could almost remove "tea" from the title and change the title to a juice and get away with it. It's got green and black tea in it but it's so faint that it's almost non-existent.

Look, it was one tasty drink, and I recommended it and would get it again, but now I know to get it when I have the taste for juice and not iced tea.
Rating
🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Xing TeaWebsite@XINGtea
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/14/10, 3:09 PM
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Mate Fusion Blueberry Acai Tea

Mate Fusion Blueberry Acai Tea
I'm glad that there are a handful of companies popping up who are using mate in their iced teas. It has a very unique flavor, and it is a source of more caffeine then other teas. This is the first time I've tried Mate Fusion, and they have made themselves a great little beverage. The blueberry slightly overpowers the mate in the flavor department. It's very refreshing, and I can see myself enjoying it again on a hot summer day.
Rating
🧃🧃🧃🧃🧃
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Mate FusionWebsite@MateFusion
Country
United States
Sweetener
Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 9/14/10, 3:06 PM
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Harrisburg Dairies Southern Brewed Sweet Tea

Harrisburg Dairies Southern Brewed Sweet Tea
I typically love independent, mom and pop, generic iced teas because they're hand made and generally very good. This one was a bit of a let down.

The sugar was overpowering to the point where it tasted more like tea flavored sugar water than sweetened iced tea. You didn't get much tea flavor at all.

I will continue to try out small company iced teas like this in search for more winners.
Rating
🧃🧃🧃🧃🧃
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Harrisburg DairiesWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 9/14/10, 10:58 AM
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