53 Tasting Notes
On the plus side, I DO feel healthier drinking this rather than water… I’m sure it’s the antioxidants I’m tasting and not the orange pekoe. Those flavonoids sure are flavorful. XD
I need to help my dad drink all this Lipton Hot Tea so we can use the empty jar for cookies. Or paper clips.
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Preparation
AriZona’s iced teas have always been hit or miss with me. Their standard lemon flavored iced tea used to be my go-to, no frills beverage. Once they started coming out with more complex iced tea flavors bombarded with fruit fusions and energy potions (lol), the more I strayed from AriZona’s drinks altogether—with the exception of maybe their Green Tea w/ Ginseng & Honey variety.
Well, it wasn’t until my sister implored me to try their newish Southern Style Sweet Tea that I came running back to their tall $0.99 cans again. Everything I loved about their basic lemon iced tea in terms of simplicity, I found in this iced tea. No frills and straight to the point, even when it comes to the packaging*. It is what it says it is, and that’s an iced tea sweetened with gobs of sugar for a deliciously refreshing, thirst-quenching experience.
For me, that’s what puts this sweet tea above its competition (i.e. McDonald’s $1 Sweet Tea): overall, it’s a refreshment and it owns up to it.
Did I mention how refreshing this sweet tea is? ;P
*An interesting side note about AriZona’s original Sweet Tea packaging, before it was changed due to racial undertones: http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/arizona.asp
Couldn’t have said it any better than @shesteeps: this tea lacks both of the flavors its name suggests. I even left the teabag steeping the entire time I drank it, down to the last sip… Still no flavor aside from a slight hint of cinnamon. I would have liked to taste some plum in there, but I guess Ashbys neglected that half of their Cinnamon Plum tea recipe.
If I had known I was going to steep a mug of brown water, I would have swirled myself up some Nestea Lemon Iced Tea powder mix. =/
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