This one was really unpleasant for me, but interestingly it was mostly the lemon peel in the blend that I thought I was responding poorly too and less the instant black tea itself…
It starts incredibly sharp and acrid, with a REALLY piercing lemon note. From there, the taste quickly becomes strongly bitter/pithy and hard to choke down. I could see where the unsweetened Southern style iced tea inspirations might be coming from, but the vision didn’t feel realized. I thought that maybe I could mellow out/thin the acrid sourness or bitter finishing notes by watering down the drink, but it just didn’t work out in my favour…
It’s a shame, because I think an instant black tea and lemon powder is one that I could see myself actually incorporating into my day by day. Just, not this one.