I was initially a little surprised how sweet this was after taking my first few sips, but I realized quickly that I had naively assumed “sugar free” meant “sweetener free” and that was not the case. This Ooya flavour uses erythritol as an alternative sweetener, which is a synthetic sweetener. The overall drink was pretty good. Citrusy lemon top notes and then a smooth, grassy and ever so slightly earthy and smoky guayusa base that makes up the bulk of the profile.
I would much rather drink the sweetener version of the “Original” flavour though. It’s not that I’m personally against artificial sweeteners like erythritol on principle, but I do find the aftertaste lingers in a similar way to stevia and I just don’t care enough about a drink being sugar free to outweigh the taste difference…