Thursday Teas: Celestial Seasonings Iced Tea Variety Pack K-Cups

Against my better judgment, I agreed to my son's request to try this variety pack of iced teas.  Fruit flavored teas on the lower end use a lot of chemicals... in fact, I've heard someone with a chemistry degree say, "A good chemist can make a poop sandwich taste like a prime roast so don't think something's good for you just because it tastes good."  So anyway, I know those soft drink teas are totally fake, but I love them anyway.  Plus this is  a "brew over ice" type deal, which piqued my curiosity.

Anyway, here are the flavors you get in this box, along with the description:

Sweet Lemon - the perfect balance of fresh squeezed lemon, fresh brewed black tea and all natural sugars

Sweet Raspberry - tart and tangy raspberries combine with black tea for a truly refreshing glass of iced tea

Sweet Peach - a taste of summer - delightful and sweet without being too sugary or cloying

Unsweetened Black - refreshing, zero calories, traditional black iced tea

First of all, the tea coming out of the Keurig is so hot it melts the handful of ice in the cup pretty quickly. If you add ice to the remainder, then the top is cool but the bottom is warm, so if you want to drink immediately then you need to brew over ice and pour over more ice.  This is more of an inconvenience than anything, as even the "sweet" flavors are not terribly sweet.  If you like a Southern sweet tea, then you'll want to add a tablespoon of sugar to the hot mix and then pour it over ice.  

On the plus side, the teas have a very strong tea flavor, which I like.  

The black tea is just as advertised... a straight up black tea with no sweetening.  It's good if you like black tea (which I do).

The sweet peach is very chemical-ly tasting.  I'm not sure it even smells like peach.  No amounts of sugar can save this one.

The sweet raspberry isn't abominable, but also has a chemical aftertaste.  I can drink this one with a teaspoon of sugar.  Eh.  Not bad.

The sweet lemon is my favorite out of this box.  Tastes just like black tea with sugar and lemon.  

So there you have it.   4 tea reviews for the price of one!

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