Product Information:

A refreshing hint of organic natural lemon in harmony with green tea.

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Taster’s Review:

I am probably the last person to ever try Kombucha.  Yeah … imagine that … a tea reviewer has been hesitant to try a tea product.  About as inconceivable as the thought that I would be hesitant to try something new (especially when it pertains to tea.)  But there it is … I love my tea, but, the idea of fermented tea … and what little I have read about Kombucha, the making of it sounds a little bit like how they make vinegar.

Now, I like vinegar when I drizzle it on my salad or my green beans, but, it’s not something that I will chill in the refrigerator and then pour myself a glass to drink.  You know what I mean?  Yeah, I know that they make sipping vinegars, but I haven’t tried those either.  And to be perfectly honest, if I hadn’t received this can of Green Tea & Lemon Sparkling Fermented Tea from Kombucha Wonder Drink in my April Knoshbox, I probably wouldn’t be about to try it now, because, I doubt I would have actually paid for a drink that has filled me so much unease.

So, I sit here, with this innocent enough looking can of chilled tea drink, still sealed … wondering if I will actually open it and drink it.  And after looking at it for some time … I finally popped the top and took a sip.

First impression:  weird.

Second impression:  tart and lemony.

Third impression:  I’m not getting a whole lot of tea flavor here.

I get the lemony tingle on my tongue … and I don’t know how much of that is actually lemon and how much is the fermentation.  It’s very bubbly like a soda pop would be.  I’m not big on soda.  This is also quite sweet despite the tarty taste of it … which I guess I’m glad for the sweetness otherwise it might end up being too sour.

It’s different.  It’s not bad.  It reminds me a bit of a sparkling lemonade with a little bit of something else to it.  I find myself wishing I could taste more green tea, and as I continue to sip, that wish is granted – but only barely! – because the green tea notes do develop as I sip.  It’s never a strong green tea taste.  I don’t get a lot of grassy or vegetative notes or anything else that strongly resembles a green tea.  Just a hint of it.

And I do taste a slight ‘vinegary’ note to this as well, and this taste develops by about “mid-can” … it’s like someone added maybe a teaspoon of vinegar to my sparkling lemonade, along with a teaspoon of green tea.  I taste more lemon than green tea here though, and I feel that is important to mention since the description suggests that there is a “hint” of lemon, and to these taste buds, it is more lemon than anything else with the exception of sugar.

Overall, I’d say that my first impression is the best one:  it’s weird.  Very unusual, but I don’t dislike it.  But, I like other things better, and because of that, I doubt I’ll be buying another can of this in the near future.  That said, I do find myself sort of intrigued by the Asian Pear and Ginger flavor, so I might … MIGHT try this flavor at some point.