I’ve been impressed with Snapple’s marketing campaign for their latest bottled teas. Due to their efforts, I had to stop at a local grocery store and buy a couple bottles of Snapple’s tea products. I purchased a Nectarine White Tea and the All Natural Green Tea. Other than Diet Pepsi and bottled water, I don’t drink a lot of bottled beverages. So, I wasn’t sure what to expect. First off, the tea actually comes in a glass bottle unlike some of their competitors. There wasn’t any sediment in the bottom of the bottle. The packaging and graphics are well designed and add to the value of the product. Out of habit, I shook the bottle anyway.

I’ll tell you about the white tea now - I’m still drinking the green tea. The color of the tea liquor is almost as clear as water. The taste was absolutely delicious as long as you enjoy nectarines. The nectarine flavoring was the only thing I could taste. The bottle states that the tea is made from plucked baby tea leaves. Unfortunately, I could not taste the tea. Since I’m judging this product compared to other popular bottled beverages, I have to say it was good. It has a very smooth and refreshing flavor. It is a sweet beverage, but I’ll let that slide since it does have 55mg of EGCG (and over 30g of sugar). Compared to other non-diet beverages 30g of sugar isn’t that bad. If you like bottled beverages, and you are an iced-tea or flavored bottled water consumer, this is a good beverage choice.

marTEA

marTEA's blog was posted on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 10:54 pm and is filed under Ready-to-drink, Snapple, White Tea. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.