Tuesday is Iced Tea Review day!

Harney & Sons does it again. This time with their ready to drink Organic Black Currant bottled iced tea. I really don’t need to say more here, other than it’s delicious.

Every brand has things they’re good at and things they need to improve upon. These are typically easy to pick out. This hasn’t been the case for me so far with Harney & Sons where I haven’t been able to pick out any major deficiencies in their line I couldn’t relate to a year of bad yields.

This Harney & Sons Organic Black Currant bottled iced tea clearly shows a Harney & Sons strength. Creating unique blends of tea which are equally delicious hot, or cold!

This brew presents itself as a deep amber gold with plenty of “tea” in it. The aroma a fragrant sugar & honey with mild overtones of black tea.

The currant sweetness comes through in the flavor. Black currant tones subtly coat you mouth as the straingent black tea brings out a slightly sour pucker for the lips.

This tea isn’t too bold, and isn’t too sweet. It does however, have an unusually long tail which can draw out for ten minutes or more if you let it. But I couldn’t keep myself from continuing to sip this delicious drink!

I can easily recommend this iced tea to fans of currants, fruity teas, sweet teas and flavored teas. Enjoy!

Tuesday is Iced Tea Review day!

Occasionally I run into a nice, light iced tea with a calming flavor and surprisingly little briskness allowing me simply to relax with a nice breeze on a hot Summer day. This fantastically light peach flavored white iced tea from Honest Tea hits that spot just about to a tee, pun intended.

It’s interesting how you can clearly see the particles of peach in the cloudy and rustic orange tea through the bottle. It’s ultimately reassuring of the purity of this certified organic beverage.

After opening the bottle and sniffing deeply the aromas of this tea… my primary impression is of peaches with clear notes of sugar having been added for additional sweetness. This is not usually my preference as I like to be able to taste more of the tea, and less of the additives.

The flavor of this tea is not particularly bold. Clearly sweetened, the peach overtones and citrus notes don’t come in until after the sugar has softened the blow. I really would prefer a tea with less sugar, but this blend remained remarkably refreshing whether at my cubicle at work or in a hammock in the shade on a hot Summer day.

I recommend this ready to drink bottled tea to those who like sweet teas, peach tea, fruit teas, flavored tea, iced teas and just a darned refreshing beverage!