Waka Instant Green Tea Mix, Classic - 100% Tea Leaves, No Additives, Unsweetened Tea Powder for 50 Quarts or 200 Cups – Easy Quick Hot and Iced Teas (4.5oz)

I got this tea on sale thinking it was stevia sweetened and would make a refreshing iced green tea. Let me tell you about my first foray with this tea. I added a heaping teaspoon of powder onto a 32 oz glass of hot water and added a few shots of stevia liquid. It was darker than I remember green tea being. My first taste and I wanted to gag. The taste was soooooooo bad that I got an instant headache and I almost dumped it down the drain. I am glad I did not. I added more stevia and tried it again. No change whatsoever, still overpowering. Instead, I got a fresh 32 oz glass of ice water and added about 2 ounces of the tea /stevia tar from the original 32oz glass into the fresh one and mixed it up. Wow, the color was a beautiful light green that I expected to see. The flavor was outstanding. I then dumped the rest of the 32oz glass into a 2 gallon pitcher and ended up with 2 gallons of refreshing sweet tea. The directions call for 1/4 tsp. Personally even that much seems like a lot and was way too much. Today, I mix a slightly full teaspoon powder into 2 gallons of water and add the sweetener and it is great! I love this tea now and smells good in the cabinet once you open the package. I paid $8 on Amazon for the bag. I am not sure that I would pay $15. Buy it on sale and try diluting it if you do not like the taste. You may find that the right balance is based on how much water you use. I will say that as HOT tea with sugar, it seems to be better but I still use less powder than recommended. I purchased the mango flavored green tea.

Opening the bag hits you with a very overpowering peach scent. So much so that the first cup I couldn't taste any peach at all. I was very disappointed. The second cup in, with the scent out of my nose, the peach flavor was very nicely paired with the green tea. I havent been able to stop drinking since I got it. I have even tried it in my coffee and love it. Like it so much that I ordered a few other flavors to try. Just like other reviews have said, the zip top was faulty. Just transferred to a zip lock bag. It also didnt come with a scoop, not sure if it was supposed or not but I had one so no biggie.

So this tea is very bitter…yes it taste like raspberry but it’s bitter. I usually drink unsweetened tea but this is strong in the bitter aftertaste.

I drink a lot of green tea, and I enjoy varieties with some lemon, so I decided to give this a try. It's definitely a good value for the price--you get a lot of cups from this package! It does blend well, and that's handy because you can make tea with whatever temperature water you wish. That's really great when I'm traveling and don't have quick access to hot enough water. The quality is excellent and the taste is good... but to me, not as good as the stuff I brew myself with a tea bag. Maybe that's because it is a very finely ground powder. This might even make it even more healthy for you since apparently you're drinking the leaf, not just what is steeped from it. But it tastes just a little bitter to me--not off-putting, but not as mild as the traditionally-brewed stuff. I like this stuff a lot, though, especially for making iced tea and for adding a bit of green tea boost (and just a little caffeine) to a smoothie. I would buy it again.

I'm the type of person that will tolerate bitterness up to a certain point; was my think as I read some of the 1 star reviews of this tea. As a avid tea partaker, I've had many assortment of flavored and unsweetened tea that were bitter that a little honey and a hint of cinnamon couldn't fix. But for this pomegranate flavored green tea mix was a different beast that I could not tame. I've tried many methods like the good old milk and honey, lowering the temp of water and even simple sugar. It was either bitter or just too sweet, there was no in-between. So in conclusion, my experience with the pomegranate flavored green tea mix was just too bitter that anything I would add could fix the taste. No hint of pomegranate, the size was ok for the price and ultimately I had to toss it to the trash. I would like to give the other teas a try but I'm just too hesitant it might be the same outcome. Maybe if Waka would decide to make a variety pack of different sample size flavors they might have something good going for them. Just an idea...