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What the? I picked up this multi-pack, and I thought this might be a nice, indie alternative to the other hard teas I have recently reviewed. After all, I want to find a nice hard tea for after an evening of mowing the lawn or even just sitting out on the deck with the pups, enjoying the night air. As I was looking for the location of Peace on the can, I found that this is owned by Coke. Well, I'm still going to review it like it's indie.
Well, would you look at that? Tea looks a lot like tea. As a bonus, no one at the factory chimed in with the bad idea of adding carbonation to it. Now that I know that Coke is behind them, I am kind of surprised it wasn't carbonated by default. The aroma is that unusual and now somewhat familiar iced tea with alcohol lurking under it all.
First sip is fairly nice. It's the kind of tea that you get when you mix concentrated tea crystals with water. Then, they added alcohol and lemon. I like tea with a little sweetness, but not too much. This is actually doing a good job of walking that fine line. Mind you, that's only from a sip, and the beverage has to deal with the slightly artificial nature of the taste of the tea in the first place, but the first sip is winning.
Tip-in is light sweetness with equally demure tea and alcohol. The middle picks up and is not good. This claims to have cane sugar, but it is fighting the stuff in the powder of the tea, and this is just not mixing with the alcohol well. The finish is an aftertaste of fake sugar and stale tea.
Bottom Line: They shall find no peace with this tea.
1.25/5
