Merry Christmas!
Apologies for this photo. I sat down to write this review and discovered that I had somehow missed taking a picture when the jug was unopened.
Sadly, this is yet another in the long line of juice blends from Trader Joe's that qualifies for Nina's apt descriptor, "Melted lollipops." After water, the second ingredient is sugar, and that shows in how overly sweet it is. It took Nina exactly one sip to reject it as undrinkable.
The spice blend is actually quite nice--when you get to it. The problem is that it comes in fairly large flakes, so it all quickly settles to the bottom of your mug, and you only get to taste it in the last couple of swallows, unless you keep a spoon handy and keep stirring before every sip.
The label endorses using it both cold and hot. Heated, it is definitely better--or, more accurately, it's less bad. The sweetness somehow seems less obnoxious, more muted, though that can only be a trick of perception, not reality. The issue of the dregs remains, of course.
Will I buy it again?
No.
I liked this actually, but the juice content (or lack thereof) and significant added sugar kept me from buying it =P
ReplyDeleteIt is very sweet- we heated up ours with a bottle of red wine and lots of sliced fresh oranges and lemons. That way it was fabulous! But yeah, straight out of the bottle not so fabulous.
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