I don't think I've ever had straight-up tangerine juice before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. However, among the Trader Joe's juice line, this is one of the rare one-ingredient products, which, experience tells me, means that it's probably good.
And it is. It's more intense than all but the freshest orange juice, but less sweet, with a bit of tartness. I don't have a lifetime of tangerine juice experience against which to compare this as I do with orange and grapefruit, so it's hard to know where to place this on the spectrum. However, using what we learned about orange juices, I'd venture a guess that (1) a genuinely fresh-squeezed product would be even better than this, but I don't even know if such a thing even exists in the commercial grocery world, and (2) short of that, this not-from-concentrate version, with no adulteration, is probably about as good as you can buy.
It's not cheap, at $2.99 for one quart, but it gives you a very nice burst of citrusy flavor that's a little different from your average orange juice.
Will I buy it again?
Not regularly, but once in a while as a treat, with pleasure.
I love TJ's Tangerine Juice and buy it frequently.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good! I'm going ti get one as a treat :)
ReplyDeleteThru 2023 I bought TJ's "Tangerine Juice Fresh Squeezed" which was marginally more expensive than the Tangerine Juice next to it that *may* have been made from reconstituted frozen juice. The Fresh Squeezed has been FABULOUS. But as of mid April 2024 there's only the cheaper other version. What's the story????
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