Wild Berry Zinger

this tea is ok. i have had better. too similar to other teas i can get a hold of. i will not be doing a full review on this tea.

Last night I went to Walmart a little tipsy, and ended up spending $100 on a Keurig Brewer. They had intrigued me for a while, and I was surprised to see one for only $100. After looking for K-Cups a couple different places, I wasn’t too excited about their options for tea. I read quite a few reviews that told me just tossing in a tea bag was a bad idea…but I just couldn’t resist.

First I tried a white tea in the Keurig, and was pleasantly surprised at how tasty it was! I was so excited to be enjoying such yummy tea in under 2 minutes, that I just had to try a second bag. In the mood for something fruity, I ripped open my wild berry zinger out of my fruit tea sampler and decided to give that a whirl. I was pretty excited when I first smelled it, but didn’t want to get my hopes up. Fortunately I was not disappointed!

It tastes very similar to fruit punch to me. And I’m a huge fan of fruit punch. :) I suppose it has some tartness to it but it’s not overwhelming. I’m really curious to see what this tastes like iced. I bet with a bit of stevia it will be delicious! Hoping I can find a box of this this weekend- since it’s from the fruit sampler I only have 2 or 3 left.

One of these days I may try steeping this in my teapot just to see how it compares to the way it tastes from the Keurig. This machine of course doesn’t replace my kettle/teapot but I definitely see myself using this on mornings I have to be to class by 8, and at night when I just don’t have the energy to mess with steeping the old-fashioned way!

I’m excited I can make using of my new brewer without having to spend $12 for 16 cups of tea!

Strong, full bodied berry flavor. Although I prefer to drink it unsweetened, other people tell me that the “zing” is too overpowering. I always buy this in boxes of two, since it’s one of my favorites.

Filling in for the accountant who suddenly had to take the day off at the retail branch. This is the lone box of tea sitting in the kitchen beside the poor neglected Bodum electric water kettle that’s positively crispy inside with calcium from the questionable tap water. (Well, there’s also some Soothing Caramel Bedtime from Yogi, but I would sooner bite off my foot than try something with that ingredient list.)
Definitely haven’t had any of the zingers in awhile, but I liked them with some honey when I was younger. This one is tart, tart, tart from all of that hibiscus and added citric acid. It’s got enough cherry and blueberry flavoring in there to keep it from tasting like unsweetened hot agua fresca. It’s a solid hibiscus tisane if you’re looking for something mouth-puckering in the tea aisle of the grocery, but True Blueberry will always be my favorite from Celestial Seasonings. Can’t beat that blueberry pie filling brew.

I like how it’s light but sweet!

This Tisane delivers a wild berry zinger punch! I brewed this in my 16oz tumbler left the tea bag in and it was great! Loved the different berry flavours of raspberry and sweet blackberries. I do see that some other steepsters have been particularly harsh when rating this tea but I also noticed that a lot of the reviews are well over 4 years ago so maybe Celestial made some changes because this was really good.

This is quite drinkeable iced with sugar. But remember, it don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that zing. And there is little zing here. Still it’s good. I did notice a bit of that cherry cough syrup smell that someone else noticed. And the back of my throat may be feeling it.

Two bags and 200 mL for 3 min then iced.

Having previously rated this a 14/100 due to how ridiculously sour and acidic it is, I’m going to bump my rating slightly. I was in the mood for something fruity and with no caffeine today and thought I would start to use up this box gifted to me by someone who was going to throw it out.

1 tsp agave, 1 teabag coldbrewed in 500 mL cold water for 10-15 minutes. The sweetener isn’t too much. It takes the edge off, but it isn’t anywhere close to juice or generic sweetened iced tea. I can’t drink this straight, but I also don’t enjoy super sweet drinks. As a lightly sweetened coldbrew, this isn’t as bad. It allows me to taste the tisane without being overwhelmed by the horrors of hibiscus and citric acid. There is a definite berry flavour (raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry), hibiscus, cherry/fruit punch, lemon. Mostly berries and hibiscus, though.

I still maintain this is waaay to sour and would be more enjoyable if it wasn’t attempting to burn my esophagus with it’s caustic acid. Definitely opt for a short steep. Best had with light sweetener and lots of ice.

I was surprised by how tolerable this tea was. I expect it will be even better cold brewed in the summer, perhaps added to lemonade. My experience with the hot brewed version was a nicely tart raspberry heavy herbal tea which needed very little sugar. I can understand how the acidic berry flavors are off-putting to many steepsters, but I was pleasantly amused by it.

Pleasantly fruity and slightly tart.