Tejava Premium Iced Tea: Plain, Simple and Perfect

Sick of Sweetened Iced Teas? Try Tejava!

Growing up in New England, drinking tea (hot, year 'round and iced in the summer) became a part of my way of life at an early age. For many years now, iced tea has become my favorite beverage, year 'round (after some hot coffee in the morning, that is.) Problem was that for many, many years I could not find a prepackaged unsweetened iced tea on store shelves. I tried so many different types and brands, I nearly made myself ill. Whether using sugars or artificial sweeteners, I found them all to bee just too sweet. What they offered, often in the guise of being mislabeled as 'natural', was a big dose of sweetener in an nearly untastable tea of one kind or another. I resigned myself to brewing iced tea at home for myself, using plain old tea bags.

Then, I got lucky. On a trip to a local Trader Joe's store, I found Tejava on the shelf. Available in either six-packs of 12 ounces each or in a full liter size bottle, Tejava is exactly (and only) what it claims to be, "Handpicked, Microbrewed and Unsweetened." I don't really care too much about the first two labeled terms, but the third caught my attention. Suspicious, as always, I read the ingredients. As you know, the FDA requires all food products to provide a complete list of ingredients, and Tejava's include only the following: Pure Java Tea brewed from water and select Java tea leaves." That's it!

I buy it in the liter bottles by the case and always have a couple chilled in the fridge. I drink it on ice and sometimes, when the mood strikes me, I might add a teaspoon of sugar - but only if I feel like it. More often, I drink it as it is. It has a deep and rich tea flavor - not as sharp as my home-brewed Lipton traditional tea from bags. There are, of course, other unsweetened teas available, but the rest are available only dry and require brewing. Tejava is just exactly what I want, straight from the bottle. How much sweetening you want and of what type is entirely up to you, the drinker - as it should be!

So, if you crave plain, unsweetened iced tea and have either given up on the idea or have taken to brewing your own - there is a good alternative choice. It is Tejava. Give it a try - You won't be disappointed.