Waka Instant Black Tea Mix, Classic - 100% Tea Leaves, No Additives, Unsweetened Tea Powder for 50 Quarts or 200 Cups – Easy and Quick Hot or Iced Teas (4.5oz)

"What do I look like? Some guy who's not lazy?" - Lazy Sal, Futurama. A couple reasons why this is a 5 star product for me. Firstly, I love convenience AND black tea. Am I lazy, tired, broke? Maybe, possibly, potentially. I want to preface this review by acknowledging this isn't going to replace a high end tea experience. This is my daily rider. This is my camping tea. This is my easy answer for all my wake up and pick me up moments. Let's start with taste: I like my tea straight up, black & unsweetened. I personally don't find it bitter when I make it dark & powerful. The value is incalculable. Or maybe it IS calculable. All I know is, it's better than bad, it's GOOD! More like great but had to slip in the Ren & Stimpy Log reference. I really like that I can mix the temperature of the water to my preference, ez pz. I also like how easy it is to mix, I use a shaker style bottle with a closed top. It's a shake and go situation. Blending with this method works really well, leaving a smooth texture of the prepared tea. I really like that I can drink it throughout the day. In the morning, I make it darker, by lunch I am mixing a lighter shade of tea. And I need to note, when I am heavy handed with the amount of mix, the final product packs a PUNCH. The only heads up I want to give (see photo) which I learned the first time I mixed up a cup is the underside of the scoop will pick up loose product. So save yourself the small mess and tap the scoop before you fill the scoop side. HUZZAH!

I figured this was a risk when I ordered it, but, honestly....I'm impressed. This is VERY close to the tea I normally brew (I'm an avid tea drinker).

I'm an iced tea addict. It is very frustrating when I go pick up hot food and get home only to realize "I forgot to brew tea!"This instant tea has me covered for those times. Is it as good as a home-brew tea from bags and boiling water? Probably not. But it is not bad at all, it is actually good. It seems a bit expensive but when you realize a full 12-16 oz glass takes 1/2 teaspoon (spoon is included) of this super concentrated ground tea, the bag should last a long time. I like mine a little stronger and I use a little less water. Instant tea is nothing new, but this brand in my opinion is much tastier than the off-the-shelf brand name of instant tea; it's also more economical as you use far more of the name brand. I think I will keep this in my pantry as a staple.

I really like this stuff once I learned to go lightly with it. It comes with a very small spoon. Perfect for putting one small scoop into a 16 oz bottle of spring water. I tried to use more to make it look more like Lipton instant (which isn't made anymore) but it tasted bitter. It's not as robust as Lipton, it's more subtle. Once I stopped trying to put a square peg into a round hole it was great.

I actually purchased this to enhance my electrolyte drink. The combination of the strong taste of tea and fruity flavor (orange,mango) blend very well together. The tea by itself is delicious as well. This will be my go order each time I have to my electrolyte powder too.

It tends to vlump not mixing easily and kinda bitter if you prefer yours a little stronger but the price was decent if you need to save money and you really need your tea.

Are you missing Nestea instant unsweetened iced tea? This is your fix. Tastes the exact same, but it's a bit more pulverized into a fine powder making it even easier to mix. It tastes absolutely amazing. I'm not sure how long a bag lasts, but it'll probably go fast because I'm drinking tea again at a whole other level! Try some of the other flavors, too--peach is incredible. Not even a paid spokesperson, just a tea snob!

Of course - what something tastes like is always subjective - and I was looking for a simple, flavorful tea that was natural - not loaded with sugar or other additives, cost-effective and easy to use, and would also be a good friend to myself and my mug warmer by my easy chair in my old age. Well, butter my ears and call me "FATSO", this was not it. Although I am not a "rabid review writer", I do comment occasionally when something exceeds my expectations, or when something misses my expectations by a "MILE". Unfortunately, this was the latter. I have never had COVID and my "smeller" and my "taster" work well for me, like when I crack open a new can of coffee and smell the aroma - it is an absolute joy, and I was hoping the many, many positive reviews on this product were accurate and would be another option other than my tea bags. Just my opinion, and far be it from me to rain on anyone else's parade, but for me this was a $10 packet of "nothing", because I could not taste it after putting the instructed 1/4 tsp into a mug of hot water, or a glass of ice water. Some may say the taste was so "subtle", that you could hardly taste it, or maybe not even taste it at all. BINGO! The only taste I got was the bitter taste of wasting $10.00. There is a lesson to be learned here for me though, and that is to continue to "woe the day" they quit making Lipton Instant Tea, and that evidently, not all taste buds are created equal, and (thankfully) neither are product reviews.

Great for iced tea! Don’t have the patience for wait for tea to cool down then this is for you. I mix this with my good host mix to achieve a less sweet iced tea

Better than I expected it to be, after I actually followed the instructions. It makes many more cups of tea than you think it would (over 150 even if you like extra powder) First cup made with this was FAR too strong and tasted like chemicals but that's because I thought I really liked strong tea and put in a half teaspoon when the instructions said to put in 1/4 a teaspoon. Putting in the right amount makes a decent cup of tea, not quite as good as my normal english breakfast but for the convenience of not needing to wait for it to steep on days that the wait seems too much or that I literally forget that I was steeping some tea, it is more than good enough. Unfortunately after about half of the pack was used, one side of the resealable plastic part came off the side but that's pretty minor.

Love it!! Instant tea at your finger tips, you can control the strength by adding more or less instant tea.

Love this! I mixer with water and electrolytes for a super quenching drink. Blends quickly and easily.