Customer Reviews

Stash Premium Lightly Sweetened Green Iced Tea Powder, Packets, 8-Count Boxes (Pack of 6)

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The first part of this review is a history of my health problems and what green tea bottles and sugar had to do with me finding the stash teas products. If you do not want to read that part, skip down to the bottom, and there is the review of the stash teas, only.

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A couple of years ago I had a physical and my doctor told me that my Triglycerides were high. I was a serious soda drinker (sometimes as many as 5 cans per day, not diet), so I decided I needed to start drinking something "healthlier." I gravitated toward Green Tea because I like it. I averaged 2-3 1/2 liter bottles per day for 2 years (I also averaged about 1-2 cans of soda per day).

I recently had my triglycerides checked again and instead of going down THEY DOUBLED. They were over 300 (over 150 is considered high). I about had a heart attack right there. Now, I am not an overweight person, and have had a fairly high motabolism, but I have started to create a belly (I call it a Dr. Pepper belly because that is my favorite soda. I do not drink alcohol of any kind). I am telling all of this to you because ALL of my other tests came in within normal levels, including all other aspects to my cholesterol.

I did research and found out that if you are not overweight but have weight gain around the belly area, it might be due to consumption of a lot of sugar products. The excess sugar consumed, in this case, can be turned into trigylcerides. I looked at what I was eating and drinking to see if this was the case for me. What I found shocked me. The 1/2 liter bottles of green tea has MORE sugar in it than a can of soda. I checked several different manufacturers of green tea and I found them all to have about the same amount of sugar.

I concluded that between my morning coffee, green tea bottles and soda, I was consuming over 1,100 grams of sugar a week ( or about 4,000 callories of sugar a week just in drinks)!!

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I was looking for an alternative to the green tea bottles and found the stash tea products. I personally, do not have the time or patience to use tea bags, so I was interested in the tea powders. I ordered the lightly sweetened green tea powder and tried it. And I loved it. I then proceeded to buy the other 5 flavors of the green tea powders and love them also.

There are 4 flavors that do not have sugar added, so I use a few drops of Stevia Glycerite to sweeten the drink. It does not take a lot.

The best thing is that the tea powders cost about 1/2 or less than the bottled green teas I use to drink.

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To end on a personal note, I have altered my drinking habits and now drink 1 liter of the tea powder drink and 1+ liter of water per day. I still drink 1 can of Dr. Pepper on the weekend, but that is it. I have been doing this for a little over a month now and between my altered drinking habits and the fish oil pills, I have lost about 5 lbs. and am due to get my triglycerides checked in a couple of weeks.

I hope this helps anyone that is in a similar situation to me and realize that just because it says its healthy does not mean it is.

Ingredients listed: Pure cane sugar, and 100% pure powdered Japanese green tea.

Nutrition Facts: all 0%, except Sodium (15mg) and Sugar (12g)

Basic Instructions: add one packet to 8oz of cold water and stir or shake well to dissolve...

My Opinion: It is too sweet for my taste, even diluted in a 16.9oz water bottle. It almost tastes like sugar water. I think the unsweetened version would be better. 5 star because it delivers what it promises.

This is Japanese green tea. NOT Chinese green tea. There is a difference.

I like the mild sweet flavor of this instant tea. I've added it to lots of different drinks like juices and energy drinks. I have fun mixing it with things. It blends well for me.

What can i say, I love iced tea. I drink a lot of it, and love the convenience of these new individual serving size packets. I am also a big fan of Stash products, or rather of all the other stash products I have tried.
I purchased a case of all 4 varieties, (when i say i drink iced tea, i am not kidding) and these were all way too weak when i mixed them in my 16 ounces water bottle.
I finally found that i needed to dissolve 2 packets in a small bit of hot water first (if not the tea clumped on me), and than add the rest of the water just to make these palatable. And only than were these passable...
Over all I am very dissatisfied with the product and will stick with the other brands that are out on the market.

lots of uses for this green tea...

I generally like most tea (though not the over-ally flowery blends)...

Being on more of a health kick in recent years, I have added a lot more GREEN tea to my diet in one form or another...
from straight brewed tea <> hot or iced...

To adding the powder to things like salad dressings, smoothies, baked goods, etc.

I am not new to green tea....as I first started drinking it when living in Japan some 30+ years ago....
in the ground form known as matcha.
A quality product. Dissolves well.

I like both the unsweetened and the lightly sweetened.

As a long time tea drinker, was happy to come across this iced tea mix. It serves as my sports drink while exercising or golfing. I find this iced tea very refreshing. I really like the flavor and especially the low sugar content. The plain green is my favorite followed by the raspberry. The blueberry is good too; it's unsweetened, so I add half a packet of Truvia.

I really enjoy this tea because it's not to sweet and it's easy to use. I carry it and my mug with me and just add hot or cold water, depending upon my mood. I find that it gives me just the right kind of energy and it can even hold my hunger between meals. A real great thing because I watch my calories. And of course, green tea is full of antioxidants.

This has a great rich taste. Remember this is ground whole leaf, so the tea is stronger than you may expect. Not overly sweet and dissolves readily. I use it during workouts mixed with ice water in a Polar bottle.

I liked the flavor and the ease to mix this tea. I use a few packets and make a pitcher to keep in the fridge. Very good COLD and needs NO sweetening as is lightly sweet already. Doesn't look pretty, but DOES look like a healthy drink! I liked it!