Normally I try to keep my reviews to alcoholic substances since it's more fun for me and, besides, nobody wants to read about Diet Coke or Dr. Pepper's newest flavor creation that will be gone in two months. Also, I don't drink many sodas. However, I do drink ginger ale -- and when I saw that a new hybrid called green tea ginger ale was just named the best beverage product of the year by an influential consumer group, I had to try it.
Green tea ginger ale is made by Canada Dry, so I was expecting the taste to be similar. It's not. Not even slightly.
The dominant flavor is green tea -- or a
green tea-like flavor that tastes slightly artificial. Green tea is an
actual ingredient -- right below fructose corn syrup, citric acid,
natural flavors and ascorbic acid -- but this tastes unlike any green tea
I've had (then again, I drink tea unsweetened and this is brimming with
sugar). The order of the flavors you taste from highest to lowest are
sugar, weird green tea, Seven-Up-like-flavor, ginger ale.
It's oddly disconcerting because of the carbonation. Drinking
carbonated green tea is a new experience and not a good one.
But it's all supposed to be OK because green tea ginger ale is good for you. It says say right on the label: "enhanced with 200 mg of antioxidents." In smaller print it says "each 8 oz serving contains 200 mg of antioxidents from green tea flavonoids." Besides the flavonoids, this seems to be just another high-calorie soft drink (135 calories per can) and no matter how many flavonoids you ingest, you're going to gain weight from drinking so many empty calories.
Two
months back, Fat City put together a ginger ale taste-test. I would rank green tea
ginger ale below Vernors, which was the lowest-ranked ginger ale
in the test. Yes, Vernors tasted like piss, but at least you recognized the flavor the company was going for.
As a fan of ginger ales and green teas I will enjoy each in their own seperate times and never again shall the two meet. At least not when the words "Canada Dry" are involved.
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Real good article about how stupid you are. Trying to justify your bad tastes with a taste-test? What you have pictured tastes VERY good and is constantly sold out in Target stores jack-ass. I was looking online for another source to buy it, and found your stupid article because I thought it would be insightful.
End yourself and give us the space back.
The
substance that is really helpful that is present in a tea are antioxidants.
It would aid in losing weight and provide us with health benefits.
Well, to each his own. I like ginger ale, but it can get boring to drink. However, green tea ginger ale is interesting and enjoyable. I Like and so does my wife. Perhaps it is an age thing. We are both in our 50's.
I doubt I would have enjoyed this product when I was under 35.
what are you talking about? I love green tea ginger ale, I honestly think its one of the best sodas I've tasted before. Though I have to say for some reason, the canned version of it taste better then bottled version. I know they should be similar but they're not, the canned version is purely transparent like sprite but the bottled version is yellowish.
This is a surprisingly refreshing mix. The stores are completely sold out of it in San Diego.
I discovered it this weekend at my roommate's party. I made up a couple of drinks with it. I think they will be better in the spring or summer, but here ya go...
1 part Sweet Tea Vodka + 1 part lemonade + splash green tea gingerale= yummy and refreshing (super sweet, water down the lemonade if necessary)
1 part whiskey + 1 part lemonade + 1 part green tea gingerale= yummy yummy yummy :)
this is the BEST soda in the world. im drinking a 2L of it right now, lol. i had to search to see opinions on it and had to comment. i just came from work and me and my co-worker were just talking about how freakin amazing it is :DDD
Diet Green Tea Ginger Ale is the ONLY soda I can stand. This stuff is great. Too bad it's so hard to find around here!
I LOVE this Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ake, but can't find it anywmore!! PLEASE don't tell me they discontinued it?? Anyone know??
On my 4th can. I Luv Ginger Ale, but not Green Tea anything. I Luv Ginger Ale and Green Tea!
I love your canada green tea ginger ale but I can't find it anymore in Daytona Beach, Florida . I found 13 at a Hess store. Please tell me where I can buy the 20 ounce bottle.
Add cranberry concentrate and it gets even better or you can also add Rose's lime juice for more fun
I tried this over the summer...great stuff. Shared with friends and they all were impressed and are converts. Perhaps this beverage is appropriate for a discriminating palette.
You are so wrong - this stuff is da bomb! Now, I just have to figure out how to mix with vodka to make it even better!
This stuff taste really good. My grandmother saw it when we were shopping the other day and she wanted to trt it. She had one and she said they were horrible. Me thinking that it was horrible didn't want to try it. Well I went for a soda and there were only mountain dew(which I am not a big fan of) and this stuff. So I decided on the green tea ginger ale. I loved it. I'm having one now ...
I had one for the first time the other day, and thought it had a slight after taste, but once you start drinking it goes away. I think it has a great blend of Ginger Ale and Green Tea, I can taste them both.
This is a keeper. I hope they don't discontinue it.
THIS SODA IS SOOOO GOOD LIKE OMG So TASTY....IM DRINKING OnE NOW!
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