Hey ladies and gents, today we have another contender from Honest Ade ready to strut its stuff.  As you can see from the other Honest Tea/Honest Ade reviews, both WiseGuise and I appreciate their efforts toward low-sugar, natural, and eco-friendly beverages.

**Quick rant about Honest Tea**  I think Honest Tea is a great vehicle to deliver the message of “low sugar does not equal low flavor” to the mainstream.  The problem with so many natural, organic, and low-sugar products is that their flavor just plain sucks.  I can understand why a lot of people have grown wary of the “organic” label, or anything that looks like it could be found in a health food store.  People are afraid it will taste bland.  And there’s always the fear that organic products will beat you about the head with environmental messages like so many patchouli-scented hippie sticks, until you are finally forced to join PETA or move to a commune or something.

But Honest Tea handles both of these problems very gracefully.  For one, they have a wide array of solid low-sugar flavors that I believe can wean even hard-core syrup addicts off the Coke bottle.  And second, they handle their organic ingredients and eco-friendly message in a completely non-threatening and un-hippie-fied manner.  Honest Tea’s packaging looks right at home in any drink aisle, anywhere from Whole Foods to your local 7-11.  This is why I’m excited about Honest Tea.  I think they have the power to bring the message of drinking healthy to the masses.  **Rant Complete**

This entry has a nice tangy tropical orange-drink smell to it – not as intense as a 100% juice, of course, but potent nonetheless.  It has a pleasantly mild citrus flavor with slight hints of mango.  Again, I’m impressed at the amount of sweetness they were able to get out of only 12g of sugar per serving.  It is light and refreshing, and definitely chuggable.

I enjoy this flavor, but it lacks the potent punch, the wow factor from some of the other Honest Ades.  It needs a stronger twist of orange or kick of mango – something to really make me jump up and take notice.  Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not looking for the syrupy-sweet flavor of a 100% orange juice here.  But I think Honest Tea can coax out some more interesting subtleties of the orange-mango combo.

Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars – a solid, chuggable, natural entry by Honest Tea.

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