Blends right in with the fruits and veggies
Although it may be a bit difficult to find in my area, I still love hint and their wondrous flavors. No sweeteners, preservatives or even a single calorie is hidden inside this bottle. There’s a reason this product made it on to our Best of 2008 list.
Cucumber is my favorite flavor of this line, not because it’s an amazing flavor, but because it’s different, and delicious. The fresh-cut cucumber scent is there right to the bottom of the bottle, and the ‘hint’ of sweet cucumber stays with you as well. Yet, you can chug it, enjoying the cold, crisp water taste, and then let the cuke aftertaste mellow on your tongue for as long as you would like, since it tends to stick around like an amiable friend.
I have nothing negative to say about this product, but I must admit that I have run into individuals that dislike the idea of cumumber-flavored water. Despite these anti-cucumbites, I think that this is definitely worth trying at least once. If you can’t find them or want to try more flavors, you can always order online.
Score: 5 out of 5. Clean, crisp taste, and nothing more.
– WiseGuise
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5-Star Reviews, hint drink reviews, essence water, independent company
Arriba!
Just in time for the end of spring break weekend, I bring you an apt review, Function: Vacation. I have been interested by this line of physician created drinks for about nine months, running into them here or there, and mostly enjoying them. Finding this on my week off seemed rather appropriate, so here you go.
Very sweet-coconut-ty scent, hint of pineapple lurking underneath. Tastes like a smooth piña colada blend, sweet, tangy and not too much coconut. However the finish falls a little flat, vanishing off your palette like a sneaky monkey with your untended mai tai. Easy to chug, I polished the rest off after a serving of chips and salsa, waiting for the magnesium and other supplements to work their magic on my worn out mind and body.
Function remains an independent company, and their line of drinks enjoy wide availability, and I can sleep easy knowing they are committed to making my drink work for me, as they so eloquently put it. Pleasant tasting beverage perfect for lazing in the sun or just blogging away.
Score: 4.5 out of 5.
– WiseGuise
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4-Star Reviews, Function drink reviews, independent company
Just the bottle, nothing fancy.
My final review from the Jones Organics line, White Tea Strawberry. I liked the others so much I decided to do another. I am very fond of tea, independent companies and fruit, after all.
There is a robust strawberry aroma escaping my freshly opened bottle, with only a bare hint of tea behind it. It’s initially sweet, allowing a soft berry flavor to develop, which fades into the dry, herby tea flavor. The sweetness lingers on the back of your tongue while the tea fades away, prepping you for another round.
It’s almost too sweet, but not quite. Only 27 g of sugar per 14 oz bottle, and I get the feeling that it isn’t quite enough. I’d like to see this in larger bottles.
The strong tea presence in the flavor is a big plus for me, only enhanced by the secondary strawberry sweetness. This is one I would definitely drink again. It’s just another reason why I believe Jones Soda Co. will be around for a long time to come.
Score: 4.5 out of 5. Great flavor, but tastes rather sweet.
– WiseGuise.
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4-Star Reviews, Jones Soda Co. drink reviews, independent company, white tea
White Tea Cherry, guest starring Charlie
Anyone who is already familiar with Jones Soda already knows about their quirky, customer submitted label pictures and unique flavors, and that they begin using mostly cane sugar in their sodas instead of HFCS as of Nov. 2006. They also have ‘fortunes’ under their caps (not this line, as of now). I was interested to see this line of Organics, so I grabbed a couple flavors to try.
The first is White Tea Cherry, and I hoped it was as good as it sounds. The cherry aroma is almost cloying, sweet and fruity, but not overpowering. A sip into the drink and I was hooked. The sweet-tart cherry flavor blends well with the slightly dry, mild tea flavor, leaving a light tea aftertaste. It finishes with an almost spicy, cinnamon-like flavor, quite interesting. I had to keep myself from chugging it all at once. This is a great palette cleanser as well, washing away the garlic-ranch-bacon-cheese pizza I was consuming. It’s nicely sweet with only 15 g of sugar a serving.
This is exactly what we are looking for here at Better Libations, an independent (though somewhat corporate) company, producing an organic, better-f0r-you drink with no HFCS. And it does help that it is delicious. Also, only 27 g of sugar per 14 oz bottle.
Score: 5 out of 5, I was very pleased with this beverage.
– WiseGuise
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5-Star Reviews, Jones Soda Co. independent company
South of Las Vegas
I’m fond of this company for making original, tasty beverages, and remaining independent. We’ve reviewed them before, and after happening upon this in a discount isle, I couldn’t say no. Well, I could have, but that wouldn’t have been very nice of me. I opened this up on the outskirts of Vegas on our return trip from San Diego, about six hours into our drive, after reluctantly giving up control of the vehicle to my brother. I figured I would need some energy to stay alert through the rest of the trip.
This drink has a sweet, citrus-y scent, with a stronger, plant/bark smell when shaken up. This is not surprising, considering the host of unconventional herbal supplements inside, most of which I have never heard of. The taste is rather disconcerting, it reminds me of that syrupy, semi-sweet energy-drink taste, and I can detect no hint of the tangerine alluded to on its label. It’s also rather drying of the tongue. This does not bode well for this beverage.
As to the ‘energy’ claims of the drink, about thirty minutes after finishing it, I noticed only a slightly elevated energy level, but I had already consumed a 24 oz can of tea earlier, and then an ‘energy enhanced’ candy bar. Sugar comes in at 28 g per 16 oz bottle.
Although this is not nearly as intolerable as most other energy drinks, it was still too reminiscent of that genre for me to fully enjoy. I wish I liked this as much as some of their other fine beverages.
Score: 2 out of 5.
– WiseGuise
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2-Star Reviews, Function drink reviews, independent company
