Hello there!

Just to set the scene for this email, I want you to know that I’ve been a huge Honest Tea fan for YEARS (RIP Gold Rush). I’m often ridiculed by my friends because I always have a bottle or two of Honest Tea with me wherever I go. There’s a half-full bottle of Lori’s Lemon and an unopened Peach White on my desk right now.

A few weeks ago I jumped for joy when I saw Honest Fizz at the Gaithersburg Whole Foods. A lightly-sweetened soda from the makers of the finest bottled tea ever? Could there be anything more perfect?! Unfortunately, almost everything imaginable is more perfect than this… Honest Fizz is terrible. I bought two 6-packs: Professor Fizz and Root Beer. The sweetener aftertaste in each was so strong and terrible that I couldn’t bring myself to finish off a single can. The soda itself had the potential to be quite delicious, but oh god… the aftertaste.

I yearn for a lightly-sweetened, sugar-based soda. I wish Honest Tea could be the company that provides that, but Honest Fizz is undrinkable. It really makes me sad because your teas are some of the finest liquids I have ever ingested.

Still a fan, but sticking to tea, Jeremy