RUNA Clean Energy Organic Guayusa Iced Tea, Unsweetened Guava, 16.9 Ounce (Pack of 12)

Love this yummy, fresh tasting tea. Not too sweet but just right. If you love mint tea and honey, this is the refreshing tea for you. However, it's not necessarily everybody's "cup of tea," (pun intended;) Everyone's tastes are different and for that reason, I guess, that's why my hubby found it to taste a bit odd. He's not a huge mint tea fan, though, like me, so maybe that's why. I also didn't notice any more clarity or "focus" as the label promises but the taste makes up for that, as far as I'm concerned so that's why I rated it 5 stars.

100% better for you and better tasting than an energy drink. I had my son start drinking these spring of his senior year when they were at Costco. He LOVES them. He is trying to get his friends to drink these rather than energy drinks. I drank them when I was struggling with staying awake and they were perfect! No crash, no headache. Only thing I wish was better is if they were cheaper or back at Costco.

I discovered this at work, when I asked at the cafe for something without sugar. I love it, but I'll only buy it in cans or glass bottles going forward, because it's darn near impossible to open the cap on the plastic bottles. I can't open them even with a rubber jar opener, and my husband has to bang the cap on the counter several times and then still needs to use the rubber opener. When he isn't home to open them for me I have to choose something else to drink.

I read other Runa tea drinkers complaints regarding Runa’s switch from glass bottles to plastic and I 100% agree!! There’s a nasty aftertaste in the plastic bottles that tastes like warm gin left out in the heat. As soon as I tasted it I knew something was off from the delicious taste of glass bottle Runa. I will no longer be drinking Runa if they continue to make them in plastic bottles. I drink 1 Runa tea bottle a day and now I’ll have to look elsewhere unfortunately unless I can find Runa glass bottles.

These 2 stars are misleading because I am perhaps the biggest Runa fan on the planet. I have been drinking it every morning for the past 4 years and have probably consumed over 1000 iced teas from this company. The company even gave me free t-shirts for being such an avid customer. So suffice it to say I love the product and am VERY familiar with it. That is why my last shipment from Amazon was so bizarre. Each bottle was VERY "off." The taste, which I know better than the back of my hand, was horrific in this shipment. It has a horrible chemical taste to it that was so incredibly different than I have become used to. After cracking open 6 different bottles and tasting the same, nasty taste, I thought it might be my own taste buds that were failing. So I went to the local natural foods store and bought a bottle from them, and lo and behold, the old (very delicious) taste was back. So it was indeed this shipment that was contaminated. And the taste of this latest shipment really is just ghastly: the chemical taste is undrinkable.I feel a little bad dinging my favorite drink with 2 stars, but I have also sent 8 emails to Runa, using the email address they suggest on their website (and I have used ALL of the various emails on their website -- the sales email, the customer service email, the press email) and have not received a single response. It's very strange. Anyway, proceed with caution -- and again, this comes from a huge fan. I will say this: the gross bottles were plastic bottles, and the one I got from my local store that was delicious was a glass bottle, so that's one theory. However, I have had MANY of the plastic bottles in the past and they were fine, so that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Love the natural ingredients, and the low calories, but the taste is just not for me. I tired mixing it with other drinks and adding stevia, but I can still taste it. I ordered based on great reviews, and now I have eleven bottles that I can't use.

A week ago, I picked up a bottle of this tea at my local natural foods grocer. I loved it. I follow a keto diet and avoid sugar. This was sweet enough for me to keep checking the label to make sure it didn't contain sugar. Perhaps that's just my taste since I've been avoiding sugar for a year and a half, but it tastes sweetened. I do wish these were glass bottles like the one I bought at the store, but the tea itself is quite tasty. With no tannins, anyone who finds green or black tea to be too bitter would probably enjoy guayusa tea.

As someone who loves iced tea, but not the added sugar and artificial ingredients of most of the conventional brands, this is the perfect tea for me. I've been a fan of this brand since discovering it, and also drink their sparkling energy drinks. The mint honeysuckle flavor is refreshing and light, and the caffeine gives you a nice boost. I also like that this brand is environmentally and fair trade conscious, highly recommend!