Honest Kombucha

Honest Kombucha

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HONEST TEA®, makers of the nation's top-selling organic bottled tea, is excited to introduce HONEST KOMBUCHA ? a new line of ready-to-drink organic kombucha (kom-boo-cha) drinks with active probiotic cultures. Our Honest Kombucha is a raw culture brewed with Fair Trade Certified? organic tea and a touch of organic cane sugar to create an effervescent blend of active enzymes, organic acids, and polyphenols that detoxify and energize. Honest Kombucha is offered in three varieties, each available in 16 fl. oz. wide mouth ready-to-drink glass bottles with 35 calories and 7 grams of sugar per serving. LIVE, ORGANIC & RAW ? getting a taste of culture has never been so invigorating!

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Maqui Berry Grapefruit

Product Type:Tea: Kombucha; Container: 16 oz glass
BevNET Review: Marrying the fermented flavor of kombucha, the exotic flavor of maqui berry, and the strong citrus flavor of grapefruit, this variety has the most complex flavor of the bunch. Fortunately, these flavors work quite harmoniously together, with the berry and citrus flavors helping to keep the fermented tastes to a minimum. Plus, they've added just a touch of sugar to the mix, which rounds out the mixture and pleases the palate. Functionally, the product contains four types of live bacteria (probiotics), but we cannot comment on how these will perform for each consumer. The product's packaging is one of its biggest assets, with a beautiful proprietary 16 oz. glass bottle. It features raised "Honest" lettering, a clean black cap, and a colorful but easy to read label around the center. Overall, a very well rounded and well executed product from Honest. Reviewed on: 4/14/2010

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Apple Jasmine

Product Type:Tea: Kombucha; Container: 16 oz Glass
BevNET Review: Following in the footsteps of Honest's other kombucha flavors, this variety uses a “live, organic, and raw” formulation that's very mainstream oriented. There's a light amount of carbonation to the mix (from the fermentation), followed by a light note of tea and the pleasant flavor of apple. There's a touch of sweetness to it -- just enough to satisfy the senses and too little to overwhelm. With only 70 calories per bottle, this a great choice for those who are watching their intake. And of course, there are the probiotics, include four types of bacteria. Packaging is visually pleasing to the eye, with a cleanly designed proprietary bottle and a colorful label that's consistent with the Honest brand. Overall, this is definitely one of the better kombucha products that we've had.Reviewed on: 4/14/2010

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Berry Hibiscus

Product Type:Tea: Kombucha; Container: 16 oz bottle
BevNET Review: While there’s definitely some decent berry flavor to this product, we found it somewhat hard to find the hibiscus. Still, as far as kombucha drinks go, this one is quite drinkable, with a tolerable level of fermented flavor and the berry flavor doing a nice job of balancing things out. The product is lightly carbonated (natural carbonation from fermentation), which accentuates the bite of the product and gives the product a slightly crisp finish. It’s also got some sweetness to it (sugar aids in fermentation), but only 7g of sugar per serving and, on a related note, only 70 calories per bottle. While it’s hard to say how well this product “works,” we’re definitely appreciative of Honest’s balanced approach to this product, allowing other, more pleasant (and unfermented) flavors to make their way into the mix. This makes the product substantially more drinkable than the competition, thus creating a larger potential customer base for Honest Kombucha than some of the more extreme offerings out there. Packaging also has a leg up on the other brands, taking the familiar Honest brand and applying it to a well designed proprietary glass bottle. The front panel has makes good use of space, with text and visual elements appealing to the eye and easy to quickly pan and read. However, we’re not really sure what the circle that’s next to the flavor name is supposed to be, but it does add a nice color accent to the design. Overall, a very nice job by Honest.Reviewed on: 11/16/2009

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BevNET Product Traffic Rank: #195

Peach Mango

Product Type:Tea: Kombucha; Container: 16 oz bottle
BevNET Review: With their Peach Mango flavored Honest Kombucha, Honest has done a great job of translating the popular juice cocktail flavor into a kombucha drink. Of course, there’s a decent amount of fermented flavor to the mix, but the peach and mango flavors add a refreshing (and natural tasting) dimension to the product that you won’t find in any competing product. In many ways, it’s not that far off from what you’d probably get from mixing an Honest Ade Orange Mango with unsweetened kombucha. The familiar juice flavor is likely to be a key selling point for this product, especially compared to some of the other, more fermented tasting products out there. Plus, it’s likely to give this product some added mainstream appeal, which is something that kombucha has been unable to do to date. We’re also big fans of the product’s packaging, which starts off nicely with a proprietary 16 oz. glass bottle. The product’s label looks all grown up in comparison to some of Honest’s tea label designs, while raised “HONEST” lettering, clean label design, and an oversized black plastic cap give the product a polished look: we’d love to see Honest make this their default glass bottle for their entire line. Overall, a very enjoyable (and almost mainstream) effort that’s sure to help kombucha reach some new customers who were previously scared off by the overly fermented flavor. Reviewed on: 11/16/2009

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BevNET Product Traffic Rank: #221

Lemon Ginger

Product Type:Tea: Kombucha; Container: 16 oz bottle
BevNET Review: Of all the kombucha drinks that we’ve sampled, this one is definitely our favorite, both from a taste and packaging point of view. Using a “live, organic, and raw” formulation, the product has the traditional slightly fermented flavor that you’ll find in all kombuchas, along with a light amount of carbonation (a byproduct of fermentation). Otherwise, there’s a slight tea note to the product, as well as a healthy amount of lemon and ginger. The added lemon and ginger are what make it a great tasting product, with the sour lemon flavor and spice of the ginger helping to add balance to the flavor of the kombucha. Functionally, you get the benefits of probiotics, although we certainly cannot tell you how this product compares against the competition. From a packaging point of view, Honest has created a very nice looking proprietary 16 oz. glass bottle. The product has raised “HONEST” lettering on both sides, with a large black closure on top. The label design is clean and appealing, with an almost abstract looking image placed in the center of the label. Otherwise, it’s very easy to read, with a lot of thought clearly going into where to place each text element. They’ve also placed the Fair Trade and USDA Organic logos on the front, which is certainly a plus. Overall, Honest’s Lemon Ginger Kombucha is the best tasting and one of the best looking entries we’ve seen in this category to date.Reviewed on: 11/16/2009

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BevNET Product Traffic Rank: #255

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