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Zota Green Tea Soda: Root Beer

Root Beer

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Last Updated: 4/26/2005 5:55 PM

Product Type: Carbonated Soft Drink: Regular; Container: 12 oz. glass (335 ml)
BevNET Review: This Zota offering misses more than it hits when it comes to providing good root beer flavor. While it’s pleasantly sweet, smells herbal and has nice body, there’s an off-flavor in there that almost tastes milky – that might be the green tea fighting its way through the mix, something it isn’t able to in other Zota formulations we’ve tasted. While the others have been able to transcend their pedestrian label, this one sinks to its level. Anyone interested in seeing what a green tea root beer would taste like should try it, but don’t blame us for the result. If they want to salvage this product, its body needs to be much sweeter and more creamy -- which should help hide the green tea flavor. Until then, this product is going to have a very hard time winning over anyone who enjoys root beer.

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It's another in the line of pleasant but forgettable sodas that Zota seems to be so good at producing. The first surprise is the color: Put up in brown bottles, I expected a brown root beer, but instead the soda that poured out was a dark amber (more like a cream soda.) The glass topped with a thin and short-lived head and there were hints of herbs and vanilla in the aroma. But the flavor was disappointing: a strong backflavor of green tea (good) overlaid with a weak mixture of root beer and vanilla cream soda (bad.) This is a root beer that can't quite make up it's mind what it wants to be.

Posted by on 2/20/2006 11:45 AM

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