BlogHer and Crystal Light Water Way Challenge
I'll admit, when the box from Crystal Light arrived, I was a little disappointed to see a big canister of Iced Tea included in my assigned flavors.
I shouldn't have been worried - I really liked the taste of the pomegranate lemonade, but I like the peach iced-tea even better.
Usually iced tea tastes yucky to me. Although I have particular types of tea that I like to drink iced, the instant variety usually leaves something to be desired. Initially, I didn't see the "peach" so was expecting the "straight up tea-tasting" stuff. These varieties can either be too flat - with that taste that the tea was overbrewed - or over-sweetened (especially when "lemon" is involved - yuk!)
But this peach iced-tea tastes just sweet enough to be pleasant, but not too sweet. It is refreshing rather than heavy like some other tea-flavored beverages.
The in-a-canister thing was something that I thought would be a big deal. After all, I like the convenience of those little on-the-go packets. I originally thought I'd open the cylinder to discover a bunch of powder that I'd then use to create the 2 quart iced-tea, but if I accidentally sneezed I could ruin the whole canister.
Not so.
Instead, each tube contains six individual packets of the tea powder, and then each packet creates 2 quarts (8 cups) of tea. Like with the pomegranate lemonade, I bet I could increase the water volume without significantly altering the taste in the event that I want to completely fill my pitcher (pictured above.)
Once when I was three, a sitter asked me, "Do you want to draw a pit-ture?" I responded, "A PITCHER is something from which we pour water. A PICTURE is something we draw." I digress... Both pitcher and picture are above.
This is definitely a quick way to get a beverage on the table for a party, book club, or other social event. It sure beats brewing a bunch of bags of tea, then waiting for it to cool.
Since I wasn't making the tea for a social event, I poured some of it into two sports bottles for my individual use. I covered the pitcher with plastic wrap to put in the fridge. I drank the whole pitcher by the end of the day. If I had several sports bottles, I could fill all of them up to avoid having an open container in the fridge. Otherwise, those on-the-go packets are sure handy!
I can definitely see how the canister is useful - making large amounts at a time can definitely be convenient in its own way. I was surprised at how nice it was to just grab the pre-mixed drink from the fridge (which meant it was super cold, too!) rather than emptying a packet into a glass each time.
In sum, both the canister-type and on-the-go type of Crystal Light is handy in their own ways.
As for my water versus soda tally, I drank three diet sodas today, the most of any day thus far on the Challenge. I was on the road quite a lot today and emptied my pre-filled-with-Crystal-Light sports bottles much quicker than I anticipated. I also ended up getting an orange juice while I was out and about. Here's hoping tomorrow goes a little better!
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* My introductory post to the Water Way Challenge - which links all the posts I've done while doing the Challenge, and includes my Challenge Widget to show how much water I've been drinking.
* Crystal Light Water Way Challenge official site
* Blogher's Water Way Challenge Group
* Crystal Light official site
Comments (1)
I'm an ice tea drinker. I love it. Plain, unsweetened. It is my vice! However, I do love the treat of Crystal Light Peach tea! Yum! This is going to sound weird, but I'll even half freeze some and make it slushie...it's pretty good that way too!
Posted by Sky | June 20, 2009 9:10 PM
Posted on June 20, 2009 21:10