A good iced tea blend?

Dragonwolf

I love iced tea, but can't stand the bitterness of the usual orange/black blend that Lipton and the other American iced tea makers use, nor am I a fan of whatever specific green tea blend they use. To drink it, I used to just sweeten it, but it takes quite a bit to cut the bitterness enough.

I know there are a ton of other blends out there and can even make my own (and I even have a Teavana near me; if you love tea and have one near you, you really should stop into it), so I'd love to hear what you all like, or your recommendations, specifically for teas that are good cold (and preferably with enough natural sweet flavor, or enough lack of bitterness, that I don't feel the need to grab the sugar).

PitBullMom_Liz

Hit up Teavana and sample some of theirs. I'm a junkie for their teas and if you describe what you like they're pretty damned good at picking a good one for you, or combining a couple. :-)

Iced tea is my drug of choice... *happy sigh*

mehaugen

My local natural foods store has a bunch of blends they repackage, so I don't know the brand. One of them is white tea with dried blueberries. I put a little vanilla extract into the tea and its like blueberries and cream! Not sweet at all though.

White tea is much less bitter than green tea. Celestial seasonings i know has a green/white tea blend because they are available at my work in k-cups. I drink that when I don't bring my own.

SweetxCatastrophe

My local grocery store has a really great store brand lol, but I guess on a larger and more available scale, Twining has a good mint Green tea, Luzianne is good for a black (but not overly bitter.. Just good basic ice tea flavor) and Tazo now makes ice tea brew bags in black, green, passion tea and I think white tea. I was skeptical if the Tazo teas would come out as good as you get at Starbucks but the passion tea unsweetened is wonderful

kcmsmith0405

Teavana Blends good iced:
Rooibos tropica mixed half and half with Sweet fruit garden.
Youthberry/Wild orange Blossom.
Strawberry lemonade with any kind of green tea though admitted the Dragon jasmine pearls are the best with it.
And my newest discovery - Blackberry Mojito green tea is really good just straight up as an iced tea.

I use a perfect tea maker for these and double the tea, then pout it over a 24 oz glass or container of ice for instant iced tea.

I am not addicted at all honest! ;-)

Dragonwolf

Teavana Blends good iced:
Rooibos tropica mixed half and half with Sweet fruit garden.
Youthberry/Wild orange Blossom.
Strawberry lemonade with any kind of green tea though admitted the Dragon jasmine pearls are the best with it.
And my newest discovery - Blackberry Mojito green tea is really good just straight up as an iced tea.

I use a perfect tea maker for these and double the tea, then pout it over a 24 oz glass or container of ice for instant iced tea.

I am not addicted at all honest! ;-)

I have a new sampling shopping list.

wftiger

Republic of Tea. Many stores have the brand or you can order online.

I highly recommend the Mango Ceylon, Passionfruit Papaya and the Wildberry Green.

Also, if you like fruity flavored the cinnamon orange at this company is absolutely incredible -- http://www.marketspice.com/