Holy snakes....it's St Patty's Day already this weekend? Wow. Kinda snuck up on us here.
So, hate to disappoint as usual, but there just might be a certain dearth of St Patty's day themed reviews. There's some back in the archives though - Irish bangers and the puntastic Blarney scone come to mind - so click on around back there.
Best I can do is a green drink review. Won't be our first. And I've written before about my affinity for kombucha...but have you tried Trader Joe's Organic Green Kombucha?
No?
Seriously, go for it.
I can get the hesitation for picking up this beverage. It's a bit intimidating looking in some ways. I mean, I see the bewilderment in my coworkers' eyes when I have just a regular mango kombucha on my desk at work - but a green one? With this spirulina and chlorella stuff, whatever that is? That's just kinda weird, it seems, for most people.
Not me. I love the green kombucha. I go back and forth between different companies, different flavors, etc...but I always come back to this one. I'll admit the first time I bought it, it was with low expectations, which were wrong.
Like other greenish drinks, the prevailing flavor here is actually apple. But not green apple, it's more a general apple apple. That's a good call - sour, acidic green apple taste with an already sour fermented base drink would likely be a little much. So instead of adding to the sour bite, the applem flavor actually balances and enhances it somewhat, making for a smooth, relatively mellow flavor.
And like any good kombucha, there's a bit of ginger in there too. Gotta love that ginger bite. It definitely plays second fiddle to the apple but it's undoubtedly there.
Plus: spirulina. It's good for you. And chlorella too. Who cares it's seaweed? I certainly don't.
Really, I have nothing bad to say about this kombucha whatsoever. Fantastic stuff. And at $2.69 a bottle, it's pretty reasonably priced for a quality organic kombucha - it certainly won't set you back a pot of gold. If you haven't tried it go for it, it's almost perfect.
Bottom line: Trader Joe's Organic Green Kombucha: 9 out of 10 Golden Spoons
SPOTTED: 10/9/2024
2 hours ago
I was surprised how apple-y this tasted, couldn’t tell there was spirulina involved at all. Seems like a good one for people who aren’t into the more tart funky kombucha flavor.
ReplyDeleteI make my own kombucha and usually do a lemon ginger that is rather funky and not sweet at all so this was a bit too sweet for me to repurchase, but I certainly finished the bottle.
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