Bali’s Best Tea Candy – Classic Iced Tea, Citrus Green Tea, and Green Tea Latte

I have seen a lot of coffee candy in the past, but rarely have I seen tea candy. At my local Asian grocery store, I found Bali’s Best Tea Candy and was immediately intrigued. There are three flavors – Classic Iced Tea, Citrus Green Tea and Green Tea Latte. They are all infused with real green tea extract grown in Java, Indonesia. Now, as an avid tea drinker, green tea just happens to be my favorite =D

This tea candy unfortunately doesn’t come in one bag with all three flavors, so I ended up buying three separate bags. Each bag is about $2 and has 42 individually wrapped hard candies. There is caffeine in each candy, but it only amounts to a mere 3 milligrams. It would take you 20-25 pieces to equal one cup of coffee. So those who need a quick caffeine fix, these tea candies are not the way to go. Now on to how it actually tastes.

I started with what sounded like the most basic flavor – the Classic Iced Tea. Looking at the round, brown hard candy, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. When I popped one into my mouth, I was happy to find that it tasted exactly like any typical iced tea you would order at a restaurant. I usually like my iced tea without sugar, but Bali’s Best Classic Iced Tea Candy comes already sweetened with sugar. However, the sweetness of it does not take away from the delicious flavor of the tea. Just like the flavor name, it merely tastes like classic iced tea.

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Now for the next flavor, the Citrus Green Tea. This candy looks exactly like the last one, but green. My first taste reminded me of lemon tea with honey. I was disappointed to find that I could not distinguish the green tea flavor. To me, it tastes like Bali’s Best Classic Iced Tea with a lemon flavor that I am not too fond of. I would have much preferred a more pronounced green tea flavor without so much of the lemon taste.

Citrus Green Tea - Rating:

The last Bali’s Best Tea Candy is a greenish-brown, Green Tea Latte flavor. Similar to real lattes, this Green Tea Latte candy contains milk. Yet again, I could barely taste the green tea flavor after eating one. Trying really hard to pick the green flavor out, the “so close, but yet so far” phrase comes to mind. Regardless, I have to say the flavor is actually quite good. Although it is a tea candy, it is a step away from tasting like coffee.

Green Tea Latte - Rating:

Bali’s Best Tea Candies are all pretty good. If it were up to me, I’d leave the Classic Iced Tea flavor the way it is, but change the other two flavor names to Lemon Tea and Milk Tea.

Similar candies you might enjoy:

• Bali’s Best Espresso Candy
• Turrón Supercoco
• The Tea Room – Organic Milk Chocolate Bar Infused with Black Masala Chai Tea