red zinger
(24 reviews)type: herbal
ingredients: orange peel hibiscus lemon verbena lemongrass licorice natural flavors peppermint rosehips wild cherry bark
caffeine: no-caffeine
price level: $$$$
First offered in 1972, the original Zinger® tea blends tangy and fruity hibiscus leaves with refreshing peppermint, sweet orange, lively lemongrass and earthy wild cherry bark. One of our favorites over ice.
Recent reviews
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Jen S
This is another fruity herbal zinger. They tend towards tartness, so I add some sweetener and drink them iced. This isn't as memorable of a flavor as far as the fruity teas go.
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Rosebud Melissa
My husband and some of the kids really like this one. To me, it has the bold sour taste of hibiscus, with a touch of lemon and herbs to it. It don't love it, but it's definitely drinkable. I like some of Celestial Seasoning's other Zinger teas much better. It tastes better iced than hot. It does do well if you need an extra bag or two to add to a hibiscus tea when you are down to the end of the box and don't have quite enough bags for the pot or pitcher, but I usually keep some loose hibiscus petals around to solve that problem, so if it wasn't my husband's favorite I wouldn't keep it in stock.
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Gary K
This tea really shines when chilled & lightly sweetened. I don't really care for it when hot. Maybe that's why a number of people gave low reviews? Incidentally, Trader Joe's had a "Red Refresh" tea based on hibiscus that's very similar, but actually better. Unfortunately they discontinued it!
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Marion Black
This tea was a little sour and tart for my liking. Didn’t do much for me as far as the flavors.
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Betty Russell
This is my husband's favorite. He is not a tea fan, more of a coffee drinker. But this one he loves. To me, it isn't very subtle.
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Cindi Drinks Tea
Uggghhh. Just...uggghhh. If you are a fan of really sour flavors, you may like this. I realized--through my first taste of this, long ago in the hippie days, lol--that I really, REALLY do not like the taste of hibiscus. Or licorice in tea. So for me, a hard pass (to each her own!)
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Carolina Kowalczyk
All of the zinger teas are very artificial tasting. I liked some more than others, but this one was particularly artificial to me. I won't be returning for more. I didn't finish the box, and left it in the breakroom at work for others to take... And it was there for a long time, no one else wanted this artificial stuff either.
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L Silva
It's a great drink to share with a large group of people. I often make a pitcher of it for friends and family who visit.
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Heather Seo
The tang of the hibiscus combined with the coolness of the peppermint and the zing from the lemongrass is so good! Adding a little sugar makes it even better and chilling takes it over the top. This is a tea that shows just how much flavor herbs can have on their own.
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Tea Tigress
Did not like, the sour/tart notes were so strong that I couldn't appreciate the fruit notes. And no amount of sweetener could help.
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Han lastname
I grew up drinking this! I love this iced in the summer and hot in the winter, it's a classic for a reason. The hibiscus flavor can get too strong and bitter if you steep it too long, so it's much easier to drink iced.
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Max Sugerman
I tried this recently after not having it for decades. Its great, it really lives up to its name. Its bright and zippy
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Ca U
Great tea. Very yummy. I got to try it at my friend’s house and I was pleasantly surprised
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Karie B.
This is a really zingy tea. I don't much care for it hot and unsweetened but it's a nice iced tea.
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Kat I
Its very tart without any sweetener, but it doesn't take much to evenout the blend.
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Noemi Fernandez
A nice tart tea. I couldnt figure out what I didn't like about it but it's the cherry flavor in it that reminds me of medicine