This tea tastes good. Just understand this tea is in no way the classic sweet tea you know and love. Mama’s beloved sweet tea is in a whole different class, plain and simple. And that’s simply because the sweetener in this tea is not sugar, it’s Sucralose. No matter what ordinary people may say, and despite endless and laughable claims from those who manufacture artificial sweeteners, absolutely nothing tastes like real sugar. I am forced to avoid sugar throughout my day, so I am very familiar with artificial sweeteners.With that said, I was still rather pleased with how this Sucralose sweetened tea tasted. It is not bright and bold by any stretch, yet it does have a very pleasant drinkability, and finishing off a pitcher of this ice cold tea is absolutely not difficult at all. My own method of brewing this tea is very simple: put two tea bags into a two-quart pitcher of hot water, then let it sit for about twenty minutes. Actually, I fill it halfway, brew the tea, then top it off with ice cold water. Your mileage may vary :-)After using up this first box, I can certainly say I indeed enjoy the flavor well enough to add this sweet tea to the sugar-free beverages I like well enough to continue purchasing. Lipton long ago stopped with individually wrapping each tea bag, opting instead to plastic wrap the entire box of loose tea bags. I tend to drink a fair amount of tea, and have never noticed anything like stale tea as I use the last tea bag in other Lipton boxes of tea, and I believe if you drink this tea in a reasonable amount of time, you will not have to deal with stale tea.This sweet tea would be ideal for diabetics and those who try and keep sugar out of their diet as much as possible. Just don’t expect a time honored classic glass of sweet tea, simply because Sucralose tastes nothing like the real thing (regardless of what those smiling, happy people in advertisements try and claim). Even so, this most definitely makes a very good glass of iced tea. Now go get you some :-)