Lipton Tea

Hey! Like everyone else totally* disappointed in taste of the new black*tea. Years of using Lipton and today decided this is the last* box of Lipton for me. Every morning wondering what's wrong with this tea. Tastes like toilet water smells! Strange* scent and using two* tea bags for any* flavor* at all. Something really wrong* with this product. Glad I found other customers with same opinion as was unsure if my senses had an issue. Tea is not even clear but cloudy. Enough of wasting my money and possibly health by their ingredients! Shame, shame, shame Lipton!!!

I have been a daily tea drinker for 50+ years. I use decaf bags and in recent purchases every box I buy the tea tastes like ant spray. It’s (how insecticides smell) the tea tastes. I’m on the 4th box and will have to throw it away. Lipton needs to do a quality check if the source of this tea is not being checked for insecticides. Something is hugely wrong. I see other posts complaining the same (bad taste.)

Exploding tea bags/no more regular tea: I've been drinking Lipton tea for a long time. I liked the regular tea but for the last 2 months or so, I can't find the regular tea box for 100 bags. Instead all I find are the boxes for Black Tea. I don't care for Black Tea... What have you done with the regular tea? Is there a new packaging for it? If so, I can't even find that. The last time I was able to buy the box of 100 tea bags, 25 to a thin cardboard container in gold foil, the tea had a way different taste than I've ever had before. What have you done to your tea? Guess it's time to switch to another brand that has each tea bag in its own envelope. Or, I guess I will be drinking more coffee!

As I have just read, others have had the same NEW experience of the leaves showing up in my brewed tea cup as I have. I have enjoyed Lipton Tea for many years, however this experience is not pleasant, & it's not every bag. I may have to switch brands if I don't see an improvement soon. Also, I am not happy with the new packaging & since it doesn't keep the tea in the bags, what's the purpose??

I have been a tea drinker for 40+ years, usually Lipton. Recently, I have been experiencing Lipton tea bags opening up at the seam during brewing. I contacted Lipton and Unilever (Lipton’s parent company). I told them I suspected a change in their production/packaging process to save money. They responded stating they had changed part of their process to make it more environmentally friendly. If that were true, they would have made the change public instead of using it as an excuse once complaints begin arriving. As I responded to them... tea is tea. Respond to them by altering your product loyalty. They may listen to a loss of revenue.

I have been drinking Lipton Tea for over 50 years daily. And I'm not sure what you changed but the last two boxes I bought were horrible in taste. Even my boys noticed in my sweet tea. And the 2 out of every 3 bags break. I thought it was just a fluke so I bought another box and it was the same way. I'm sorry to say I will be switching brands.

I’ve been drinking Lipton tea several times a day for the last 35 years or so. However, I just purchased my last box. The change in taste is unbearable. I thought I had a bad batch, but the taste is bad with every box. I also notice the taste change around the time the box changed. I also no longer see Orange Pekoe. The box use to say Black tea/Orange Pekoe. I too will be switching to a store generic brand.

I have been a Lipton tea drinker for over forty years and my children also love Lipton. However the gold sleeve wrap makes the tea stale. So I decided to buy bulk at Sam's Club because they sell the individual ones because of restaurant use. But lately the black tea has an awful taste and the bags explode. They are losing loyal customers because they cheaply made these tea bags. So disappointed.

I would have reviewed long ago if I had seen this site. I have been very disappointed with the gold foil trays that were instituted by Lipton. I have been a very long time consumer of Lipton tea. The removal of the paper envelopes enclosing each tea bag is VERY UNSANITARY! These trays make it impossible for each person to take one bag out without touching the surrounding bags. I was so concerned about this, that I did not put the bags out when I invited guests over. THIS IS A SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERN. I have been using other brands of tea and will continue to do so until there is a return to better and acceptable packaging.

Since Lipton Tea changed to the gold sleeves, the tea is tasteless & quite a few bags break. I have been a daily Lipton tea all my life. Right now I have two bags in my cup just so it would have some flavor. I don't think I can buy another box.

Seems like this whole batch of teabags in this box are faulty, almost every cup I have dump, don't like floaties. I started to put a new staple in the top of every bag I use, this has helped the problem, but shouldnt have to do this. FIX THE PROBLEM FOLKS!!!

Been a Lipton Tea drinker for 45+ years. Come from a family of tea drinkers. Recently I've had more tea bags explode in the last 2 months than I've had in a whole lifetime. Nothing worse than a mouthful of tea leafs in the morning. Hope Lipton is working on a fix, because I can't have that.

Ever since Lipton changed from the individually wrapped tea bags to the Golden Sleeves, it has been a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT! I continued to buy it because I was hoping beyond hope that the Lipton makers would realize that they made a huge mistake based on the negative reviews and change it back. Well... Since it has never happened and now seems to be more blah than ever, I have bought my last box. I don't know who they think they are kidding by putting "New And Improved" on the box. Should read "Cheaper To Make and New Blah Taste!!!

Have only been using Lipton Tea Bags. I love hot tea but over the last year or so, the tea bags burst and I have to use a strainer and hence have to reheat. Use to get the 312 pack at our local Costco but it has stopped carrying it. HEB local grocers have the 'not individually wrapped' type. So I ordered through Amazon but the problems persist. Lipton, please revert back to the old style packaging of the bag which doesn't break open.

I am 66 years old and I have been drinking Lipton Tea since I was a child. The one thing I loved about Lipton Tea was the wonderful aroma of the tea bags. No other tea had that distinct aroma and flavor. I am so disappointed with Lipton Tea now. The aroma is gone and so is the taste. I will be looking for a new brand.

I have been using Lipton tea bags for 50 years. Since the packaging has changed and the bags are no longer individually wrapped, I now experience broken bags about 95% of the time. Most break as soon as the water is poured. This is a big problem, and needs to be looked at by Lipton.

I have been drinking Lipton Tea my entire life and over the past few months I have noticed that I go through several tea bags to make one cup of tea because I have leaves floating in my cup. I will be searching for another tea bag from another company, I am done writing to customer service to only get a coupon for another box to only be further disappointed.

I have purchased and enjoyed drinking Lipton tea for well over sixty years. Lately the tea bags from the yellow box hot/cold use tea have been bursting with little or no effort from using a spoon to remove them from the cup. My husband is a machinist by trade, and we compared these newer teabags with old ones, and he thinks it is in the width of the seam, which is much narrower than the old version. The bag doesn't even need to be used with boiling water, just warm tap water, and the bag self destructs at the seam. Hopefully this problem will be corrected sooner and not later. Thank you.

About 1 out of 4 of these 4 pound lemon sweetened iced tea mixes that I buy has this repulsive burnt taste to it. I buy at least one of these 4 pounders every three weeks and I have to throw it out. If I didn't like other mixes I would buy another brand. I don't know why this happens but I feel they didn't mix it right and either didn't add the sweetener or added too much lemon flavor. The quality control has slid way downhill. Lipton used to be the best of the best.

As I read these reviews, I have wasted two tea bags already for one cup of tea. What is going on? I buy the 100 box, and in the past several months I've noticed more and more teabags are breaking. I have been drinking Lipton for well over 40 years. Another consumer product cheaping out for the almighty dollar. Wake up LIPTON, Greed is not good.

Recently I have noticed the tea bags are bursting. I have been a consumer of Lipton tea for years and never encountered this. I am wondering if they are, as many others are trying to save money by using an inferior product? As they package millions of tea bags this can add up quickly.

As a Lipton black tea drinker of over 40 years, it’s like some counterfeit tea now. Last month I bought a 1/2 pound of loose tea, not the green stuff. It’s tasteless and is missing the long loved aroma of the thousands of brews I’ve done. I threw it in the trash and just opened a 3 pack of tea bags same tea. Omg my heart just broke as I brewed another batch, it’s missing its wonderful aroma and the taste, it’s gone, all gone and now just blaaa.

At least 2 out of every 10 cups of Lipton Tea I brew end up with very small tea leaf dust floating on top of the tea water. The tea bags leak and the tea seems to be of poor quality with little taste.

I have been purchasing and enjoying the 1 gallon bottle of Lipton Green Tea Citrus each week for several years now and loved it, but the last two or three bottles have been awful. It smells strange and tastes even worse. I think it's irritating my throat. I had been thinking that maybe it's me; that maybe my taste buds are a little off. So I've been forcing myself to ignore the discomfort; hoping that maybe I'll get used to it. Now after trying to drink this third bottle I've decided that it's NOT me. The stuff is putrid. I don't think I'll ever buy this again.

I recently bought Lipton Tea bags. I put one of the shiny sleeves of black tea bags in a glass jar with a lid. I opened it up the next day and can now see that they have an odor of PAINT!!! Very disturbing! I didn't buy them for years because I thought I didn't like Lipton Brand. Now, I'm done with Lipton for good. There are so many good brands on the store shelves, many are in my cupboard already!

I have been drinking Lipton tea for 67 yrs. I have been making Lipton Tea for over 50 yrs. & I have never seen the label on the bags fall apart like they do now. I bring my tea bags to a boil in water. Then let them seep for a little bit to cool off. The same as I've done for years. Now I have tiny pieces of the label in the tea. Yesterday my husband coughed up a piece. It's nasty & could be unsafe. Someone needs to look into this. Thank you.

I and my family have huge fans of Lipton Tea for as many years as I can remember. As a child growing up and grocery shopping with my mother, I knew better than to put any other brand in our shopping cart. It was Lipton only. I learned this tradition, and as a young wife and mother myself, I strictly adhered to the same process. My children knew early on to not dare even think about any other brand of tea. Well today I am almost 70 and I have been having issues with the gallon size tea bags so I went to the single bags and the tea has been horrible. I went back to buying loose tea as this was what I had been reared on. We used a few boxes of loose tea and oh my goodness it was like going back in time. The tea has been wonderful. The last box of loose tea I bought was a nightmare. I'm on a roller coaster. The next box was bad as well.

Lipton Tea Yellow Bags - After my brewed tea (kept in refrigerator for less than 2 days) went bad - ugh and then also realizing what a taste it had - I decided to really pay attention. So I brewed another jar and used it right away. Could not believe the disgusting taste, so dark and heavy and acrid. Nothing like the old ice tea I used to make. Have so few delights in my old age, but a large glass of ice tea with fresh lemon hits the spot any time. Now I can't even have that. Like Coke and other products 'improving' their product... please go back to original blend.

I was looking for boxes of the "old" tried and true Lipton Black Tea on the Internet because I thought perhaps Walmart or Sam's has changed to a cheaper inferior type of Lipton tea. Then I found all the comments here and really cannot add much, except I, too, became disappointed about a year ago when I ran out of the nicely packaged/covered Lipton tea bags because the quality changed drastically. While previously there were nice black pieces, now each open (no more cover) bag is like they are selling us as tea the dust and broken pieces that fell through the better quality teas above. Has anyone found any other brand that's equivalent to the "old" Lipton tea bags because this stuff now tastes bland, like it had been in dishwater or stored in an old bag. Yak!

I've bought Lipton's Diet Green Tea Citrus for YEARS. Over the past several months, however, I've come across several that taste horrible. At first I thought it was just a bad case that I bought (I get the large cases of 16 or so from Sam's Club), but now it seems I come across at least a few bottles in every case lately that taste this way. Some bottles in the same case are fine, and a few others I have to pour out, they taste so bad. I've tried different Sam's Clubs in the area, same results. It's even worse if I buy a bottle at a Sheetz or Bruegger's Bagels, those almost always have the bad taste so I don't even try there anymore. Come on Lipton, get this fixed! When they taste right, the Diet Green Tea Citrus is GREAT. I just hate having to guess which I'm going to get when I open a bottle anymore.

Have bought Lipton tea with citrus diet. For many years, here lately I will buy seven gallons and about four will have a horrible taste. Have to pour them down the sink. What has happened?? If this is a new formulary it's absolutely awful... Please go back to making delicious tea... Wished I could be compensated. I have dumped out six bucks worth of tea per week for several months now...

I have purchased the Lipton Green Tea Citrus in the gallon size for many years. This time my entire family finds that the taste is different and NOT in a good way. It has a more acidic taste... What has changed, it's awful!

I bought a box of 100 tea bags yesterday and did not know things have changed because they have always been a trusted tea of quality. I was surprised to see they were not individually wrapped like before which means no taking them with me easily. The real problem is the quality of the tea. It doesn't look, smell, or taste the same. I thought maybe it was just me thinking the bags were smaller too, so I came online to see if I was nuts about all of this, but now know I am not. What is wrong with you Lipton? I grew up on this tea and know what it is supposed to taste like and look like and you've gone and screwed it all up! The almighty dollar is not everything! The world is bad enough and going to heck in a handbasket without our tea doing it too! I just spent $4 ON SALE (normally $6) for cruddy tasting tea. The flavor is NOT there. The smell is NOT there.

Lipton tea in the gallon family size has changed negatively. The tea is very weak tasting after brewing. I thought if maybe if I let it steep for an extended amount of time this would help enhance the flavor. I let the tea steep for an hour but still got the same diluted tea taste. The tea smell has changed as well. I have been purchasing this product for the last 15 years, but not anymore. I am very dissatisfied and I WILL NOT be purchasing Lipton brand tea again. This product is garbage. Shame on you Lipton.

Grandmother fixed us Lipton Iced Tea every summer. It tasted best on the second day. We drank it hot every winter. I'm 62 now and use Lipton Cold Brew in summer adding an herbal peach bag for variety sometimes. It's so easy and tastes just as good as brewed. My brother and I did a taste test one day to verify. We couldn't tell the difference though he was sure he would. The Lipton Tea pyramid bags were genius. So flavorful. I see they've put out a concentrate liquid. Will have to try that but will always enjoy my tea just as Lipton originally provided; rich and comforting.

I have been a lifelong user of Lipton teas, also my parents & grandparents. In the last year, I have become increasingly disappointed in your tea. It is no longer flavorful, does not smell like tea (fillers, I've read) and apparently, according to recent reads, uses 50% more pesticides than other teas. It's time to go back to your roots!! NO ONE wants more pesticides today... and fillers are just cheapening your product and turning customers away! If you continue along this path, you will be losing the one thing you need... your customers base! My family & I are already checking out other teas and are no longer buying Lipton!

After several months and boxes of Lipton I am considering switching so googled to see if it was just me and found these other posts. In the past I was always able to get 2 cups of flavorful tea out of each bag and now am not happy with even the first cup. I thought maybe they were putting less tea per bag but seeing the other posts realize it may be filler? I drink regular but have tried Salada decaf and was not at all happy with that. I didn't consider myself a tea expert, but there is a very noticeable difference in Lipton over the past year. If cost cutting is the issue, please go back to basics and I'd pay a little more for the flavor I remember!

The local stores no longer carry Lipton loose tea. Also the new tea bags are not filled with 'actual' tea but ground up "stuff" that has no appearance or smell of "tea". As a 50 year+ user of Lipton tea I am very unhappy with the current tea situation.

As many reviewers, I too am a southerner who grew up on Lipton Tea. Having been served it at every family meal by my mother and grandmothers as well as aunts. No other tea tasted the same and just would not do. Several years ago I gradually moved to decaf and then to green tea, Lipton of course. The tastes were different but not unpalatable. I adjusted easily and because I wanted to have a healthier and "cleaner" diet, I made sure to always use filtered water as well. The last time I purchased Lipton I noticed the taste was off, but like others, thought it was just an off batch. This time there is such a chemical taste and complete lack of tea flavor whatsoever that I simply couldn't drink it at all. At first I thought maybe there was soap residue in my glass, so I rewashed it. Then the tea pitcher. No change. Bitter, chemical, weird aftertaste. Completely disgusting. It even smells different. Is there even tea in these bags or is it potpourri?

I was raised drinking Lipton tea. I noticed in the past year or so that it doesn't have the flavor it once had. Also noticed when I opened the package, the aroma of tea, just isn't there. Today I bought a competitor's tea, opened the box, AHHHH, tea! Whatever you've done, you've lost a lifelong customer.

As a southerner, I have always drunk a great deal of iced tea. My mother made great tea everyday using Lipton loose tea leaves -- great! I have always preferred Lipton tea bags -- five family size to make a pitcher. But the quality seems to have changed since you changed your packaging -- more dusty residue, less strength. I am searching for a new brand.

I would just like to parrot the negative responses I've read so far. I would also like to add that as we have learned from Ralph Nader, the American consumer is one of the most powerful groups in the world. You can see what the American consumer has done to media moguls, like, O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh, Ailes, the list goes on. All brought to their knees by the American consumer forcing advertisers to stop advertising their products for sale to consumers. This power is always downplayed or skipped over completely. It's still true.

I drink iced tea throughout the day, every day. I grew up drinking Lipton Tea and as an almost 70 y/o, I have only ever bought Lipton Tea. But, what is in the yellow box bearing the name Lipton does not even smell, or taste anything like tea, let alone Lipton Tea. Initially I thought maybe I got hold of a "bad batch"/box but the second box of 100 was worse than the first. So, I thought it must be my taste buds gone awry until... I Googled, and found the reviews posted here... until I googled "What has happened to Lipton Tea." Oh my what have I been drinking? So, I am holding on to both boxes just in case... Disgusting.

I have grown up drinking Lipton Tea. It used to be one of the best teas available. Not anymore. It's a disgrace! It is the worst tasting tea I have ever had! It's bottom of the barrel. I'm not even sure it is tea. Price has gone way up & it tastes like rancid dish water. How dare they screw people. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. Then they have the nerve to tell people it's their water. Lipton tea is the worst tasting crap they try to pass off as tea! It taste like dried stale parsley. I highly do not recommend wasting money on it. It's disgusting. Lipton tea used to have a great reputation. Now it sucks! Do not buy it. Ever!!! They obviously do not care about their customers!

I recently was surprised when purchasing a new box of Lipton family size iced tea bags that the box was smaller and that the once individually wrapped bags are no longer wrapped with the paper wrappers. They claim on the inside of the box that their packaging has changed but not their tea and removed the paper wraps to help reduce their environmental footprint.

Lipton Tea prices and quality have switched places. It happened with Southern Sweet Tea first. Most recently $15.00 for a box of 18, now it's Lipton's Spiced Chai $18.00 for a box of 18. They may make good tea just not THAT good, I'll be buying something else from here on out.

I've been a loyal Lipton Tea drinker throughout my life. In the past 2 years, there has been a noticeable change in the quality of their product. The bags are no longer packed in envelopes in the box. The tea leaves look finely ground. The tea is much weaker than it used to be and as another reviewer mentioned, the bags also seem weaker and break when in hot water from time to time. Just a note: I drink iced tea, not hot and I have always followed the instructions on the box. So something seems to be up with the quality of their tea and the materials used for their bags. Cutting down on costs? I have since changed to a brand that is as good as Lipton used to be.

The taste of Lipton black tea is why I purchase their product over others on the market; however, Lipton has recently decided to remove the individual papers that wrap each tea bag. Those paper packages not only keep the tea sanitary, but most importantly, it keeps the taste UNIQUELY fresh, crisp, & delicious! Now, without the wrapping, the tea has a VERY un-pleasant, common, dirty taste. As a southerner who enjoys tea daily, this problem just can't be ignored! I hope Lipton quickly returns to their higher standard & puts the papers back on!

This is not so much of a complaint as a plea. I buy the box of 20 green tea lemon flavoured tea bags tagged. Have been buying for years and love the tea. Recently the tea bags keep splitting and breaking when you put it into hot water. I went through 3 bags and each one broke spilling tea leaves. Please could you make the bags stronger. I love Lipton and don't want to use other green tea but I'm wasting money throwing away cup after cup of broken tea bags.

Tea is not as fresh as it used to be before new packaging. The tea labels disintegrate when I drop the bags in hot water. After 30 years of being a Lipton tea lover, I am ready to hunt a better tea. I always have bought the 100 single bag count regular brew.

Approx. six weeks ago, our local Walmart supercenter stopped stocking Lipton ice tea with lemon in bottles. When I asked store associates about the missing product, they advised that Pepsi stocks the product for them and could not explain the empty shelves. I found that Piggly Wiggly nearby was also out of stock. I traveled to La Crosse, WI. And found that the Walmart stores (2) there were out of stock, as well as several other major grocery stores that normally carry the product. It was suggested by a few store employees that there may be a distribution problem. I could not find any notice of same.

When the cold brew tea came out I was excited. It tasted great, until about 7 months ago it has gotten horrible! I sporadically keep buying cold brew tea at different times to see if it has gotten better and it hasn't. Lipton told me it was my water? I have a reverse osmosis filter, how is it my water? And, why was the tea fine with the same water for the earlier batches of tea? I just have to find a better tea and make Iced Tea the old-fashioned way.

I have been a Lipton customer for 30 years plus, very disappointed in new packaging. Half the bags I use to make tea with ends up breaking and I get a cup full of loose tea leaves. I am so tired of remaking tea in the morning because of your brand and the changes that were made to packaging. It's time to move on...

Lipton was our go to daily tea. Since the new packaging and lesser quality, I have not enjoyed it at all. However, I find that in a restaurant, the old individually wrapped tea bags still have the taste we were happy with. If the tea can be made for commercial customers, why can't the public buy it as well?

I was fine scanning the reviews until I came to the notes about worms in the tea. Nowhere do I see answers or replies to these reviews. I can't imagine that none were sent, but I wonder. If I ask a simple question, for example, how do I open the gallon jug of Lipton green tea and iced tea, will I get a response? I've resorted to laying the jug on its side and hammering at the lid to loosen it. And just for the record, I don't buy Lipton dried teas because none of their flavors are strong enough for a true flavor. What a shame. The powdered method of stretching the tea leaves seems to have been a failure. They're just messy to use now.

I have been using Lipton Tea Bags for years and the recent changes they have made to their product is very horrible! They should go back to the individually wrapped tea bags and back to the original recipe that Lipton is known for. The new foil tea bags are stale and are not the same product or quality that is Lipton! The new tea bags do not have the great aroma that the original ones did and do not taste the same as the original Lipton Tea does. Please Lipton go back to your original recipe and the individually wrapped tea bags or I will go to a different brand. Thank you.

My mother is from the UK and I have been drinking Lipton for as long as I can remember almost 70 years. I have become upset with the recent changes in your product and packaging. Let's begin with the packaging. Please bring back the individual tea bag packaging. I can no longer carry tea bags in my purse (tea powder lands in the bottom of my bag). I cannot discreetly remove a teabag from my purse and place it in my cup. I now have to carry a Ziploc bag. Ugh!

I just purchased, as I have for years, a 12 pk of Lipton Diet Green Tea Citrus. I like it because it reminds me of kool-aid and I like to put it in the freezer to get icy. Anyway, I was anxious to open a bottle and started drinking when I noticed this foul odor. At first it smelled like B.O. Then it got stronger and had a more chemical smell. I poured the tea into a glass and no smell, but the bottle is emitting a horrible chemical smell I can't get rid of. I don't know what this is, never smelled it before, but I think it's got to be dangerous. Once you get it on your hands, it's hard to get off. Beware!

Diet lemon ice tea - Been buying for years. This week it tastes differently and not in a good way. Almost like the citric acid was gone. Did they change the formula or was there a mistake in the factory and it was labeled wrong?

I recently purchased a box of decaf tea bags when I noticed the new foil wrapping - great I thought, only to be disappointed that each bag is not wrapped so when I open the foil packaging I'm not able to reseal it. I thought what was the point of stay fresh wrapping if when I open it I can't reseal it so my other tea bags get stale tasting. At least put a closure on the foil so the packaging can at least try to keep my tea bags kinda fresh.

I've been a lifelong Lipton iced tea drinker (50 years) and a gallon every couple of days. My choice for making iced tea was the gallon bags. Although I noticed it tasted weaker I really thought it was my taste buds. Good to know it's not just me! But the thing I've noticed with my recent purchases is my bags are now splitting open every time. I never had an issue before and now it is constantly. To Lipton: make a change or lose your customers and market share!

Still love my 100 ct. Lipton Tea Bags. Reading other reviews & realize, you can't please everyone. I don't mind the new package. Same product & understand the need to save on manufacturing today. Don't have any issues with product.

I've been drinking Lipton Diet Green Tea Citrus for several years. I purchased a 12 pack of bottles at Walmart on Oct 7th of this year. The first bottle I only drank half of because it hardly had any taste and no sweetness at all. I also noticed that it had some brown sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Well I thought maybe it was just a bad bottle and opened two more and tried them. Same thing. No taste and sediment in the bottom. This is the only thing I drink other than coffee and water so I'm very disappointed!

After 50 years of drinking Lipton tea every day (in recent years from tea bags in the 100 box), I am abandoning this product. Life is too short to drink bad tea, and Lipton is no longer of good quality on a consistent basis. Frequently now it is just not even drinkable.

I am a 65 year old woman who has used Lipton teabags all her life. Since they had their 100 year anniversary, they changed packaging and lowered the amount of tea in the bag. They don't stay fresh, and I must use less water, giving me a very 'small' cup of pleasure! Please go back to individual wrapping and bring back the product you are known for. I might as well drink Tetley, for what I'm getting now!!!

There were tiny, moving, alive insects in tea bag which was opened by chance. I have been having your tea for years.

I had been buying Lipton tea for years mostly for iced tea. My husband drinks a gallon of iced tea every two days. Ever since Lipton changed their 100 tea bag packaging and made it all fancy, they made the tea bags smaller and raised the price. Plus, the tea really does not taste that good anymore. We bought Luzianne tea and made it the same way as we did the Lipton and were very surprised at how much better the Luzianne tea tasted and the price was over $1.00 less.

I buy the family size tea bags and the tea now tastes like mud without the paper wrapping to keep it sealed. Color of the brewed tea is now chalky looking. No longer buying Lipton Ice Tea.

Very bad. Lipton has lost its name. It is not like before. Don't ever dare to buy it anytime.

I have been buying Lipton Tea for 35 years! My last two purchases of 100 tea bag boxes have been a disappointment. What happened to the beautiful aroma filled taste? I decided to start looking for a new tea, sad to say. To the Lipton Tea Company... If you think your customers cannot tell something has changed you're WRONG!!! Maybe I will start buying whatever Starbucks uses because their tea taste way better than Lipton taste!! Saying goodbye to Lipton tea until they go back to their original formula!!

I wasn't a fan of tea as I grew up drinking coffee. That was until I discovered Lipton Milk Tea a few years back when a milk tea frenzy of sorts hit the country. I was surprised at how nice the milk tea tasted. It was sweet but that's wasn't much of a problem. It was a bit pricier than Lipton's regular teas but it was still a good alternative to coffee whenever I felt like lowering my caffeine intake. :)

It's no secret that Nestea is the much more popular brand of iced tea in our country. However, I've always been a bigger fan of Lipton, even to the point where I instantly recognize when a restaurant serves Lipton Iced Tea instead of Nestea. The problem is that Lipton doesn't sell one-liter packets like Nestea, so for someone like me who lives in a dormitory and cannot buy the big cans from supermarkets, there was simply no way for me to get a hold of it.

Lipton is probably my go-to brand when it comes to tea. Of course, they won't compare to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf when it comes to taste and quality, but come on, not everyone would pay at least Php500 for a canister of tea. CBTL teas are for more festive reasons like rewarding yourself after a week of hard work or as a gift to a friend on Christmas Day, but for everyday drinking, Lipton is by far the best. I've tried Gold Leaf and Celestial, but these brands probably will take you one than one teabag to achieve fullness of taste. Twinings also has great-tasting, but also expensive. I also haven't found Twinings teas in smaller packaging. If they did so, they'll probably beat out Lipton in the market. Lipton stays true to the flavors it promises. Their green tea is the best. You can not only taste the authentic matcha goodness, but the warm gush of the tea from your throat to your stomach is oh so powerful.

Being on a heavy side and with history of heart ailment, diabetes and kidney disease, I decided to have a change of lifestyle. I used to have soda as my daily drink with just a bit of water intake daily. I know it's not healthy thus, would like to change that bad habit. With my latest APE (Annual Physical Exam), I have an elevated cholesterol. A friend of mine said that she used to have high cholesterol too and she took Green tea daily. I asked my doctor about the health benefit of it and if it is true that it lowers down cholesterol in which she responded yes. So, I bought a box of Lipton Clear Green Tea and began to drink that in the morning in the office.

Lipton, maybe, I think, is one of the best teas in the Philippines (compared to other "mainstream" brands for tea). Their iced tea tastes one the best. I really like Lipton iced tea to death!! If you want good iced tea, then you should consider Lipton in the teas you are selecting. :)

We try to lay off the carbonated sodas (because of the aspartame) as much as we can, so our alternative is ice tea. We love Lipton's bottled red tea, which is often out of stock in our local grocery. We buy bottles of it during board game night. This is also what we serve when we have visitors at home or when we want to binge watch on our TV series or when watching movies at home or in the theaters.

I recently made my pitchers of tea as normal... I use the gallon size. The tea started tasting sweet... I don't drink sweet tea. What is going on with Lipton? Has anyone else had this problem?

I live in Macau and I was use to have milk tea by Lipton black tea at the morning and somehow I always have some symptom of Meniere's disease from time to time, that really affecting my work. One day I start to having coffee also with milk every morning just for feeling of freshness, then my symptom stop, and I'm not thinking so much, just happy about it. Until I try a cup of that Lipton black tea, I realised maybe that is the reason. So I stop for a month then try again, still dizziness for testing few times. So I decided to say something.

For a number of years I have been buying the Lipton Green Tea with flavoring such as cranberry pomegranate. This comes in a box in individually sealed single serve bags. My wife and I pride ourselves in attempting to create the least amount of landfill waste as possible and we dispose of a considerable amount of waste in our compost bins. I was always happy that I could dispose of the used Lipton tea bags and packaging in compost.

Yesterday I opened a new box of my "old standard" Lipton Tea that I have been drinking for over 60 years and seen 2-3 package changes in that time. Only this time all the tea bags are open to the air and stacked in a box that cannot be sealed. I have a small bed and breakfast and long ago quit buying the specialty teas that are package jointly - i.e., several bags in one package. My guests typically refuse to use them. They feel that the bags have been handled when one guests reaches to get out a loose bag.

I have been drinking Lipton tea for 47 years. Since the packaging change I had noticed that there was nearly no taste nor aroma. I thought I had a box of stale tea so I bought another box and it was the same. Then I thought maybe it was me and I was losing my sense of taste (although I have no problem tasting anything else). I also noticed I got no pick me up from the tea. I complained to my sister who looked it up and found that many people have been complaining about the same exact thing. I cut open a tea bag and the contents consisted of a fine powder NOT cut tea leaves. I do NOT believe that there is even real tea in these bags.

I found small earthworms in all my green tea sachets. I want you to take strict action for the same. Attached the images as well with earthworms marked. Thankfully I have seen them, others who are using this please be careful.

Please go back to the old Lipton tea bags. These tea bags now are not as convenient to use, less sanitary and simply not worthy of the Lipton name. I will be switching to another brand immediately.

I have been drinking Lipton Tea for many years and I am going to have to say I am going to switch. My last box of 100 tea bags were all open bags, not sealed correctly. So when I pour the hot water in the tea comes right out of the bag. Most of the tea is actually still in the box.

As a former employee and loyal user for the past 50 years, I was truly disappointed with the packaging change of the 100 ct tea bags. The first thing I noticed, upon opening the box, was the absence of that lovely tea aroma. That aroma was truly part of the experience of opening a box of TJ. Lipton. It was definitely one of life's small pleasures.I found the taste of the product to be weak and not "up to the previous quality". Lipton tried to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place. It's kind of the same thing that Coca-Cola did a few years ago when they changed the formula of their product. Lipton even minimized the image of Sir Thomas J.Lipton. I don't think he would have approved. I hope they see the error of their ways, just like Coca-Cola did.

I've been a tea drinker since childhood, raised by my English grandmother on Lipton tea. It's the only brand I'd ever drink because it was simply the best tasting tea out there. Over the past several months I've noticed that it's not the same tea anymore. It's weak, bland and tastes like a cheap Earl Grey imitation. It's not enjoyable to drink and it's very noticeable. Why in the world would Lipton change their tea and ruin it?! Very disappointing! I'll be searching for a new brand of tea now.

Lipton tea isn't what it used to be. Tea is weaker and there is considerable sediment in bottom of pitcher. Would like to see tea back in its separate bags. Also, I read another review that pesticides are used on the bags. Never knew that. Why is that necessary? Shame on Lipton Tea brand. And Unilever.

I have enjoyed Lipton Tea for 40 years. First thing in the morning and also 1 or 2 times per day additionally. The old English saying is: "I could murder for a cup of tea." However, I have noticed a negative change in the last year regarding the quality and strength. The tea is much weaker lately and lacks taste. The changes in taste coincided with the changes in packaging. This morning I was compelled to do a web search as I am sure of the differences. Yes, here it is - everyone here saying the same thing. I can no longer "murder for a cup of Lipton Tea". Time to change brands.

I have been drinking Lipton cold brew tea for years and I just realized from doing research online that they spray the tea bags with pesticides. This really makes me unhappy. I loved their tea. I have noticed a problem in their tea. I have found that if you leave the tea in the fridge for 3 or 4 days after you made it, it has a weird taste to it and it does not taste like tea anymore. I will not drink their tea anymore. I'm going to go on organic only. It also makes me unhappy that Lipton is not gmo free.

I grew up appreciating a good cold glass or cup of hot Lipton Tea. The smell, the taste, the 'AHHH' sound that you made when you took your first sip or first smell. It's not there anymore. Plus, the loose tea grinds are so small that some leak through the tea strainer. I am so disappointed. I have even doubled up on the amounts I use, whether its loose leaf or tea bags. It doesn't help. Over the years, I have returned to check out Lipton Tea's brand, but it is still not up to its past standards. What happened? Signed, 66 years of tea drinking experience.

46 years of drinking Lipton tea has ended for me. The manufacturers must think their customers would not be able to notice the tea flavor change. They could not be more mistaken. First off, the great scent of a newly opened box of tea is completely gone. Secondly, that is the clue to what you can expect when the tea is brewed, a very weak tea. Third, you use twice as many tea bags and it is still doesn't taste like it used to, so your $4.00 box of 48 count tea real cost to you is $8.00.

I've been a Lipton loose leaf tea consumer for over 50 years. In recent years the product has been changing and has now become so inferior, I've chosen to buy another brand. The Lipton's product packaging at some point changed from "orange pekoe/black tea", to some generic "loose tea". Now, the tea can be described as only "tea powder" with very few long cut leaves. This results in a very weak with little flavor glass of tea, even when increasing the amount used. Never in my lifetime would I have thought I would be changing tea brands, as Lipton's has been my family's tea for three generations. It's too bad Lipton's had to "fix" what wasn't broken. I've included a photo to show the difference between Lipton's and a quality orange pekoe/black loose leaf tea. Btw... the new tea is wonderful, like the old Lipton's.

I have been using Lipton tea for over 25 years. I brew a mug (mason jar) with two bags of the black tea bags. I have noticed with the change in packaging that there is a great difference in the strength of the tea. Sometimes it will be so dark I cannot see through it, and other times it comes out so light it does not look like tea. Plus the flavor is very weak most of the time. Maybe it is time to change...

I hate the new unwrapped tea bags. It goes stale and is unsanitary. You may think you are saving money but I just bought another brand with wrapped bags. So far, it tastes almost as good and I don't have to worry about dirty hands. Count up how many customers that you lose and soon you will be putting the wrappers back on, spending money advertising, and begging for customers. So what did you really save, nothing? You will lose loyal customers to another brand that they would not have tried otherwise. Put the wrappers back on!

I have purchased the Pure Leaf Unsweetened tea several times now. Sometimes it is really good and other times it tastes gross. The store I purchased it from was really nice and exchanged it for me the first time. But now I have bought two bottles and they are both disgusting. I won't be buying it anymore.

I have used Lipton tea for over 25 years. My husband rarely drinks tea out because he prefers my tea. The last 4 or 5 times it made tea, we've noticed it's just not the same. I didn't realize the Family-sized bags were smaller, so when I first made a gallon it was much weaker and tasted differently. Second and third times, same result. 4th time let it brew longer, no better. 5th time after noticing bags are smaller, I used more bags (6 instead of 4). Result: still taste weak and is cloudy. Disappointed because I purchased 2 boxes.

I was wondering about the black mold that grows on my tea pitcher and lid overnight and found this Consumer Affairs site. I also had noticed a difference in taste in the tea I brew. I have gone so far as to use 4 Family Size tea bags to make a pitcher thinking I just wasn't getting it strong enough. I have added more sugar to make it drinkable but still, it is not the Lipton I have drank for 60 years. As one review stated, she thought it was her aging taste buds, I had thought this also. Now I know, that like most old and trusted brands, some other big corporation has bought the name and providing an inferior product. So sad when this happens. I guess I will be searching for a tastier brand - such as Luzianne.

I have enjoyed Lipton Tea for more than forty years. I bought a new box of lipton tea bags a few months ago and after making a couple batches I read the box and came to the realization that it was not just a different packaging. And as I don't have the box anymore since I threw it as well as the tea bags in the trash, I can't swear to it but I'm confident they either added some chemicals or changed to a cheaper grade tea (more profitable) and added some kind of chemical to mask the nasty taste. I would buy lipton if they returned to the original tea. However I'm not sure I'd trust them to not add something or change something for profitability. I guess it's no one cares about a great tea. This company will lose money. I just need a good tea bag now so I can quench my tea thirst unsweet with lemon.

I've been buying Lipton decaf for a while now, though it tasted fine. I recently bought a new pack and it smelt horrible, packed differently, and my opinion tasted nasty. I threw it out, went a bought a different package thinking the one I had was bad. I got it and only difference was it smelt fresh. I gave my son some and not only a hour later he is puking, running a fever, weak and crying in pain. I stayed giving him coast liquids. Took him to the doctor who said it was a flu. I took my son home no food and only Pedialyte, he was up, running around playing with no fever. He asked for tea, so I gave him some and then AGAIN fever, puking, crying in pain. Doctors and I have concluded that DECAF LIPTON TEA IS THE CAUSE OF THIS! NEVER WILL I BUY IT AGAIN!

Recently bought a new box of Lipton iced tea gallon bags. They are not individually wrapped which isn't really the problem but the taste is terrible. It's weak and cloudy with a terrible after taste. I will go back to Wal-Mart brand which I think is an ok product but at least it doesn't taste horrible.

I bought Lipton southern sweet tea bags, thinking.... great, all done in one shot. It tasted horrible. I would never have thought of southern sweet tea being sweetened with sucralose. They need to state that it contains sucralose in big letters on the front of the box. I have drank Lipton tea as far back as I can remember. This is the first time I have been disappointed.

Impossible to drink Lipton Pure Leaf tea from new square bottle without dribbling everywhere. Cap retains fluid which dribbles out when cap is removed. Plastic ring which remains on bottle retains fluid. When bottle is tipped to drink, dribbles down chin, on clothes, stains. Plastic ring continues to retain fluid after a few drinks, and when bottle is tipped, drips down bottle, causing sticky bottle and fingers. Also drips on seat covers, other clothing, stains. Special stain remover required to remove stains, if possible. Other bottle issues: square bottle no longer fits cup holders, tips over. Finally, taste of tea is inferior to that from glass bottles. Raspberry tea in 6 packs only available infrequently at Denver outlets, including Walmart. Peach tea unavailable in 6 packs anywhere in Denver.

Your new packaging is not only unappealing (especially when displaying for guests), it is also unsanitary (with folks touching bags). I've used Lipton for over 50 years and I never thought I would do it, but this week when I went to the store I bought a different brand. You have lost my business on this one.

Why did you take away the covers? I thought I bought the wrong tea and looked again when I went to the store the next time. The way you sell them now is unsanitary. When I am done with this box I will be buying another brand. I don't notice a taste difference like others but I have noticed it seems weak. The first "new" bag I used I thought I didn't get the water hot enough but that's not why it is weak from what I'm reading from the reviews. You have A LOT of unhappy customers and will be losing them too and I am one of them.

The last few months, all of my tea bags taste and smell bad when I make decaf ice tea. I have switched brands to Louisianne and it tasted and smelled bad. The store brand at Walmart was nasty as well. What is up with this? Did the processing change? I have had ice tea in restaurants and it tasted and smelled normal. I have been an ice tea drinker all my life, and I know something has changed and not for the better. I would rather drink water than waste more money on something that tastes possibly like a chemical.

The tea doesn't taste like it used to. The bags are tearing before I even make my tea. I have to dump the pitcher after one day. It used to last for three or more days of flavor. I also don't like the taste of the southern tea too sweet. Please go back to the original tea, something is wrong bad.

I have been drinking Lipton tea for 20 years. I love the taste of Lipton tea. But you have change. The packaging. Where they are not individually wrapped no more. The tea bags are leaking the tea grounds into my cup of tea. It is very frustrating. I wish that you fix the problem so the tea bags don't leak anymore.

Just finished a box that were individually wrapped. Opened a new box with the trays and gold foil. I'm making suntea, filling my glass jar with Brita water so it's taking some time to fill. I put the tea bags in as I'm filtering water and filling the jar. This stuff is brewing with cold water. The other bags didn't turn the water this dark......hmmmm. Reminds me of cold brew tea from Lipton.

We don't like the new unwrapped tea bags; for an office setting it's not sanitary. For home use, they get stale faster.

I bought a package of the peach iced tea and I realized it had the worst aftertaste. It tasted like how a stink bug smells. I got sick a couple of times off of it and threw up more than once. I could never finish a bottle of the tea.

Don't like the new foil packaging. Tea doesn't stay fresh once the foil package is opened. Why would you change something that was obviously working for the last 50 years? Doesn't make any sense. Progress or regress?? Need to start a boycott of Lipton!!

Lipton peach tea 16.9 fl oz - Bought a case of them and love the flavor but the tops are so hard to remove. We have to take a knife around the seal and then use a pair of pliers to get the lid off. If we were out in the car how would we open them??

I have purchased Lipton tea bags for years and recently noticed a change in the packaging. They are no longer individually wrapped. After brewing the tea several times using different kettles, Keurig, different water, cups, etc., I have determined they have definitely changed something. I kept looking at the box thinking I purchased the wrong kind - perhaps lemon or something. The tea even looks different. It has a yellow tint to it. I went back to the store checking all the boxes to

see if it was a different kind of tea or they changed the product. Everything on the outside of the box looks the same but they definitely changed something. It has a weak, lemony taste to it and I threw the rest of the bags away after trying several different tea bags in the box. PLEASE BRING THE OLD RECIPE BACK, LIPTON, or I will be making a switch. It does not taste good at all!!!!

This tea has gone to the dogs so to speak. It used to be so refreshing and now it taste so bad it is not fit to drink. However it is like most other food and drink products now. Made cheap to save and make money. I used to be your biggest consumer, but now you have lost me.

I recently, unknowingly, purchased a box of Lipton Tea bags and found that the packaging in which the tea bag was enclosed had been eliminated. The tea tastes weaker and the content seems smaller. A relative wrote to the Lipton Tea Co. and received a response that it was an environmental issue that caused the company to eliminate the enclosure. Environmental they say... well what about a health hazard due to the unsanitary exposure of the tea bags when handled by the public in fast food locations, self service areas, restaurants, etc? People reach for a tea bag and actually touch more than the one they choose. I plan to forward the response received from the Lipton Tea Co., along with my assessment to the Department of Health and the Surgeon General.

At first, my impression of the new 25-bag foil packs was "well, it's greener". Maybe. 25 paper envelopes vs a large foil wrapper? But after trying the bags, everyone in my family agrees that the tea is weaker, almost stale tasting, even just opened. After trying many brands, my second favorite black tea, almost as good, is Safeway. But the new Lipton rates BELOW Safeway's, so I guess it's Safeway from now on.

Bring back the individually wrapped tea bags! Please go back to the previous packaging. I can no longer just throw my tea bags in my purse and go. Now I must use a container. Who wants to drink a cup of tea when the bag has migrated to the bottom of their purse. BTW, how many calories does lint contain???

Traveling with the new tea bags not in individual bags is unsanitary and traveling with them in a plastic bag and pack they open up causing money lost for me. Some is my travels don't offer Lipton tea.

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one that thinks Lipton Tea has changed. Why would someone change a brand that has been so successful so far so many years? The past couple of boxes of tea that I have bought have had a noticeably different taste. After reading up on this, I am throwing out the Lipton, regretfully, and looking at another brand. If they change it back to the way it was, I'll be back.

I DO NOT like the new packaging of the Tea bags. The old was individually packs, now they are in groups of 25 bags and not individually packs. This may make me try a different brand to get individual packs of the tea bags. I like and enjoy Lipton tea, but cannot carry a few with me when I go out for a couple of days.

I have been a loyal Lipton Tea drinker since the early 70's. I'm dismayed at the package change. The tea bags are smaller, and they are not individually wrapped. Now I have to open the sleeves, find a new container (with lid) to hold them. It's very inconvenient.

I have been a consumer of Lipton tea for 47 years, and before that, my grandmother. The bags are cheap and small now. More broke than I had used. I also don't like the new packaging. It is the only tea I would drink. I may have to find a new brand. SO SAD, a great tea was ruined by trying to save money.

I have been a loyal Lipton Tea drinker for over 50 years, looking for coupons and ways to save on sales to afford the tea I loved. Recently I found the 100 package box were packaged in inconveniently packaged trays... Whose idea was this? Fire them! Everyone knew Lipton was "the Best" teabag. Each in its individual package with the wonderful robust full flavored black tea aroma and taste! No matter what other tea others offered... I always went back to Lipton! This is truly worse than "New Coke". Go back to at least offering the old version to those of us who are willing to pay more to this option!!!

I idly read the ingredients on a box of Lipton's White Tea with fruit and discovered the presence of some kind of cornstarch. I read a few more boxes and find something called sunflower lecithin. Why are these ingredients in something that can be made more naturally?

Why oh why did you eliminate the paper wrapper on the tea bags??? If you reinstated them how much would it add to the retail price? You would hear from 100's - probably thousands of more people if they didn't have to go through the whole process of "creating an account" to let you know their displeasure. I'm using a vacuum seal container which helps, but is a pain. Please put the "bags" back on the tea bags.

I just bought a box of 100 count Lipton tea in its new packaging. I have been a Lipton tea drinker for over 30 yrs. I don't like the new way or the taste. Lipton better change or it's back to Salada - at least their taps don't fall off the string!! Why would Lipton change something that we all loved!!

First, I was a loyal happy Lipton customer for 30 years until yesterday. I opened my first Lipton box and notices the dinky tea bags crammed together. I made a cup and found myself angry. I never had a weak cup of Lipton in my life. This cup was immediately after I opened the new packaging so it was not stale. The company altered something with this tea. I let it steep longer than usual and it still was extremely weak. I bought Kroger's generic and it had packaging similar to the old box with the individual packets and the tea brewed to a nice bold taste I am used to. I posted my objections on Lipton Facebook and they directed me to the following address. I let them know my objections: consumer.services@unilever.com. Throw this tea in the harbor.

Please bring back the individually wrapped tea bags. What were you thinking? Was the designer a tea drinker? I think not. Many of us take a dozen of the individually wrapped bags from the larger box to keep on hand or to travel with. This is no longer possible. The gold foil and the die cut box are a waste of money. Had I known about this packaging change I wouldn't have bought this product.

Lipton tea is no longer potable in the new packaging. There is also a distinct BAD TASTE in the tea I have loved for years. I will be switching tea brands until they fix the issue.

Bought Lipton black tea bags in new packaging -- which is just fine. But the blend seems to have changed. Tea has none of its distinctive Lipton flavor or aroma. Tastes like all the inexpensive brands if not worse. What is going on?? Is anyone else experiencing this??

I recently bought a box of 100 teabags. The new packaging without individually wrapped tea bags. This really is stupid because I usually carry several of the bags in my top coverall pocket so I can make tea where ever I'm at during my work shift. This is just way too unsanitary now and the tea dust just gets all over. I will be forced to look for alternative brands such as Farmer Brothers for my tea.

Just bought a new box of 100 tea bags and found the tea bags arranged in trays and wrapped in a foil bag instead of being individually wrapped. I didn't like it! Then I brewed a cup and didn't like that either. The taste was off. Ok, so I tried another cup later and found the same off taste. Over the course of several days, I experimented with different cups, different sweeteners, different water sources, different manner of heating the water, and no matter what I did, the results were always the same - bad tasting, off tasting tea. What have you people done to the tea I have used since my grandfather first introduced me to Lipton hot tea in 1955? I have now switched to Tetley.

I have been a Lipton Tea user for many many years. I feel that paying a dollar more per box was worth it. The last box no longer had the tea in individual envelopes. My reaction was "They cheapened the brand". I returned the box and bought another brand.

With the advent of the new (no more paper cover, more Eco friendly tea sleeves) I've noticed a distinct flavor change (weaker), I've noticed the bags are smaller and more fragile. I'm very disappointed as a long time Lipton drinker. My next purchase will not be Lipton. You change, I change. It wasn't broke, so what was with the so called fix? Disappointed consumer.

The last couple of times I made a pitcher of tea, something just wasn't right about the taste. I decided to see if anyone else thought so and found they did. I have been drinking my Lipton tea for over forty years and it has definitely changed to what I consider a bad taste. I will be picking up another brand on my next trip to the store!!!! I would not recommend this product to anyone! So disappointing!

I have used Lipton Tea for the past 50 years and I am very disappointed in the new packaging. Not only are the wrappers gone on each tea bag, the bags are smaller like the old "penny bags" we used many years ago. The taste is different too. I have tried everything to get back to the taste I am used to. I brew my tea in a teapot and people always compliment me on my tea... but no more. I am not sure what brand to try next as this has always been my stand by.

I love Lipton Mixed Berry Green Tea BUT whenever I buy a case, there are several of them that are IMPOSSIBLE to open. I hope the company fixes this issue because it doesn't make sense how some are 'openable' while others are not!

I've been drinking Lipton decaf black tea almost every morning for years. For months, I've been noticing a fishy odor. I thought it was the soy creamer I use but finally figured out it's the Lipton. I've also been finding a film across the top of the mug I use. I have over 35 kinds of specialty tea, but I really like decaf in the a.m. I used to love Lipton. What happened?

Lipton has major competitors that will benefit from stupid packaging like this. I just put my new box away - two weeks worth - opened to the air. If it's stale, I'll go to Salada....

Have been a lifelong drinker of Lipton Tea. The tea does not have the taste that I am used to. Very weak, have to use 2 bags and it still remains dilute. I'm very disappointed and cannot continue purchasing this tea. Ewww...

I am annoyed at the lack of type of tea not written on bags of regular decaf tea. I never looked before because there was never so many choices to choose from, and I only want the old tea I have bought for 50 years. I also am very disappointed with the packaging!!!! I must now wrap up a few tea bags to travel with in my purse. I believe the tea will now dry out quicker and can no longer be placed haphazardly into my tea canister. Very annoyed and disappointed with the new packaging. I believe the person who came up with the new idea does not drink tea!!!!

Bought box Lipton 100 tea bags the other day and discovered they are no longer individually wrapped! Not happy with new packaging. I've drank Lipton tea for years; this is not going to fly with consumers! Change it back to original wrapping.

I am unable to open the caps on this Lipton product - bottled Lipton Mixed Berry Diet Green Tea. Therefore, I can only gain access if I can find someone nearby to open them. I haven't been able to come up with a reason why the quality control department of this company wouldn't jump right on this major problem to resolve it. It really is too bad there aren't ADA requirements and regulations for packaging. Lipton’s choice in this sends me shopping for a more desirable product from another major vendor.

On July 9th, 1996, I poured myself a glass of fresh Lipton Tea and after one swallow, my skin began to burn, the burning spread all over my body, I felt like I was going to burst into flames and wound up going to the ER where they diagnosed me with an allergy to the new Lipton Tea I had drank. After giving me steroids and an allergy injection, they sent me home telling me to not drink tea anymore. I tried several times to drink tea again, with the same result. I now haven't drank any tea since 1996. So what did Lipton start adding to their blend of tea that would cause someone who has drank their teas for more than 40 years to suddenly develop allergies to it?

Been drinking Lipton for 45 years. Lately it tasted bad. The last box tasted like soap, so I washed my cup again, thinking it must have been that I didn't rinse it well. Same result. So; I substituted a different kind of honey. Same result. So; I used sugar: same result. So; I bought another box same result. I REALLY DID try to give Lipton all the chances I could think of, but no matter what I did, Lipton tasted like garbage. I threw the rest of that box in the can. I returned the last full box to the store, and bought another brand. Much better. Sad to see a good thing disappear.

Unilever took over Lipton. I don't like the change in packaging or taste. Lipton now seems like a cheap imitation of itself. Why change if not for profit? Lipton meant quality, familiarity and WAS a comfort drink. I will boycott Unilever.

I love green tea. This morning I drank a cup. I got a horrible pain, barely could walk to bathroom. Excruciating pain. I was crying. My stomach was killing me. I lied down and let it pass. I am so scared to drink it again but I looked for expiration date - it is ok. My daughters drank it and love it. I'll be more careful maybe because I have a cold flu possibly throat infection it caused an effect. Sorry for complaining. I'm just wondering if anybody else experience this rare situation.

I have drank only Lipton black tea for 40 years. Same ritual every morning, every night and sometimes in between. The last 2 boxes of 100 black tea bags were in the new packaging. Thought it must have been me at first, it just didn't taste right. Tried steeping longer, rinsing my cups out, checking my sugar, and it still tasted weird and kind of putrid, like it was rancid or something. Came right down to the tea itself and I absolutely will not drink it again, especially after reading these other complaints that only confirm it is the tea. I am angry because not only do I miss my perfect tea but I'm sure that changes were made to the tea in an effort to save money, thus make more money. It is Lipton's greed that will eventually bring it down and so it is deserving that this will happen. Won't ever buy again unless I know it has been changed back to it's normal recipe/quality. Can't drink coffee so I'm feeling a little lost (especially in the mornings).

Very disappointed with new tea bags...regular and decaf!!!!!!! Tea dust has been mentioned prior which means losing flavor in the tea bags. Doesn't seem to be same amount of tea within each bag either. I don't drink coffee. I have been Lipton tea drinker...specifically hot tea for over 40 years!! Maybe I'll have to look into

other brands!!??!!

I use to love Lipton tea, drinking up to 10 cups a day. The new taste is absolutely disgusting! I have purchased several new boxes as I hate to run out. They are all going back and I will search for another brand! The new taste as someone put it is very earthy but also sort of a perfume taste that I hate.

All of a sudden, Lipton teabags have awful taste. Coincided with new packaging. I've been buying these for decades, and will now switch to another brand.

Green Diet Citrus Tea - I love the flavor of the tea, but it hurts my fingers to try and open the bottle. I have to use assistance each time and will be switching if this problem is not resolved. I drink about 3-5 bottle a day.

Change in taste of tea with new packaging. Taste is earthy. I don't even know if I can use the box of 100 tea bags or throw them away. Yuck.

The new tea bags are not protected by the outside paper envelope so there is tea dust everyplace you store them. They also break open in your cup after soaking a while. Results, a mouth full of grinds! Gross! I will no longer purchase Lipton! I have thrown 100 bags away.

I brought two bottles of the Pure Leaf Extra Sweet Tea, a brand of Lipton. I drunk one bottle which tasted good, open bottle 2 and it had a funny taste. I shook the bottle up and slimy products was floating in the bottle.

Purchased 6 pack of Lipton unsweetened tea from Myer. After drinking half bottle of the tea I realize there were lots of floating particles inside it. I let the product sit on counter overnight then I realize there was white particles floating around on top of it. I'm so scared and don't know what the heck this is I just introduced into my body. Is anyone out there to help with this issue??

I am a fan of Lipton Citrus Green Tea. I purchase it often to kick the soda habit. The last two packages I purchased, I had to open with a pliers. Why put the lid on so tight. No way my wife or granddaughter can open one. Purchased at Albertson today, 10/02/14.

I've been a Lipton Tea drinker for more than 40 years. It is my "perker upper" and comfort drink. Buy about 100 a month. Something different has happened with new packaging intro, which is missing the paper "protect the fingers" envelope. Tea tastes different. Someone "fixed" that which wasn't broken. Assume this may save pennies and enhance bottom line, but if loyal Lipton tea drinkers leave, no one is happy. A change or "new" blend notice does not appear on the packaging, nor does "same flavor". I have not purchased the new Lipton for the peek-a-boo slot showing a shiny wrapper, nor the new embossed name... I purchased the new Lipton for the same cup of tea I have enjoyed for a very long time, and have been disappointed by a sneaky and ill-conceived decision. I will find a new favorite tea.

The twist tops are impossible for me to open myself. Why DID you change them? I'm going to have to stop buying this tea because I simply cannot open them. Please change them back to how they were before.

When I have a hard time opening a bottle of Green Tea I use a nut cracker. It just requires slight twist and it's open. I prefer the Green Tea instead of soda, it's more refreshing.

Every time I purchase these teas, the tops are so hard to get off of them. It happens with the peach iced tea as well as the mixed berry and the green teas. I have talked to several other people who buy these teas and they have the same problem. I have had to literally put them back in the refrigerator and wait for someone to come home to help me open a tea because I hurt my hands trying to open it myself.

I have been drinking iced tea made from Lipton for years. Today I made a gallon using filtered water (that does not taste like fish) and the tea tastes and smells like fish.

I have been drinking ice-lemon soft drink for almost nine (9) years!! It started approximately two (2) months ago when I notice that the taste is no longer the same!! I normally buy 24 cans of lemon ice-tea in two (2) weeks!! I thought that maybe it was just a production error. To my surprise, yesterday, I went to buy as normal!! The taste was even more horrible. I will never buy ice-tea again. Just have to find myself a new brand that will satisfy my needs (so disappointed).

I have a lot of medical problems. One is migraines. Aspartame causes migraines so I do not drink diet drinks. I cannot have carbonated drinks because it aggravates my ulcer. This leaves very few choices when I'm not home. I drink tea. Lately, I noticed that the Lipton's brisk iced tea w/ lemon in a bottle tasted weird. I did not like the new taste and wondered why they messed with a good tasting product. I went to buy one and the clerk even commented that she stopped drinking it because it tasted plastic like lately. I agreed but since all they had that wasn't carbonated was this and water which I don't believe we should have to pay for, I bought the bottle of Lipton. It was horrible! I read the label and to my horror, they are using Splenda! Why they would put sucralose in a NON-diet drink is beyond me but I will not buy one again! It tastes awful and is not good healthwise.

I have always been a big fan of Lipton Tea. I have been told I am the best tea maker. My family counts on me to always bring tea. When cold brew came out I tried. Sorry. I always used bags. Then one day the tea tasted nasty. It got really dark also flavor less. My family complained. I went to Loose Tea. Yes my family was happy once again. I think I have bought Loose for 5 years or so. Then once again, nasty black flavorless color. So I went to store, bought new box. NASTY. I switched to Lipton bags again hoping to find flavor back. NASTY.

The only way to drink it is to open with pliers. This is not convenient, because I want to take it places on the go, and sometimes open it later. I don't want to have to open it with pliers before I leave. I can't buy it anymore due to the impossible cap.

7/13/14 approx. 1:30 pm. I purchased a box of 100 tea bags at walgreens. UPC code 0 412870 8. After adding filtered water and 10 tea bags to a glass coffee pot, I set in sun for 2 hrs. Brought in & poured some. The party said "ewww it smells like fish". I didn't smell it. They threw out their drink. I poured into a pitcher and covered. 15 min. later we pulled from fridge, uncovered & smelled. Distinct smell of spoiled fish. I Dumped out, and hope I don't get sick from the glass I drank. Initially I didn't smell it, but the taste was off. Cover it, then remove cover. Gross. I will keep the box with remaining bags if you would like them shipped to you.

I bought a box of Lipton Tea. My daughter made me a cup. I noticed a slight foam around the top edge of the tea. She made me another cup. This time more foam. I realized the cup I had earlier also had foam as I drank it earlier in the morning. The dried foam was still around the edge of cup. I began to get sicker and sicker and threw up all night long. It lasted about 12 hours. No one else has gotten sick that day or since. We all ate and drank the same except for the tea. Everybody else drinks coffee. I will never forget this.

Bought a jar of the diet powdered tea and made some for my husband. Had been drinking it for the last week. I was going to make 2 quarts of it and stuck my spoon in the jar and felt something hard. I thought it was a scoop or something. I pulled it up with my spoon and it was a dead mouse. I emptied all of the rest of the powder into a bowl and on the side of the jar. There was a wet looking spot matted with powder where the mouse had been decomposing. I called Lipton and talked to a woman named Nancy. It was on the weekend and she said someone would be contacting me. THEY NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BACK. That is why I'm posting this.

I routinely drink Lipton ice tea in a bottle. Recently I purchased a 24 pack (my normal purchase size). After drinking one out of the pack, I became moderately sick on-my-stomach. This symptom lasted about 12 hrs. I did not connect this symptom with the Lipton tea until I drank the second bottle. It happened again. I examined a sealed bottle and found black particles floating in the tea. I immediately called the customer service number on the bottle. I was told the tea had "separated", and I should throw it away. I was assured there was no health risk, and Lipton would send me coupons to replace the bad tea. Now, I get queasy when I pass the Lipton tea section at the store. Has anyone experienced this problem? I plan to contact all the appropriate agencies concerning this potentially harmful defect.

I have been a Lipton tea drinker for thirteen years and the last two boxes I have bought and made has tasted molded and made me sick. And I thought it was me all up until I asked my boyfriend and he even said it tasted and smelt molded. So I think I will just go to another brand. Hopefully this is resolved before someone else gets a hold to one because mold can damage you and could kill you and I wouldn't want that to happen to anyone.

Has anyone read the label of Lipton Vanilla Tea? What is (and I quote from the side of the packet) "nature identical vanilla flavor"? The packaging is really misleading with attractive vanilla pods and vanilla flowers but this product has not been near any vanilla product. Is this legal?

After being an exclusive Lipton black tea drinker since the 1970's, I will be searching for a new brand tomorrow when I grocery shop. Around 5-10 years ago, it began to taste off and bland. The length of time it steeped made no difference, and I attributed it to my aging taste buds. Around two years ago I stopped drinking the black altogether, occasionally imbibing in green tea. After a year of "abstinence", I forced myself to start drinking it again, and am APPALLED at the lack of quality and how scummy (literally) it has gotten. When the boiling water is poured over a Lipton tea bag, into a clean cup, a scum immediately forms, both in suspension and coating whatever surfaces of the cup it contacts. This scum cannot be merely washed out, but must be dealt with my using a bleach solution. I am so disappointed in the Lipton company. I have never been a coffee drinker, but after over 40 years, I’m sorry to say I will no longer be a Lipton tea drinker. It's a shame!

I love the taste of Diet Lipton Green Tea Citrus. I am drinking a 16.9 Oz bottle right now and just noticed a hefty amount of tea leaves at bottom of bottle. Is this supposed to have decent amount of tea leaves? Does it vary? Should I be chugging tea leaves? Just wondering if I just wasn't paying attention the last 43 times I drank it?

I've been an avid Lipton drinker since I was a kid but lately when I've been making iced tea, it's been tasting like fish. At first, I thought I was doing something (although how hard is it to boil water and put a bag in it?), so I had my husband do it, same fishy taste. The past 3 boxes (and we get the big kind) tasted like fish. I love Lipton and want to remain a customer, but I can't unless you do something about that taste. If I wanted fish juice, I'd buy haddock and make a smoothie out of them.

Every morning, the first thing I do is make a big pitcher of tea to last me throughout my day. Even though I am an herbalist and have drank MANY different teas in my life, my favorite is just regular Lipton black tea - I buy it by the big box. So I always make this tea, but I also like to flavor this tea so I often add a couple of tea bags of a flavorful herbal. This week I purchased and was excited to try Lipton's Orange Blossom Hibiscus, the ones that come in that sweet little triangle tea bag - however, when I first went to grab a couple of them, I noticed something disgusting!!!! That cute little triangle bag was made from plastic/polyester - yuck. The only way plastic breaks down is in heat and I was about to pour boiling water over them. Not only was I worried about what I would be ingesting but I am REALLY disappointed that a company that relies on nature for its products to also be involved in ecocide (the destruction of our own environment) - I am sure you are aware of the Texas size island of plastic that is floating out in our ocean. Though I am in love with this new tea blend, I absolutely hate its packaging and unfortunately for both of us, won't be purchasing any more of it. Shame on you, Lipton.

I had been an avid buyer of this product since I was a young child, but the quality today is terrible. I have switched to Luzianne because it is a much better quality. Also, I recently bought a family size box two months ago and it was large bags to make ice tea. When I bought some about a week ago, which was in the same package as the first, there were individual bags that were 1/3 the size of the other bags (both were 48 count and both were the same price). I am not happy with your product. I am now refusing to pay good money for poor quality and quantity.

I don't want to be too mean or anything, but personally, I just feel that Lipton Tea is extremely low quality. I hate ordering tea at restaurants only to find they solely serve Lipton. I have only ever really had the black tea. I find the flavor to be extremely weak, and often fishy in taste and smell. Really gives me the willies.

I made iced tea with the family size "Lipton Iced Tea" tea bags, and it came out cloudy! The tea tasted fine, but looked terrible. I had to serve it to company at dinner, and was embarrassed. I tried making tea with the Lipton tea bags the next day and the tea came out cloudy again, yuck! I can only surmise that the tea inside the bags had been ground too fine to be contained by the paper tea bag. I also noticed that there was a darker film on the surface of the hot tea. Today I made iced tea again and used Chinese Oolong tea bags (from China) and Earl Grey tea bags (not Lipton); the resulting tea was clear. I will never use Lipton tea bags again!!

I'm upset that it is summer and Lipton has chosen to discontinue the Green Tea with Citrus flavor (bags and the powder mix). I have gone online and refuse to pay $35.00 and more to purchase the last few boxes.

I bought a canister of Lipton Iced Tea mix. I came home and made a pitcher of iced tea, and it tasted horrible. Not sure what the problem is (not enough tea flavor, too much lemon flavor?) but it's not what I expected from Lipton. I've been using Lipton products for over 30 years but this incident left me very disappointed.

I haven't brewed tea for several years. I have been drinking crystal light peach tea. I decided to get away from Aspartame and bought the same box of decaf tea bags I always used to buy. Omg, it is so weak! I thought it had to be me, so I dumped it and tried again. No luck. It is too weak to drink. What a disappointment. To the reviewer that said the store brand was just as weak, it is probably Lipton tea. Many large companies sell to stores to sell as store brands.

I decided to start drinking decaffeinated tea instead of coffee for my health and picked up some Lipton Decaf Green Tea. I was disgusted by the strong fishy smell that came off the tea when I poured the boiling water over it. I thought maybe it was just that first bag, so the next night, I tried some more and once again the fishy smell comes steaming off the tea. Saying it is a fishy smell is an understatement because it is more like a dead fish on the beach smell.

I have been buying Lipton tea bags for many years. I used to love the way they tasted and smelled. Now, there is no taste and no smell. I can't just throw the tea bags out. I paid good money for them. It is bad product and I can't drink this tea anymore. You should have not changed the tea and left it the way it was. It was good tea bags then, not now.

I have been drinking Lipton Tea for over 30 years and always loved the taste. I tried other teas that claimed to be especially for iced tea but none could compare to the great taste of Lipton. After a couple of boxes with this outcome, I decided to try some other teas. As it turns out, I tried one of the local store brands and I noticed that they taste the same as the Lipton Tea now tastes. Could it be that Lipton cannot afford to specially blend their tea anymore and are going with generically purchased tea blends? Too bad; as a tea addict, I will really miss that great tea.

I thought I would try Lipton Sweet Iced Tea. I usually buy Ralphs brand but they were out of it. I paid twice as much for the Lipton brand but I cannot even drink it. It tasted old like an iced tea when it has been sitting to long. I usually trust Lipton brand but their iced tea was not a good product. I just wasted $3.00 for something to pour down the drain.

I usually love Lipton tea but the tea bags taste and smell very fishy! I won't buy these again.

Lipton diet green tea citrus 16.9 oz bottle - I love Lipton Diet Green Tea with Citrus and purchase it by the case but I can't twist off the caps. I urge Lipton to improve the caps of this product.

I have been drinking Lipton tea for 50 years. It used to be when you opened a new box of tea, you could smell it. Now, there's a very weak smell and the tea is weak and not brisk. I will not buy Lipton again.

I've drunk Lipton for years. I wouldn't drink anything else; however, I noticed that the flavor is more subtle and not as brisk tasting as it used to be. I don't like it. Now it's just like the others. Bring the Brisk back - that's what sets Lipton apart. Bring it back.

It seems like Lipton has no quality control these days as I have noticed most of the staples that hold the string are not tight. The bags are so thin they really don't filter out the tea and most of all, in this last 100-bag box, the tea has a really strange tangy flavor, and it is the same brand and flavor I have been using for over 40 years. I will now look for another brand. Too bad, Lipton Tea Company, for your failure to control your quality of workmanship.

Why did you pull Lipton Green Tea Citrus in To Go packs off the market? I work at a Walmart and it was a top seller and with all your new flavors, you need a coupon on them for people to try them.

Quality control - The bags fall apart and the tea is loose in the water. Also, I've had bags where the staple is missing.

I have been a huge Lipton Tea fan for as long as I can remember. I drink it every morning and every evening as does my daughter. About a month ago, I noticed that the tea bags were a bit thinner but filled to the top, so my cup of tea was still good. (Okay, if you want to save a bit of money, fine.) With the last couple of boxes I bought, the bag is not so full and it has been near impossible to get a good cup of tea. I am heart-broken. I love that tea. I have put up with the cheesy tabs that half the time are not even stapled to the bag and also the tea floating around in my cup, but this is more than I want to deal with. Does the company really think no one will notice? I am writing about my feelings, but I am sure there are many more people who will just stop using the product. As business slacks off, I'm sure that Lipton will blame their profit loss on the economy and not on the degeneration of their product. I am very sad about this and I hope that they will turn things around and bring back the high quality tea they once sold.

I have been buying Lipton Tea for years. When you came out with the squeezable bags, I was thrilled, no more mess. That was until a few months ago, not only does the tag come off 90% of the bags, you have to try and make sure the bag doesn't fall into the hot water. With the tag, you can lightly tie it around your cup handle and it doesn't fall in, but also the bags have holes in them and it is very annoying. Could you please look at this and rectify the problem as I love my Lipton Tea. Thank you.

Lipton iced tea 24-gallon size UPC412830 - I have been drinking Lipton all my life. This is the first time that I have been shocked with my purchase of your product. I purchased 2 of the above listed sizes and there was a distinctly bad taste to the tea. I know that this is very unusual but that it can sometimes happen. I would appreciate any assistance that you could provide. $10 is not much money in this day and age; I turned around and purchased more of the same and it was up to your usual standards. I'm a lifetime Lipton lover. Thank you!

I have been drinking Lipton's tea for at least the past 50 years. I purchased the tea in bulk quantity at Costco. Within the last 2 boxes I have purchased, I have noticed a very different flavor. I used to enjoy Lipton's for its crisp and clean fruity undertones. I always would enjoy inhaling the aroma upon opening a new box. The aroma reminds me of raisins and plums. My recent boxes do not have a fragrance to them. The tea has a distinctively different taste. It is weak, yet it has an odd chemical taste. If the bags are not handled with care, they will come apart. I contacted Lipton's by phone to inquire if the product has been changed to contain green tea substitute. I also asked about the “theanine” they now boldly advertise. I was told a tea specialist would have to contact me at their convenience. I have identically prepared the "new" along with "older" Lipton tea my sister has. There is a distinctive difference. If I do not hear from their "tea specialist" within a reasonable length of time, I will return the lot back to Costco. It is a shame to say farewell to an old favorite, but I will not drink the new brew.

Your Cold Brew tea is great, with one problem. I follow the instructions to the letter, but am forced to throw out a sludgy bottom inch of mess every time I make it. I fixed the problem after noticing that the staples are the same size you use on the smaller hot-type tea bags. I solved the sludge dilemma by adding 4 regular sized staples to each Cold Brew bag. Please look into a corrective action for I am running out of staples!

I was excited when I heard about the Tea & Honey. The commercials and the box states it is "sweetened with honey." When you read the ingredients, you will find out that it has sucralose (generic splenda). It was my fault for buying the product without reading the ingredients, but the advertising of the product is very misleading. I know that sucralose is the going thing, but there are actually people who do eat, drink all natural. I'll just go back to my water with fresh lemon.

Every time I make iced tea, there are grounds in my tea from where the tea bag breaks. I have to strain the tea before drinking, I usually make a gallon. This used to not be a problem. Is Lipton using thinner bags? I always buy the family size. This is really frustrating.