Tea beverage looking tea beverage

I saw this in my local 7-11 outlet and thought, Hey this must be healthy. I should get this rather than some sugary drink for my morning dose of caffeine. The picture on the packaging indicates that it's some sort of tea beverage. Compared to other tea beverages on the freezer section, the large size of the bottle at P30+ and authentic looking packaging made it seem like a winner.

I like tea. I drink oolong and green tea whenever I have the chance to, and we have a good stock of tea bags at home. But I drink my tea hot and in tiny cups, because I think you end up drinking more that way rather than in mugs. I don't know why I expected this drink to taste good. Probably because I got it in the convenience store, and everybody knows what you get in a convenience store should be something comforting.

When I took a sip, I tasted the tea, all right. Cold tea and nothing more. I wanted to kick myself for expecting it to be sweet, and because I'm the sort who would remedy a disappointing situation however she could, I put brown sugar to make it better.

The good news is, it took me a whole day to finish a bottle. I actually saved money for not having to run a second time to the store. It does taste like real tea and bearable on its own (without additional effort of sugar or cream) when iced cold. I could even convince myself that I'm getting the antioxidants I need. The bad news is, it's made in China and I can't read the ingredients list. Needless to say, I've turned a blind eye to this product and its many variants. Oh heck I just realized I didn't check the expiration date, which is the only thing I would've been able to understand.