Tea

36 products ranked by Scout score

Best tea right now

Rooted Organic Green Tea (Microplastic Free) 100/100
Scout's analysis: Rooted Organic Green Tea scores 100/100. The closest thing on the market to a perfect bagged tea: a single organic ingredient brewed in stitched 100% unbleached cotton…
Rooted Organic Mint Tea (Microplastic Free) 100/100
Scout's analysis: Rooted Organic Mint Tea scores 100/100. Single organic ingredient — peppermint leaves — brewed in stitched 100% unbleached cotton bags with no polypropylene, PLA, or…
Kirkland Signature Green Tea Sachet Packet 95/100
Scout's analysis: Kirkland Signature Green Tea Sachet Packet scores an impressive 95/100, highlighting its high-quality green tea, which is known for its antioxidant properties and…

What to skip

Brisk Iced Tea 20/100
Scout's analysis: Brisk Iced Tea is heavily processed with a significant number of artificial additives and preservatives, including acesulfame potassium, sucralose, and sodium benzoate.…
Crystal Light On-The-Go Peach Mango Green Tea - / Pouches 20/100
Scout's analysis: This product is heavily processed and contains multiple artificial additives, including aspartame and artificial dyes like Yellow 5, Red 40, and Blue 1, which are…
Oregon Chai Organic Vanilla Chai Tea Latte Concentrate 25/100
Scout's analysis: Oregon Chai Vanilla Chai Tea Latte scores 25/100. The chai spices and tea are the good half; as a sweetened latte concentrate the sugar per serving is soda-adjacent,…

Ingredients to watch in tea

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 36 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

natural flavors in 10 of 36
Polypropylene tea bag (Microplastic shedding) in 7 of 36
Cane sugar in 3 of 36
Sugar in 3 of 36
Potassium Sorbate in 2 of 36
Sucralose in 2 of 36

What the better tea have in common

Green tea in 6 of 36
Black Tea in 6 of 36
Ascorbic Acid in 5 of 36
Spearmint Leaf in 3 of 36
Stitched unbleached cotton tea bag (Microplastic-free) in 2 of 36

Common questions about tea

What scores highest in tea on Scout?

Rooted Organic Green Tea (Microplastic Free) leads Scout's tea ranking at 100/100, followed by Rooted Organic Mint Tea (Microplastic Free) (100) and Kirkland Signature Green Tea Sachet Packet (95). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in tea?

Brisk Iced Tea scores 20/100, the lowest of the 36 products Scout has analyzed in tea; next lowest are Crystal Light On-The-Go Peach Mango Green Tea - / Pouches (20) and Oregon Chai Organic Vanilla Chai Tea Latte Concentrate (25). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in tea?

Across these 36 products the most common flagged ingredients are natural flavors, Polypropylene tea bag (Microplastic shedding), Cane sugar, Sugar, Potassium Sorbate, Sucralose. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

How does Scout score tea?

Every product in tea gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores tea

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →