Sakura Allure

I really enjoy this tea, but I don’t think of it as a green tea. It tastes of strong fruit notes. The only con I see with this is if you oversteep it, it turns bitter very quickly. I find if I steep it for about a minute its just right.

So this is probably one of my favorite teas from TEavana. It is just amazing. Starting from the look it is an excellent blend of red to green leaves. THe aroma is powerful it hits you right square in the nose almost if going toe to toe with Anderson Silva. Next the look when pouring it into a cup. It gives off an alluring(No pun intended) Red color. It is almost sexy to watch the tea pour from the pot into the cup. Thirdly the taste. It is divine. The Tea is good by itself.. but it makes Other Teas taste wonderful too. I blended this with the god awful Pear Luna.. and it actually made the tea better. I am not sure if it was because it masked the flavor or if the tea just naturally brings out the better flavor of things. IT is really sweet, and tasty. I do recommend trying this tea out.

It has a very fruity/flowery smell (I’m not good at picking out individual notes yet… I’m a relatively new tea drinker). I can definitely taste the green tea behind the fruity notes though, which I love. Flavored green tea is my favorite kind, and this has to be one of my overall favorites

I tried this mixed with Monkey Picked Oolong. I drank it iced and it was sooo tasty. I will definitely try this blend again!

Meh. This tea is okay but it’s not super. I find it a bit bitter with a weird aftertaste. I boil on the stove with a standard kettle so I can’t help but wonder if a cooler water would help.

I drink this tea at work with my lunch. I forget it’s green tea when I see the bright red hue and taste cherries, pineapples and flowers.

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Strong fruity-rose aroma dry, gentle fruit aroma brewed, dark pink liquid upon sight, tart fruit flavor by the sip. As it cools, more of the cherry flavor comes out. It’s hard to spot the tea in this cup though. Definitely quite a bit of fruit pieces in the mixture. Not bad overall.

Very cherry! The more I drink this the more I can see it tasting better as an iced tea. It reminds me of those crystal light cherry drinks but warm. UPDATE: I tried the tea cold and it tasted a lot better. Also, I got about 2 steeps from it.

I got this tea for Christmas from my husband and it is the first loose leaf tea I have ever brewed. It smells so good and I love the deep red color and the fruity base. I add a touch of lemon to it as well as a teaspoon of German rock sugar. I have also played around with adding Raspberry Riot to it and that tastes great as well. Love it. I will definitely buy more of this tea.

THEY HAVE UPGRADED THIS TEA!!!

There are REAL FULL cherries now! They took the bamboo out, but alas. This is very wonderful. I don’t have to use extra tea leaves either. At first when I tried this last summer I absolutely was frustrated, but now it is SO yummy! It’s what I always wanted in a cherry tea: REAL, FULL cherries. it is so delicious, you guys. I absolutely re-recommend it at least one more time if you have tried it before and wasn’t crazy about it. Definitely kicks my cherry coke habit! (this is my first tea note by the way =^-^=)

Doesn’t taste as good as it sounds. A bit sour and tart even with a little bit of sugar added, a taste that does not go well with the green tea leaves IMO. There is not much of a cherry taste either.

The cherry overpowers the flavor of the tea altogether. I found this tea to be very bitter and sickly. I have attempted to brew it differently: at different temperatures, for different times, but nothing changed the flavor. Not my favorite tea.

This was my first-ever purchase from Teavana, and definitely my favorite. This is my favorite loose green tea, and my second-favorite green tea overall. Very floral, and perfectly tart, you can definitely taste the cherry in this. It doesn’t taste artificial to me, and I genuinely enjoy it. I can taste the the cherries, and the green tea underneath it. I use about 2 tsp of this in about 16 oz of boiling water, and steep it for 4 minutes—not too weak, and definitely not bitter!

I loved this tea. I am typically not a green tea fan. This wasn’t an over powering green taste. It was nice an fruity. I used a 12oz cup, and used 1t and a half.

I got it on sale at Teavana. I wish I got more.

This is a pretty good green tea. Very fruity. I think I’d like it better as a cold tea than as a hot tea. I would make it a bit stronger too next time.

I’m perplexed by this one. It tastes completely different sweetened and unsweetened.

Sweetened, I get a strong cherry taste. It’s way too artificial tasting, it’s like drinking some concentrated Kool-Aid.

Unsweetened, I taste none of that. It tastes like a slightly bitter green tea.

Still trying to decide if I like it either way. Maybe I’ll try just barely sweetening it next time.

A little bland.

I like to make this iced when I’m in the mood for something sweet. It doesn’t have a strong tea taste to it. The fruit flavors are very prominent. I can taste the cherry and it doesn’t take like medicine, which is nice because other cherry teas I have tried remind me of medicine.

This is an alright tea when made strong. I tried it iced today- used 3 tsp. for a 16 oz. drink and it’s incredibly weak. $8/2 oz. isn’t horrible, but when I’m having to use SO much tea to make it taste good- the price gets to be pretty steep. I’ll probably start making this super super strong iced, maybe even indulge and add some sugar. :) I’m sure I can find a way to make it good, but I probably wouldn’t buy it again. There’s just something about it I don’t like. But that’s not to say it’s not worth a try if you’re curious and like the way it smells. :)