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Snow Geisha was the first tea I purchased from Teavanna. It was my all time favorite. I purchased a cup to try the new formula and was disappointed. It tasted flat and bitter. What happened to the wonderful cherry undertones? Luckily I stocked up on the old formula and will be rationing it out.

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This tea is very interesting on its own and good mixed with the blueberry. I like that I can brew it 2-3 times, but this tea is also very sensitive to heat and water that is too hot, which will make it very bitter. Great when cold-brewed overnight in the refrigerator, which doesn't expose it to hot water at all.

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This tea used to be one of my favorites, before they reformulated it. It was a very pale tea with a hint of real cherry flavor and delicate floral white tea. Now, it's a very red tea that tastes like bitter bile when I first sip it, then finishes with a very fake, cough-syrup-like cherry note. I did not overbrew the tea or use too hot of water and it still came out bitter. Thumbs down, Teavana... bring back the old Snow Geisha!

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The other Snow Geisha was my favorite of all. please bring it back. Too much hibiscus/herbal flavor, not enough white and cherry

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This makes an outstanding iced tea especially when equally mixed with Wild Orange Blossom....what a beautiful blend they make.

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This tea is great! We were going to give it as a gift to a friend, but when we tried it, we loved it too much! Be careful about steeping it too long though... it can get bitter.

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I DO NOT like the new blend. The old blend had a hint of cherry and a smooth white tea finish (as long as you didn't overbrew it). The new blend has too much fruit, tastes strongly of hisbiscus or rosehips,and has no real white tea flavor at all. Reminds me of the supermarket herbal teas in a bag...which are much cheaper! Please bring back the old blend.

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The tea smells very similar to generic cough syrup (sweet artificial cherries) with roses and small hint of fresh cut grass. I expected to taste the sweet cherries but only got tartness and roses. I could BARELY taste the white tea and the finish was extremely rough with an aftertaste not really expected. This tea really needs to be reformulated with black tea and not use the delicate white tea.

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The old formula was my favorite tea EVER! We usually made it on Saturday mornings as a special treat. Since my husband usually gets up before me and gets the tea brewing, it was a delight to walk into the kitchen knowing what a taste treat I had waiting for me, But no more. The new formula is way to strong, might be OK chilled. It tastes like a grocery store tea now. Won't be buying is any more.

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The old Snow Geisha was the best, my favorite along with Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls. Thank goodness I stocked up before they changed the formula, because after I tried the new version, I was very disappointed. It's more peachy than cherry, and tasted somewhat flat instead of lively. If you want to keep the new one, fine, give it a new name - or give the old one a new name - but please don't obsolete my favorite tea!

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I am an 8 cup a day tea drinker and thought I had found the best ever with Snow Geisha. Then the formula changed and the great taste is gone and the red color reminds me of an inexpensive herbal tea. Why change the formula?

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I am very disappointed in the upgraded Snow Geisha. The original Snow Geisha was my favorite of all the Teavana teas; the upgraded version is too tart and hides the wonderful cherry flavor the original one had. In fact the upgraded Snow Geisha has a completely different taste and should have been a new tea on its own. Please, please bring back the original Snow Geisha.

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I love love love Cherries! I couldn't wait to try this tea. Even the name of this tea is inviting. I went to Teavana to make a large purchase of teas and during the visit I tried Snow Geisha. I was thinking of purchasing it as a gift for my best friend, but wanted to taste it first. When given the choice of the tea being hot or cold, I chose hot. I was excited while I was waiting for the sales person to finish making it. I could smell the cherries, but when I tasted it...it tasted exactly like bad cherry medicine. I really tried to over-come the bitter sharp taste. I went back into the store and added 3 large scoops of the rock sugar to see if I could calm the taste, but no. I was dissappointed. I love the teas at Teavana and purchase mostly white tea, but Snow Geisha is not for me.

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In my opinion, the new "upgraded" formulation is nothing like the old one I fell in love with. With my eyes closed, it tastes like an apple herbal tea. And the new brew is bright red, not tea-like at all. Gone is the wonderful cherry flavor and strong tea flavor -in something that would make a nice iced tea in summer.

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We loved the old blend of this tea, the sales Staff did not notify us of the change. We ordered the tea thinking that it was the same tasty blend. This new blend tates terrible and it is not worth the price. We tried returning this terrible tea and they refused to refund our purchase claiming that the new blend is an "upgrade" and that they could not refund or exchange the tea. This new blend is obviously a downgrade I suspect that Teavana is trying to cut cost be adding cheaper ingridients to their blends it is very dissapointing.

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I find that I enjoy this tea when it's been freshly brewed, and then, I refrigerate the leftover tea, & it is is delicious as a cold tea!
It is especially useful to know that it requires a very short brew time, or it will become bitter (I find that is true of all the Teavana teas, because they are so fresh). So if the recommendation is to brew for 4 minutes, I brew no longer that 1.5 or 2 minutes. Also, I sweeten with Stevia, which can be helpful to Diabetics & dieters.

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Used to have a lovely, delicate cherry taste and smell. Now it smells medicinal and whatever has been done to the blend overpowers the white tea. It gets bitter easily if your water is too hot or it is brewed too long. Used to be worth the price, I even bought an electric kettle to avoid the temperature problem. BRING BACK THE OLD BLEND!!!

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This tea will fuse well with about any tea that you can throw at it just avoid steeping it to long or steeping with the water to hot.

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The new blend has totally ruined this tea. The roses are so strong that you can't taste the delicate flavor of the white tea. The color has also changed from the lovely off white to a pale pink.
Go back to the old formula!

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I thought I would love it just by reading the ingredients. Unfortunately it has somewhat of "artificial flavoring" quality to it. If you steep it shorter than recommended the tea is too weak, but the fruitiness is right. If you steep it as recommended, the tea portion of it is right, but the flavoring overwhelming. I tried it iced as it usually works great for this type of tea, but it still didn't do it for me. I guess that maybe if you are a big fan of teas like Earl Grey, than it you'll like it... I love it's smell and the name is a killer! I really bought it for the name - interesting, intriguing... then the aroma, and the list of ingredients just made me expect so much... I am disappointed!

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This tea is great iced and slightly sweetened. Pricey, but well worth it.

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You have to pay attention to how you brew this tea..if the water is too hot and you steep too long, you ruin it, but prepared in just the right way, this is a magnificent cup of tea

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This smells absolutely wonderful, and it blends really well with several other teas. However, I can't drink it on its own; it tastes way too much like artificial cherry-flavored cough medicine.

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Snow Geisha is my "bad day" tea. If I've had a really horrible day, or if I'm stressed to the max, I'll brew a pot of the Snow Geisha, listen to some soothing music, and before long I've reached that happy, peaceful place. I love the sour cherry mixed with the flavor of the white tea -- I've never had anything like it. It's a little pricey, but it's completely worth it. A pot of Snow Geisha, the sound of one of our cool-weather thunderstorms outside, and a warm sweater is my personal version of heaven.

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what made me purchase this product in the store? the smell! at first i thought it smelled great. i get home and make a cup, and find the taste does not carry over. its like drinking light tea, with a hint of bad artificial cherry.

one thing i also realized after really trying to pin point the scent of this tea, it smells IDENTICAL to ludens cherry cough drops. i took it to work, and everyone that smelled it (without me telling them what i thought) and they all said it smelled like the same cherry cough drop. im glad i only got 2 oz, i will be using it to scent up my room or car, not drink!

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This tea is fabulous mixed with the peach rooibos tea. Love, Love, Love!

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I love the aromatic qualities of this tea. It is excellent both iced and hot. Because it is naturally sweet, I can use little or no sugar. I feel that this is an excellent tea for spring and summer.

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I am not a big white tea drinker, but when I took a sip of this tea, the world sort of fell away, like it was just the tea and I. This tea actually tastes like snow - the promise of it, the crispness of the cold air, the faint tickling that comes from the first flakes of it landing to melt on your face... As you drink the cup, the taste doesn't go away. My friend and I were having a Teavana tea sampling one night, and she kept looking into her cup and saying, "How do they do that?! How did they put the snow in there?" We would laugh, and then savor another sip as we remembered cool winter days with the hint of frost around us. This is a divine tea.

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This tea is a real pick me up in the morning. It is very fresh and the aroma is to die for...not to mention the taste! I love it. I found about about Teavana about 3yrs ago. And, everytime I visit the store in IL, I purchase this same tea...along with others. I am so so glad they have come to Indiana!!

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The tea has a phenomenal aroma during brewing and pouring, but it just doesn't carry through. It ends up tasting like cough syrup. If you like the way Cherry NyQuil tastes, then this tea is for you. I'm not particularly fond of the taste.

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I love Teavana teas and this is my absolute favorite! It is like drinking "great for you" candy. Such a unique taste and full of flavor. I LOVE it!

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Very bitter. Steeped it exactly 2 minutes. I could really taste the rose and cherries.

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I have it when i watch movies or when I want to relax. The body of the tea is exactly what I think a white tea should taste with it and its full of unique flavors. It couldn't be any better.

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Its my first time trying this tea, it was not what I had expected-in a bad way. I am not sure what is the ingredient that makes it smell potpourri-ish, I'm not happy with it.

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i have gotten this tea from teavana in the past i had gotten it mostly because of the aroma it gave off to me it smelled like a fruit by the foot candy and plus i love to eat the dried cherrys in the tea. when i began to drink this tea unsweetend i had found it to be too strong and a bit bitter it is hard to get the right amount of sugar in the mix but when u get it down this the best tasting, smelling tea i have ever drunk. i wouldve have given it 5 little buddahs peoples if it wasnt for the strong and bitter taste but in all i think you should buy it. (ask to smell it at your local teavana you wont be dissapointed.)

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I love this tea mixed with Oolong but by it's self the flowery/cherry flavour is too strong and I get very little of the white tea's flavour. I think this tea is intended to be mixed with other tea's. I like it with the Monkey picked Oolong and I am thinking I may try to mix it with a black tea as well.

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I love this tea iced, and its a perfect summer tea. I like my iced tea light, and this one fits the bill, and my faviorte flavor! I sun brew in the shade, As to not get it too hot in the Houston heat an I don't get any bitterness, it just takes a certain amount of watching and timing.

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I was very pleased with this tea, it's probably my favorite at this time and my sisters too. It's really nice with Raw agave nectar too. But don't let steep for too long, it will get bitter quick.

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I do like this tea, but I think it is much better iced than hot. I don't know that I'll continue to get it, and if I do, I don't think it will be as often as the other teas I normally buy.

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Wonderful cup of tea! It's the perfect blend of flavors and is great anytime.

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Probably the only reason this tea was bitter was because I steeped it in too-hot water. But the smell and flavor were phenomenal, and well worth the price. Would I purchase it again? Most definitely!

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This is a wonderful tea, one of the first Teavana teas that I tried. If steeped too long of if the temperature is too hot, it will taste bitter. When brewed propery, it is beyond compare (so get out the thermometer and the timer!). There is a pleasant fruit aroma and the taste is very mild. I drink this tea in the evening to wind down.

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Just the aroma of this tea alone is fantastic! Although I prefer it hot with just a little rock cane to bring out the cherry flavor, it's almost as good without sugar. Mixing it with the Japanese Wild Cherry (Green) is another great way to enjoy it. And, just yesterday I had it iced -- fantastic! You can't go wrong.

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this is a nice treat

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This is one of my favorite flavored white teas. I adore cherries, and to me, this tea has a pretty natural flavor - not at all like cough syrup. The smell literally will lure me from across the house, but the flavor is actually very mild and delicate. You do need to be careful not to oversteep, as the type of white tea leaf that teavana uses in all their flavored white teas are very unforgiving and will definitely get bitter. To be honest, that's my only complaint. Using silver needle would make for, I think, a much smoother and higher quality tea, but I understand why it isn't used - the density is such that heavy ingredients would easily fall to the bottom of the tin. Oh well. It's still one of my favorite flavored teas.

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This is a special tea, I drink it to treat myself to a wonderful experience.
a great way to start a day!

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This tea has the best aroma! It smells as good as it tastes :D It makes great iced AND hot tea. It's great for people of all ages because it has low caffeine, and its great at any time of day for the same reason. I think it tastes like White Gummi Bears :D

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I really think that there are much better teas available at Teavana like Imperial Blueberry acai white tea, Earl Grey creme black tea, and the imperial green tea.

If you like the smell of cough medicine then this is the tea for you. The smell is very empowering and reminds me of cheap potpourri. The actual taste is not that bad but again it is not the best tea at Teavana by far.

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The first time I ever had this tea, it was mixed with Six Summit Oolong at a Teavana store-front. I recently re-discovered it in my pantry and just had a cup of this blend and it is so fresh and amazing. My husband (who doesn't normally drink tea) didn't even have to sweeten it! I just bought the Snow Geisha today without any other flavor added, and will admit that it is one of my favorites and often hard to find...it is a popular choice amongst steadfast Teavana drinkers! I would recommend solo or as a mix to anyone!

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This tea was received as a gift to my husband, and I have pretty much stolen it from him. When we opened the bag to smell it, I was in love. Of all the flavored teas I have sampled, this one works for my sweet/sour pallette. In addition, it contains strong floral overnotes. It would be a lovely treat for anyone who likes complex tea recipes.

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this is one of my first teas from teavana, and i have yet to find one that tops it. it has such an amazing scent that reaches out of the cup, and the wonderfuly calm and fruity taste does not fail to live up to its captivating fragrance. i would recommend this tea to anyone either loves tea or has never gotten into it.

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the combination of cherries and rose petals is very unique and well played off of eachother. it has a taste that leaves your tastebuds in complete nirvana after it's consumed.

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It's amazing.
It's good.
It's smooth.
It's lovely.
Kind of like...Obama.

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I use this great tasting tea in the morning to help reduce arthritic pain. It really works! To be completely honest, I also take Celebrex; however, the Celebrex alone only reduces the pain slightly. But with the addition of the Snow Geisha, I am almost completely free of pain the better part of the whole day while I am at work. I then drink another cup at night before going to bed and remain pain free throughout the night. I have also tried sour cherries alone and they do not work as well as the tea blend. I have been using this tea now for six months and it has been a godsend. When I run out of the tea for several days I am back to suffering with pain that almost makes me unable to walk. When back on the tea I am able to resume my normal routine. I have given the tea to several friends with arthritis and they have had similar results. I have never bought into homeopathic health care, but, this works for me and I am sure it will work for others. On top of it all, this tea has a wonderful flavor and is quite smooth. I also like the fact that it is very low in caffeine and as a result, I have no problem drinking it late in the evening. Why hasn't there been any scientific research done on this tea blend?

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This tea is more strict on steep time for me. Do not exceed the recommended time by much or it will be bitter. It is one of my favorite flavors.

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When i walked into teavana, this was the first tea i asked to smell, after smelling it i immediately pulled out my debit card and asked for 4 oz. The first time i tasted it i was a little surprised, the tea can get bitter if you steep too long, and it was completely different from any tea i had ever had. after the third cup i was hooked on it. try it for yourself and see! and not to mention how good the tea makes you feel when you arent feeling too hot.

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It is a very good tea. I love it.

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i love, love, love this tea- and drink it throughout the day.
i tend to like the richer/heavier rooibos and mate teas.
the aroma is quite sweet and just amazing.
it is a strong aroma like cherry candy or cough syrup which may turn some people off.

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This is a very nice tea but can turn bitter if not brewed correctly. Make sure to watch the temperature and brew time.

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Very floral and romantic. Nice tea to drink on a very special night. Soothing flavors and entoxicating scent... definaly recommend.

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This is the best White Tea I've ever had. It is very smooth and flavorful. The scent is reminiscent of Luden's Wild Cherry cough drops. I would definitely recommend this tea.