I love how light tasting this drink is. I buy a lot of the Lipton iced tea to go, lemon flavor. After a few cups of that, it starts to get very acidic sitting on your stomach. This tea is much lighter is flavor and acidity. Much more refreshing.As for the cherry flavor, well, if you drink cherry drinks much at all, they'll all make you think of cough syrup sooner or later. Start taking grape cough syrup if you want to break that association! This tea is not medicine-y tasting at all. Nor does it taste of alcohol. (why would it?) It's just light and fruity.