Day 2 of the Teeccino advent calendar is definitely unexpected. I wouldn’t have thought to combine fruity flavors – especially sunny ones like mango and lemon – with carob, barley, and chicory. The mango and lemon aren’t hypothetical, either. They’re very present in the aroma as soon as you open the wrapper and once you brew it up. The flavor combo actually works better than I thought it would. I keep expecting it to be awful, and then it’s somehow just… not. All of the flavors are there: mango, lemon balm, chicory, carob, and it all kind of just melds together in happy harmony. The mango and chicory really linger, too. This was a really pleasant surprise!
ETA: I looked at everyone else’s notes right before posting this and seem to be the only one so far to have gotten distinct mango and lemon balm notes here. Truly I have no explanation!
