Another new Rise flavour – and I almost didn’t pick this one up because I was so unexcited about the flavour combination. Papaya is honestly just a boring fruit to me, and mango is hit or miss…
I’m glad I did pick this one up though because it was SUPER delicious, and actually almost painfully nostalgic. One of the best foods I’ve ever eaten is this sweet mango and pineapple salsa from a local Saskacthewan company; I used to go through a dozen jars of it in the summer, and often ate it straight out of the jar. When I came home to Saskatchewan for Christmas, I bought four jars with the expectation to finish one during the week I was there and ship three back to myself in Montreal. Instead I ate all four jars over the course of nine days…
I bring that up because this tastes almost exactly like that incredible salsa, minus a few small flavour aspects like the red onion and slight habanero heat. It’s the same sweet and juicy overripe mango and pineapple notes, though! I swear, if it wasn’t so fermented I probably could have chugged this kombucha.
I will 100% be buying more of it. Gotta stock up.
Oh man, the salsa sounds amazing.