Melba's Fixins Coffee Cake

I've been looking forward to tasting this since I came across this bottle a week ago and stuck it in the fridge. This is another interesting flavor out of the Melba's Fixins lineup produced by Rocket Fizz in California. The aroma from this is beguiling... it's a bit nutty and smoky. Perhaps like smoked almonds with a hint of vanilla? The more I inhale it the closer it reminds me to the smell of coffee in a breakfast diner. It has a taste more akin to that of coffee grounds than the sugar and cinnamon coffee cakes I'm accustomed to. I feel like I should be drinking this out of one of those old, stained, white ceramic mugs with the brown pinstripe around the top of the cup that you see in old diners... few of which still seem to exist. It instantly brings me back to those breakfast joints in the 1980's filled early on weekend mornings with the smell of cigarettes and coffee in the air and the occasional whiff of pancakes and maple syrup. I'm going to insist again that the Melba's Fixins flavors are superior to the gross flavors of the Lester's Fixins group. 

Melba's Fixins Carrot Cake Soda

In the same vein as the Lester's Fixins novelty sodas from Rocket Fizz, also exists Melba's Fixins. This is a carrot cake soda. Carrot cake is nowhere near the top of my list when it comes to picking cakes. There's just something wrong about making a desert from a vegetable. Most recipes also contain raisins, which are fine in an oatmeal cookie but not my cup of tea in cake. So here we go, fingers crossed this isn't too gross. 

It's got a strong smell of pumpkin and nutmeg which is not what I was expecting. The flavor is very much like pumpkin pie. Strong notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. Did they accidentally fill this bottle with pumpkin pie soda? It's actually quite drinkable if you're into such fall flavors. No notes of vanilla cream frosting, but I'm surprised by how enjoyable it actually is.