My raw almond butter came in the mail today (Artisana brand, 100% Raw Organic Almonds)! I was so excited, I opened it right away and stired it up real good and got ready to spread it on a banana. But first i popped a spoonful into my mouth and… whoa!? am I crazy? this tastes like it has cherries or something in it?! It was not what I expected (not sure what I expected, but the sweetness of it surprised me). So then I kind of freaked out and got worried it was labeled wrong or got mixed in with something else and decided not to eat it.
Was anyone else surprised when they tasted raw almond(or any raw nut) butter for the first time? I’ve been eating almond butter for a few years now but was buying the roasted kind before… I knew it wasn’t going to taste like roasted but it’s very different. Just wondering if this flavor is normal or if something really is wrong.
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Almonds always taste sweet to me.. so I am sure it is just the goodness of the raw almonds coming through. :)
This kind is the best taste ever!
I love almond butter! Especially Almondie raw almond butter made from skinless, unpasteurized almonds. A real delicious treat!
mmm...now I really want to try this:-D
When I first got my Champion Juicer, one of the first things that I did was buy some almonds from the co-op that they had labeled raw, unpasturized and from a different country, so I'm pretty sure that they were truly raw. Anyway, I ran them through the juicer with the blank plate to make my own almond butter, and my first thought was that it tasted a little bit like cherries, too. I'm pretty sure that your almond butter is fine. Enjoy it!