I read another review of this stuff elsewhere and they said something like, “it tasted like a tootsie roll without the sweetness” and that was a negative for them. I’d agree with their assessment of the flavor, but I think it’s a positive. If it tasted “spiced” as the description here says, I never would have tried it. I don’t taste spice, but what do I know. If I top off a pod of this flavor with Coastal Clouds Mint, it tastes like chocolate mint. I do get another element in this on exhale, but it’s subtle and maybe I’m imagining things. Sometimes I swear I taste “toasted rolling paper flavor” like a cigarette. Weird, but as a former smoker, I gotta say I like it.