Tatte Bakery Pistachio croissant: I guess I've been craving pistachio recently. This pistachio croissant from Tatte in Cambridge is dusted with crushed pistachios and had a marzipan-like sweet almond paste lightly mixed inside. Quality texture - flaky crust with a soft airy, slightly elastic interior. 3.5/5.0
recommended boston cambridge tattebakery pistachio croissant 3.5
Dado Tea peach blossom iced tea: the initial herbal flavor is upfront and typical, but the peach finish is clean and fresh. Generally pretty good. 3.0/5.0
dadotea cambridge tea peachblossom peach drinks blossom iced 3.0
Bagelsaurus oatmeal chocolate chip cookie: My favorite part of eating an oatmeal cookie is the texture-the more whole oats, the better. This cookie didn't have that texture at all. In fact, if I didn't purchase it, I probably wouldn't have known it had oatmeal. The texture otherwise, though, was pretty good: soft and chewy. Very sweet overall. 3.0/5.0
bagelsaurus cambridge cookie chocolate oatmeal sweets chip 3.0
Beatnik Chia seed pudding with homemade raspberry jam: A cup of chia seed pudding sets you back a little over $6 post-tax at Will Gilson's juice bar, located in the Kendall Square food court outside of the Google offices. The pudding comes in two options: one with jam and one without. I opted for the vividly colored raspberry jam, which had a fantastic texture and nice flavor in small quantities, but mixed with the pudding, it was overwhelmingly sweet and masked any of the lightly sweetened but creamy chia seed pudding. While the pudding is e... (read more) 3.0/5.0
cambridge beatnik chia seed pudding homemade raspberry jam 3.0
Life Alive ginger crush juice: Disappointing weak ginger flavor, though it did leave a tingly feeling in my throat afterwards. Wish it were much stronger. Seemed almost like ginger flavored water rather than a ginger juice. 2.5/5.0
lifealive cambridge ginger drinks juice 2.5 crush
Christina's carrot cake ice cream: I'm generally a big fan of Christina's, but this recent scoop was a miss. While the spiced flavor was quite good, especially the whole raisins and walnuts, the texture was not smooth at all, and the aftertaste was somewhat chalky. 2.0/5.0
christinas cambridge icecream carrotcake raisins nuts carrot cake ice cream 2.0