Straightforwardly strawberry.
Fioravanti (300 ml.; $1) was first sold in Ecuador in 1878, and the brand was acquired by the Coca-Cola Co. in 1991; apart from a brief trial run in Spain, however, this may be its first appearance outside its home country. Fruit-flavored beverages often suffer from a candylike aroma and flavor, but Fioravanti makes a more modest appeal to the senses.
Also shown below (and downed immediately after the Fioravanti): Hansen's natural cane soda (12 fl. oz.; $1.50), "flavored with extracts of Yucatan mandarin and Colima lime," seems to try too hard; it's fine.
La Ecuatoriana
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