As some of you probably know, juice cleanses and pressed juices are pretty hip right now. Pressed Juicery and BluePrint seem to be two of the top dogs. Seeing these juices all over my Tumblr dash made me want to try these juices even more. However, lucky me!, they don't seem to be available anywhere I've looked.
Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough.
Anyways, when I was recently in a brand new local health food shop, I found some. There were only two kinds; 'green', which as you can imagine has many green veggies, and also the red juice, which contains beets alongside apple, lemon, carrot & ginger.
A frantic attempt of brief research on my phone while following my mom around ensued, and based on what I found, it appeared the green was the more preferred choice of the two.
Wanting to know what the craze was for (and just wanting to be cool) I decided to pick up a bottle. I chose the green.
Unfortunately.
The bottle retailed $2.99 for 475 ml. The juice naturally settles into two parts, but when shaken, turns totally green. I forgot to take photos so I only have two, from when it was almost done.
Okay so I hate to be negative, but this is possibly the worst tasting thing I have ever drank in my life. The taste at the very beginning is nice, slightly refreshing with the apple and cucumber. But as you drink a little longer, and especially the aftertaste, the this drink is terrible. I blame it on the celery and parsley, because that's pretty much all I could taste. The aftertaste lingered, and would not seem to go away. It felt like they had tried to make it taste bad. I had to attempt to drink this in three parts; one the first day, the second the second day, and on the third day, I just couldn't do it and dumped it down the sink. It smelled like pickle juice to be honest, and the smell hung around the kitchen just from me opening the bottle! I had to run steaming water over the sink to make the odour leave when I dumped it. I think taking away the romaine, celery, and parsley would result in a much tastier drink. Perhaps this is just my opinion but I definitely won't be purchasing a green juice anytime soon. No matter how cool it would make me look.
I definitely do NOT recommend this drink.
However, I don't think badly of the brand! They offer other flavours, which weren't available (unfortunately). I would really like to try the pineapple/apple/mint juice or the cashew/cinnamon/vanilla/agave juice. The packing is very simple and clean looking. I kept my bottle to use for something else. There are labels on the bottle certifying all the ingredients are organic, which is awesome. Because of the process, there's natural settlement. Fresh and raw fruits & veggies are used. I know what I'm putting into my body is good; the choice I chose just didn't TASTE good.
I hope to try out this brand again (and have a tastier experience).
Do you recommend trying anything / have tried one yourself?
xx,
- ♡ Alex ♡
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