Drink

This week I’ve been testing (or do I mean treating) myself to Beauty & Go’s bioactive beauty drinks. Beauty & Go is the first and unique beauty drink enriched with MacroAntioxidants® from the skin of fruits. According to Beauty & Go, this makes them ‘highly antioxidant, ultra beneficial bioactives and macromolecules that protect and regenerate, strengthening your skin’s beauty and health.’

I’m liking the sound of that and the drinks taste good too.  They are full of fruity flavour and are very tasty indeed. Difficult to pick out a favourite, but I’m liking the pineapple rich ‘Vitality’ which is helping fuel the writing of this post.  I do feel that I have more energy after drinking it, but the idea is that it’s supposed to energize my skin too.  Another pick would be ‘Anti-ageing’ which has a lot of pomegranates and raspberries in it, which make it taste delicious.

It’s difficult to judge results based on a few bottles, but I’m liking the fact that they don’t contain any added sugars and are fairly low in calories.  If gluten-free is something you are looking for, then they can deliver that too.

January is a month for taking stock; for slimming down; for improving your health; and new year’s resolutions generally.  Many people cut down on the alcohol in January whether it’s because they have overindulged at Christmas or perhaps because they want to slim down or get healthier.  Whatever the reason there’s no need to do without the odd treat and I’ve been enjoying cutting down because I’ve had these lovely Heartsease Farm Sparkling Pressés to try out in the evening, instead of a glass of wine.

My personal favourite is the dark, almost red wine like in colour, British Blackcurrant Crush.  It’s a sparkling tipple made with carbonated spring water and blackcurrant juice.  It’s a really fresh, fruity taste, but it also has a depth of flavour. Bubbles always help make a drink seem a bit special and here that really helps the Heartsease Farm Sparkling Pressés seem like a party drink.  I also like the fact that the sparkling pressés are made and bottled at source in the Welsh Marches, a lovely part of the world.

There are six flavours in total to choose from:Elderflower Pressè, Traditional Lemonade, St Clements Pressè, Fiery Ginger Beer, Raspberry Lemonade and British Blackcurrant Crush.

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I was recently asked to give POM Wonderful a go and I was more than happy to oblige. POM Wonderful is 100% juice and you can find it in the chilled cabinet at the supermarket (Tesco or Waitrose). I choose to try out the pomegranate out, partly because I’d heard good things about pomegranates health wise and partly because it was something a little bit different to the usual orange and apple juices.

A deep, purply-red colour with a rich, strong, rounded flavour: there’s a lot to like about POM Wonderful.  It’s a lovely grown up fruit drink and it would be perfect to substitute for wine, if you were avoiding booze for some reason.  I think it would work very well as a mixer too.  The only downside I can see is that you need to keep it chilled, but I think that means it’s fresher and it’s nicer to drink a little on the cool side.