Monthly Archive for January, 2008

Zico Mango Coconut Water

Zico Coconut Water

Zico Mango Coconut Water is not bad. The mango is subtle, which I don’t think is a negative. The coconut water’s refreshing flavor combines rather well with the minimal amount of mango juice.

This is by far the most refreshing coconut water beverage that I have ever tasted.

Come back soon, because Zico has some exciting stuff coming up.

Green Forest Tissues

These tissues are 100% Recycled Paper from a Minimum 40% Post-Consumer Recycled Content. They are whitened without chlorine, hypo-Allergenic & unscented.

These tissues work, they don’t fall apart and are good for the environment. Check them out. Green Forest also offers bathroom tissue and napkins.

A Green Forest update with great news – we’ve increased the actual PCR content of Green Forest to 90%! (It remains a 100% recycled content product.) We are in the process of changing our packaging to reflect that. The new packaging will be on the shelves over the next 3-9 months as the old stock sells through.

Crayon’s Wild Watermelon & Berries Fruit Drink

Yup, Crayon’s that taste like watermelon and berries. The sweet watermelon offsets the bitterness from the grapes, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. I wish it contained more juice and less sugar however.

Roxy Rolles Amber Ale

Roxy Rolles

Mmmm, that’s hoppy! My initial reaction to Magic Hat’s Seasonal Amber Ale called Roxy Rolles. This amber has enough hops in it to get the taste buds going and finishes smoothly leaving you eager for another sip.

Roxy Rolles

This beer is a body warmer with its rich amber color, citrus and honey flavors and a bit of malts too.

Roxy Rolles

Part of Magic Hat’s Seasonal releases, Roxy Rolles is worth trying out. Magic Hat is not organic, however, their environmental practices are definitely outstanding.

We believe that being as environmentally friendly as we can be is good business practice. Our spent grain is picked up by a local farmer who feeds it to his cows, instead of just throwing it away. We cool our hot wort (before fermentation) through a heat exchanger- it’s basically two tubes running next to each other, one tube has hot wort in it and one tube has cold water. The wort cools down, the cold water heats up, and we use that hot water in making mash (instead of heating water separately, we’re using heat that’s already there). We also treat our wastewater and are go through several steps to decrease our production of waste water.


Late July Hand Dipped Organic Cookies

Late July

My previously positive experiences I had with Late July made me beyond excited to try their new limited edition, hand dipped cookies.

This time, for the holidays, Late July not only left me happy, but they left me craving more and more of this sweet, chocolate and mint delight.

Late July

The vanilla bean & green tea cookies are even better when dipped in organic chocolate and topped with crumbled peppermint bark or white chocolate.

Seriously, this was an amazing dessert and a nice start to a great weekend. They can be ordered online only.

Planet Inc. Dish Soap

Plain and simple, this dish soap works well. This environmentally friendly soap cleaned my dishes didn’t hurt the environment in the process.

Planet Dish Soap is versatile and not meant solely meant for dishes. Use it on your car, to clean your fruits and veggies or for your pets. It’s plant-based, so it will not damage Fido or your Hybrid.

Check out the previous Planet Inc. review here.

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