As a self confessed juice fanatic, I ended up buying my own cold press juicer at the end of last…read moreyear, as I figured it would eventually pay for itself, with the cost being roughly 2.5 times that of a bought-in juice detox. I love it and swear by it, but I have to say it is time consuming and messy. It's the cleaning that bothers me the most, and sometimes, life is just to busy. So, I decided to 'treat' myself to a bought in haul for a few days at the beginning of Feb to kick start me into the month, and start it off right, without all the hassle.
It seems there are absolutely TONS of new juice places out in Dublin now - it's hard to make a decision as to who to go with! Well, this time, it was down to price and value for me. Detox Juices cost 70 euro for three days, and in January, you got 4 days for the price of 3. You get 5 juices per day, so this really is phenomenal value.
I am absolutely cucumber adverse as well, and I found that a few of the other juicers refused to make them without it! Bleaugh. Not so with these guys.
So, how DID they taste? Delicious. You get five completely different juices per day which I loved, and they were all very palatable, I'd even go so far as to say pleasurable. So much so though, that I suspect there is a high ratio of fruit to veg in them - they're very sweet and taste assuch. Just a little something to look out for.
They come in large plastic bottles, so there's absolutely loads in them - I actually found that I didn't finish them a lot of the time. The other thing I would wonder is that I know from making my own juices, the best way to keep the nutritional value is to store them in glass bottles, with no air left inside to prevent oxidization. I wonder by the 4th day, what value is really left in there.
On delivery, the guys were half an hour late, which normally wouldn't be a big deal, but I was waiting to go to work, so I was a little harassed by the time they arrived. They were massively apologetic, and offered to give me a free fourth day next time I ordered, which I thought was a really nice touch.
All in all, I liked this service, and I'd definitely use them again.
(And as anyone who knows me will know, I'm mad for the juicing - you feel amazing after it, though I'd recommend not planning any major outings over your first few days that will have you hugely active and therefore hugely hungry!)