There are a number of products leaping onto the market
lately and I have been looking at several of them.
First off …. Makro
has launched their own brand of cleaning materials with some great packaging
labels. Definitely worth a mention here
is their dishwashing liquid, particularly in the Pomegranate scent …. I swear
it smells like opening a container of that fruit in a popular supermarket. Nice and foamy and deep cleaning without that
horrible slick little oily layer staying behind that some of the “in house
branded” products give.
Next up is the Salt ‘n Pepper mixed grinder at Woolworths. I do not know if it has been there for long,
but it is a serious step up from the S & P mixes of some other brands. It has exactly the right proportions and
grinds in a reasonable size so that you neither end up with finely crushed
powder or great globules that you have to bite through.
Lastly House of
Coffees has finally jumped onto the bandwagon of the instant cappuccino
sachets idea. Nescafe firmly leads this
market in my mind, with their rich and strongly, very foamy and seriously
delicious product. House of Coffees has a very aesthetically pleasing box ….
Quirky name, bright colouring, but the sachets, as pretty as they are, remind
me of cup a soup. Some of the brands of
soup sachets do not use little square packets, they use sachets that look
exactly like this … and that is all I could think of. Sadly I was disappointed by the actual
product. The foam is thin and when you
are sipping the coffee, the foam disappears within a couple of sips, leaving
you simply with coffee with milk. A
perfect cappuccino keeps foam almost to the end, so
for a coffee snob and somewhat of a fundi like me …. Disappointing. I will however say that the actual coffee was a good strong one. And I drink great coffee at home via my
Nespresso machine, great coffee at work and spend a lot of time in good
coffeeshops.
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