So it now seems coconut water is so last year and the new trend is for tree waters - maple water and birch water. Never one to not buy something new and unncessary, I snapped up this birch water from Sibberi from Boots. This birch water is nothing but pure birch sap and long favoured by Nordic folk cultures and according to Sibberi -it 'supports kidney and liver functions and speeds up the process of elimination" although that might just be hype.
However, what appealed to me was firstly it's a small 250ml bottle - 250ml is my ideal drinks size and I hate it when companies give you big 500ml bottle drinks. Secondly it's all natural - no adding sugar, sweeteners or flavourings. Thirdly nutritionally it's a much better choice than other drinks - just 4 calories per 100ml and 0.8g sugar so 2g sugar per bottle.
Opening it up, it has a slightly sweet smell. Consistency wise, it's just like water unlike the slightly thicker mouthfeel of birch water. It is definitely an acquired taste -but one I think I liked or at least I will train my palate to like after drinking it a few more time.
It's a strange taste of crisp, clear water with a tangy, sweet hit as well that has mapley and caramelly taste. I actually found the sweetness a tad sickly as I guess I find it odd for a clean water to have a mapley sweetness rather than fruit. But as said this is a very low sugar product and all natural.
I couldn't drink the bottle in one go and it doesn't feel refreshing like coconut water. However, I initially found coconut water and it took a few bottles for me to get into it so I think I would buy this again.
Price: £2.49
Bought at: Ocado
Nutrition per 100ml: 4 calories, less than 0.1g fat, less than 0.03g sat fat
Score: 6.75/10 - but likely to go up with future drinking
Boots are doing cactus water now, apparently it's similar to coconut water but lower in sugars.
ReplyDeleteI think the cactus water might be from the same brand? Will certainly try it as I love coconut water
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