The sweetest strawberries shall grow in the sea

[sovay]

Courtesy of nineweaving: I don't understand its purpose as a coffee substitute, but a seaweed-flavored coconut-milk drink with ginger and lemon sounds otherwise very nearly designed for me. I don't expect to find out any time soon, since at the moment it is fiendishly trendy, equally expensive, and available only in Australia, but maybe it will go global-viral and I'll get the chance. I don't really care about antioxidants, but I do like kelp.

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[phi]

I saw a bottled thing that was marginally similar (coffee-replacement with coconut and seaweed and god knows what else) at the co-op in brattleboro yesterday. If I had known it was sonya-bait I would have picked one up for you, but my reaction to it was *wrinkled nose* I'll just take my coffee pleaseandthankyou.

[thawrecka]

Now I want to try it. I'll have to track the cafe down.

[sovay]

Now I want to try it. I'll have to track the cafe down.

Please report back!

[thistleingrey]

Hm, I would try one were it available nearby. (Can't drink coffee, anyway; tea is okay, though I tend to forget to drink it because water does just fine.)

[sovay]

If I had known it was sonya-bait I would have picked one up for you, but my reaction to it was *wrinkled nose* I'll just take my coffee pleaseandthankyou.

That is an entirely reasonable reaction! And if it's really intended to replicate some aspect of the coffee experience beyond the basic commonalities of "hot and comes up in a cup from a coffeeshop," it's entirely possible that I won't like it—I know for a fact that chicory coffee contains no caffeine, but it has enough of the same burnt brown flavor as actual coffee that it's always tasted like a warning. I just know that I like all of those ingredients and there's no reason for the combination to be automatically disgusting. Here's hoping, anyway.

[sovay]

Hm, I would try one were it available nearby.

Over on LJ I've had it pointed out to me that I could almost certainly replicate the drink at home if I can live with buying an incredibly holistic bottle of blue-green algae powder. I might still want to try a storebought version to get a benchmark. (And to avoid having to buy an incredibly holistic bottle of blue-green algae powder.)

[thistleingrey]

*nods* For my part I am happy eating seaweed in various forms, but I actually like the crunchy or slimy texture, depending. Not sure about a holistic bottle of algae powder per se!

[sovay]

For my part I am happy eating seaweed in various forms, but I actually like the crunchy or slimy texture, depending.

Agreed. I would not prefer to sprinkle algae powder à la parmesan on my pasta rather than just eat kelp noodles in the first place. But I do like the taste of seaweed, so I really want to know what the drink is like!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

You could buy a bottle of blue-green algae powder and experiment? You'd get yourself on some dodgy woo woo mailing lists, but the whole bottle would cost you less than five Blue Lattes, and the other ingredients aren't ruinously expensive.

Nine

[sovay]

You'd get yourself on some dodgy woo woo mailing lists, but the whole bottle would cost you less than five Blue Lattes, and the other ingredients aren't ruinously expensive.

Heh. I used to have laver to make laverbread out of, but I don't think there's any left and/or it survived the transition from my last apartment. I wonder what other edible seaweeds would work with coconut milk, ginger, and lemon. Kelp noodles would make it a savory dish. Dammit, it's three-thirty in the morning and I want to eat that.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Haven't had laverbread since I was last in Wales. That was breakfast. At dinner there was a leg of lamb about the size of a drumstick...Where do you get laver here?

Nine

[sovay]

Where do you get laver here?

I have no idea! I think it was a gift! I'd try Whole Foods; they are where I buy the aforementioned kelp noodles. I liked it a lot.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. It's called a Smurf Latte. The ingredients, officially, are "E3 live blue algae powder ... lemon, ginger, agave, and coconut milk." Pretty, though.

Nine

[sovay]

Oh dear. It's called a Smurf Latte.

Well, that's . . . not mellifluous. Still might taste pretty cool.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

...I'd try that. I've never eaten laver bread, either; at least that one's easy to track down.

[sovay]

...I'd try that. I've never eaten laver bread, either; at least that one's easy to track down.

I liked it!