9/3/15

43 New-to-Me ... #28 Aloe Vera Drink

Growing up, aloe vera was something I put on my skin to soothe sunburns. I got burned a lot, despite my best efforts not to. Anyway, in my mind, aloe vera is a lotion, not a beverage. So I had to buy some and try it as part of my 43 New-to-Me project.

I think this was the hardest to rate of all the new-to-me foods so far. The taste was actually pretty good, but the gelatinous texture was so off-putting that I had great difficulty finishing my small sample. Like kombucha, the aloe vera drink is something I'd drink again... but only if I filtered it first. I gave the aloe vera a 4. My friends didn't mind the gross texture, rating it 6, 8, and 10. Trevor agreed with me. ("It tastes good, but why is it so gloppy?"). Steve declined a taste.


I had some fun scrapping this page. I'd served the samples to my friends in tiny little teacups, so I decided to cut one out to hold my title. It's completely out of proportion with the bottle of aloe vera drink, but I like it. I've never tried to cut a teacup free-hand before. The handle is a little lopsided, but I was happy enough with my first attempt that I stuck it to the page. In retrospect, I should have followed the Rule of Thirds and used a smaller strip of woodgrain to balance the layout better. Oh well. It's been enjoyable trying new things for this album and not really caring how each page turns out.

4 comments:

  1. Growing up with Aloe Vera plants all around me (desert living and all that! LOL!) I would probably have a hard time drinking it! HA! :) I loveeeeeeee your page!! LOVING the tea cup!!!!!!!!

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  2. Your post made me smile, especially the line about Steve declining a taste. Ha! Yeah, I don't know about aloe vera as a drink. I can't imagine I could get paste the gloppy texture. Your page is cute. It looks just like the teacup and bottle are sitting on a table!

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  3. Oh I don't think I could get past the texture either. I've got the shivers at your description. LOL I do think this is a super page though. I am loving this experiment of yours!

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  4. Such a cute layout.
    It's a common drink here - very refreshing. Maybe try another brand that has smaller pieces of aloe vera? From the Asian supermarket.

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