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The whole coconut water thing seems to have passed me by until recently. I hear about new and wonderful products for kids every week and by and large I let them pass me by. I was however contacted by Vita Coc0 Kids recently and asked if I wanted to try out some fun, flavoursome drinks for kids. I tell the boys not to knock anything until you’ve tried it (if you try it, you might like it) and so I agreed.

The children are very glad I did.

This fun looking sample box turned up soon after.

We had mango and pineapple flavoured coconut drinks as well as apple and blackcurrant flavoured ones to try out and both went down very well in packed lunches and at home. For the kids there are two factors to consider when trying new food or drink items, how cool they looks (yes really) and how they taste. Both boys loved the fresh taste and Vita Coco Kids has indeed been given the awesomeness seal of approval.

As parents we constantly look for healthier alternatives to the rubbish available on the supermarket shelves and being given these to try has been great in that we may add these to our list of parent and child approved drinks (and the school’s list too of course). I like the fact that these drinks are naturally flavoured and as the kids love them I don’t have to worry about them staying hydrated when out and about. No added sugar, artificial sweeteners or nasties, just great tasting drinks. With lower sugar levels than the majority of drinks on the market and high levels of naturally occurring potassium this is a product that ticks all of the boxes.

They definitely have our family seal of approval and as such will be in our fridge from now on (although thankfully don’t need to stay chilled making them perfect for storing / using away from home too). Find out more about Vita Coco Kids and the drinks here (including their kid’s club) and the Vita Coco brand as a whole (including lovely products and recipes for grown ups too) over on Twitter.

*We were sent free samples to test in order to be able to review these drinks. Vita Coco Kids have had no input on the content of this review which is based entirely on our family’s thoughts, feelings and experiences.

I don’t do New Year resolutions. I might as well write down things that I have no intention of following through on as I always used to break them. Of course I have goals, targets, wants and wishes however these are ongoing.

One of my ongoing wants, wishes and needs is twofold; to continue working away at losing weight via Slimming World and to feel better (healthier) in myself. Last year a friend of mine from SW and outside gifted me a bag full of herbal teas, fruit teas and what not after I was diagnosed as being lactose intolerant which was a blow. I’d been feeling really rubbish for ages and won’t bore / disgust you with the sometimes rather severe symptoms but needless to say having cut dairy out of my diet I feel SO much better. The teas she gave me started me on a journey of really enjoying a relaxing and flavoursome (milk-free) brew (she’s a star!).

Since then I’ve cut my coffee down to two cups a day and am enjoying the health and hydration benefits of drinking caffeine free alternative teas such as green tea. Before Christmas the lovelies from Dragonfly Tea got in touch and asked if I would like to test out some of their teas to see what I thought. Being a new tea fan I was happy to agree and was thrilled when these four boxes appeared.

Mellow, clear, fresh, tasty and deeply satisfying are just some of the words I would use to describe these. My personal favourite (or my special tea as I call it) is the Moonlight Jasmine Organic Green tea although the other three flavours I’ve tested (vigorously), Moroccan Mint Organic Green Tea, Cape Malay Chai (a real warming tea) and Green Gaucho Organic Mate Tea are all delicious!

Thanks to Jackie for introducing me to alternative teas and to Dragonfly for sending these fabulous teas for me to try out. I find cutting the caffeine and drinking more of these types of drinks beneficial to my health , mood and of course my hydration.

Dragonfly Tea – The Company

Dragonfly are a British family-owned tea company with over a hundred years of experience is sourcing, growing and producing specialty or artisan teas, Their Dragonfly Specialty range has been certified by the Organic Food Federation and they are staunch members of the Fairtrade Foundation. All teas are GM-free, the bags are bio-degradable, the teabag wrappers are recyclable and chlorine free and more can be see, read and sampled via their website and you can speak to the lovelies at the company via Twitter.

*I received four boxes of teas free of charge and was asked to write about my experience, good or bad, after testing them. Dragonfly have had no control or influence over my write up and therefore you may be confident that my words are true to my own thoughts, feelings and experiences.

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