Lately I have been feeling really rough and run down. For a while I didn't guess why I just thought I was a bit rubbish and had been over doing things but it got so bad that my energy got zapped and I have spent days in a dressing gown with no gym! Shock horror! Then it struck me! I was low on potassium again so I went to see my Dr, had a blood test and yep as suspected my potassium levels are very, very low again. Just to be clear that this is due to my past with an eating disorder and from time to time still battling with it. Before my results came in though, like i say I generally felt incredibly rough. I couldn't sleep but was knackered. I was ...  Read the complete review

~ Aldi Alcafe Gold Instant Coffee ~ During this weeks shopping trip I knew we had to get coffee as we had run out and whilst I am more of a tea drinker myself, there is a time now and again when I do like a good cup of coffee although my hubby prefers coffee to tea. When I spotted this amongst the others on the shelf I chose it straight away as I do prefer gold roast coffee as apposed to the other normal stuff. The jar is a slightly curved glass jar with a black plastic lid. On the front of the jar is a lable with the brand name/product and a cup of dark looking coffee. It also states 'New Improved Taste'. Through the jar I can see all ...  Read the complete review

I am a not great coffee drinker. I perhaps drink a couple of mugs every six months or so. So my credentials for reviewing coffee are not high. However, I usually have a jar in store for visitors, and since those who visit most regularly prefer Nescafe Gold Blend that is what we generally have. Except there was a great offer on Kenco Eco-refills recently, so I also have that, and now cannot honestly say what is in the Gold Blend jar, so I haven't reviewed. Anyway, it matters not, because lurking in the back of the cupboard was an unopened jar of Alcafe, Aldi's very own coffee. I knew it was there. I've had it for months. Aldi's fair trade tea is ...  Read the complete review

While I'm a complete caffeine addict, I'd never yet found an instant coffee I really enjoyed until I tried Aldi's Alcafe! I always saw instant coffee as a necessary evil when you couldn't get your hands on the real stuff but needed an emergency caffeine hit! I'm a big fan of Aldi brands, but I never expected this coffee to be so good, it is, hand on heart, the nicest instant coffee I've ever tried. Its rich without being bitter as some instant coffees are, its got a lovely smooth creamy texture, a delicious taste and smell, no aftertaste and you don't have to use tons to get a decent strength coffee so the jar lasts a decent amount of time. I ...  Read the complete review