Taste Test: Lotus caramelised biscuit spread

A long-time fan of those little individually-wrapped Lotus biscuits you get in meetings or hotels, when I found out last year they also made a Lotus biscuit-flavoured SPREAD, I was very keen to try some. However, research revealed that it was mostly only available in Belgium, and £10 shipping costs put me off investigating further.

Until the lovely Groggits tweeted that her husband had bought her some in Waitrose... it now seems to be available in this country too - so now I have a pot, hurrah!

Within 10 minutes of getting back from the supermarket, I had tried it on both bread and toast. Oh and straight from the jar ...all in the name of research of course! I think bread was my preferred option. Less time to wait than toast, possibly? :) Although yes, it tastes amazing any way you choose. It's cinnamony and sweet (so sweet my teeth almost shook!) - just like the biscuit. I bought the Smooth option, but there's a crunchy version too.

I just checked the fat content against Nutella in case I could justify eating it on a regular basis, but sadly it's 39g fat per 100g, against 31g in Nutella. Booooooo! But peanut butter is 50g fat, so it's *almost* a less fattening option?!

Do you like Lotus biscuits? Will you be trying the spreadable version? It's £2.49 for a 400g pot at Waitrose. 

New flavour Pimm's - blackberry & elderflower

Went to the Swan pub in Pangbourne last night to have a glass of wine by the river. Just too late to change my order, I spotted a bottle of Pimm's behind the bar in packaging I didn't recognise. Asked the barman what it was, and he said it was a new limited edition flavour - Blackberry & Elderflower!

A trip to Waitrose this evening has secured me a bottle - £16 for 70cl. The label blurb on the back tells me to serve it over ice with 1 part Pimm's to 2 parts lemonade. So I have :)

It's quite sweet, and the first taste comparison to spring to mind was liquid Tunes! That's not necessarily a bad thing - it does have a slightly medicinal taste, but it's still fruity and summery, and I'll happily have several glasses more once the weather starts behaving itself properly.

It won't replace a full-on jug of standard Pimm's in my book, but then not many things can. There's room in my life for this too though. Cheers!