Money makes the world turn, not literally obviously. Yet
somewhere in our evolution we developed a worrying worship and obsession of the
dreaded paper prison. A worship that means if we have a lack of it our world
seems to come to a standstill. Which means we work for the privilege to acquire
the paper, why am I starting like this? Well I hope it will ease you in to the
possibly devastating news I bring… about why my posts may become less frequent.
I go back to work this week, in an effort to keep the planet
going. Up until now I've been doing this blog during my holiday. It’s given me
the luxury to post a lot, sometimes daily. Unfortunately work will be taking up
my time from now and until I develop a routine in writing my posts may become
sporadic. Remember every cloud has a silver lining, as my old early mornings
return so does my “cup of Joe” and the biscuit to accompany him. Today’s review
is of two said coffee treats specifically two interestingly flavoured wafers.
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| Sorry for no picture of Marzipan as I say was in a rush to try them. |
Both are rather large bags I picked up at pound land so I’m
hoping I like them or else there are some dreary mornings ahead. As both are
slightly odd flavours they hopefully will at least be interesting. At least
they damn sure aren’t the banana ones from this review Here! The first has a
marzipan filling, a taste I have a bit of an obsession for. The second is cappuccino
which I am interested to see how well it mixes with coffee.
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| Packing five whole layers of disappointing wafer!! |
The packaging on both is rather cheap looking and
uninspiring, but remember it’s what’s inside that counts. On opening the
marzipan wafers I’m delighted to be met with a joyous sweet almond smell. A
good sign this bag will be demolished quickly, a good job too with no reseal ability.
They are disappointingly small ad I get through quite a few in a short sitting.
Added to my woes is that I opened the bag in such haste that all the crumbs
(and there was a lot, but they were only a pound) scattered across the counter
leaving it looking like a scene from Scarface.
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| End on a light note, a wooden llama |
My haste was great and I ate quite few before the kettle had
a chance to boil, it had a very strong almond taste. It was heavenly. The wafer
was still nice and crunchy and not chewy as a lot of cheap wafers can be. They
were also not waxy or papery and generally were good quality. There is enough
cream filling for the flavour to standout, they dunk well in coffee. Mixing
great and a good balance is struck between the bitterness and sweetness of the
opposing forces. Definitely worth a pound, and a recommendation.
The next bag, cappuccino was a bit disappointing in the
smell department and was certainly lacking. However they are slightly larger
and technically seem to contain more cream. With this is more wafer layers
though and the wafer on offer isn’t good. Tasting stale and rather airy, they are
slightly chewy too so perhaps nearing retirement. It doesn’t get much better on
dipping, turns out mixing coffee with well to be honest coffee produces little
excitement. If they felt fresher and had more flavour perhaps they would be ok
on their own but they’re not. Perhaps I’ll try them with some ice cream.
