John and I have been discussing our need to eat healthier for some time.  I’m a vegetarian, but I love bread and cheese; John is part of the microwave generation.   We love to surf around for silly fad diets and crazy supplements (which might be part of future installments).  I love finding great deals, and am obsessed with Groupon!  What does this equal?  Juice Cleanse!  We purchased a 3 day, two person Whenever Juice Cleanse from Juice from the Raw as a Groupon.   Since we are both addicted to caffeine, we chose the “Cashew Coffee Milk” version, which promised to help combat caffeine withdrawal during the cleanse.

If you’ve ever been on Groupon, you’ve seen tons of items like this.  We chose this one because it was a median price (not the cheapest, but not the most expensive) and had good ratings for taste.  If I’m not going to have bread or chocolate for three days, I at least want the juice to have a decent taste!

Unboxing

Just a warning, this particular cleanse did have an additional shipping charge past the Groupon price, so be aware if you are on a juice cleanse budget!

The juice arrived very securely packed in cooler bags, once box for each person.  The cleanse contains 6 bottles of juice per day, for 3 days (18 bottles in all).  We got a variety of flavors in addition to the aforementioned Cashew Coffee Milk, and will talk about those more later.

I have to say, the initial appearance of the juice was a little off-putting.  The “cold pressed ingredients looked a little like scary science experiments or pond scum.  They also take awhile to defrost.   We set out our bottles according to the directions and waited for our start date!