This past week I made my first purchases from Earth Shift online (they are part of Ultimate Superfoods online) which specialize in various health products (they do accept PayPal, which is the only online payment method I trust to be honest). I placed my order Sunday night and received my order Friday, ground shipping was free and I did not get taxed (kind of unusual). ES is a company based in Ventura, CA. The products I ordered were all products from other countries... the salt was from Pakistan, the maca was from Peru, and the raw coconut was from the Philippines. I kind of wish this came with some free samples of other products that they'd think I might be interested in but unfortunately it doesn't.
The Raw Organic Himalayan Salt I got is almost similar to sea salt although it's a bit pink in color, it definitely tastes like a salty ocean, it contains trace minerals (which I suppose makes it more beneficial than sea salts, etc), this one is stone ground, and it's not really as crystallized in comparison to sea salts texture. I bought the 'fine ground' variety in this which is still a bigger grain than that of table salt, but not as big of grain when compared to fresh ground sea salt. As far as nutritional value mentioned, it's mostly just a sodium source although I've read online that this salt is suppose to offer some health benefits. This salt can be easy to find in select stores (often referred to as Himalayan pink salt) as I've seen it at kitchen stores at outlet malls or even TJ Maxx, but I'm not sure the exact quality you'll find in these stores and you might not have much in terms of variety to chose from.
Raw Organic Maca Powder is something I have never tried before and I actually found it hard to find in-stores that I frequent (occasionally I do see it at TJ Maxx) but you'll probably have better luck finding it online in pill or powder form like I did. To me it has an earthy mildly bitter and burninsh root type of taste although it has a slightly sweet smell to it I don't find it tastes sweet. I honestly find the powder best mixed with milk products rather than water as this does have a certain creaminess to it (I like it in my breakfast/protein shakes but I could see someone adding it to coffee along with their creamer).
The Raw Organic Coconut Shavings did taste like coconut a bit but it's not super sweet in comparison to sweetened store-bought varieties and this 'extra fine' variety I got doesn't really even add much in terms of flavor so, if you were looking for a coconut product but maybe you don't care for the taste of it than I would definitely give this one a try. I do regret getting this in the 'extra fine' variety because it's basically like a powder which makes it fine for smooth shakes but you don't get the coconut texture with this and topping a drink off with this for decoration probably wouldn't look that appealing if you were to believe coconut was on-top of it. I may attempt to make my own coconut water with this since by chance I came across this recipe for it.
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| My Earth Shift purchases and overall cost. |
Raw Organic Maca Powder is something I have never tried before and I actually found it hard to find in-stores that I frequent (occasionally I do see it at TJ Maxx) but you'll probably have better luck finding it online in pill or powder form like I did. To me it has an earthy mildly bitter and burninsh root type of taste although it has a slightly sweet smell to it I don't find it tastes sweet. I honestly find the powder best mixed with milk products rather than water as this does have a certain creaminess to it (I like it in my breakfast/protein shakes but I could see someone adding it to coffee along with their creamer).
The Raw Organic Coconut Shavings did taste like coconut a bit but it's not super sweet in comparison to sweetened store-bought varieties and this 'extra fine' variety I got doesn't really even add much in terms of flavor so, if you were looking for a coconut product but maybe you don't care for the taste of it than I would definitely give this one a try. I do regret getting this in the 'extra fine' variety because it's basically like a powder which makes it fine for smooth shakes but you don't get the coconut texture with this and topping a drink off with this for decoration probably wouldn't look that appealing if you were to believe coconut was on-top of it. I may attempt to make my own coconut water with this since by chance I came across this recipe for it.
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