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Ribena on the go

Last week, much to the joy of my children, I received a few cartons of Ribena’s new Juiced Up! to try. I love blackcurrants and my kids are big fans of fruit juice. They really enjoyed both flavours of this juice. They thought it tasted great and was thirst quenching and refreshing. I was happy [...]

Bubble Brothers announce new Wine club

photo credit: lostash Starting on the 28th of January in Blackrock Castle, the wine club shall meet on the last Thursday of every month (excluding July and December) from 7.30pm till 9.30pm. The  inaugural meeting will be hosted by Champagne’s own Mlle Valérie Ravillon in a champagne masterclass. Six champagnes shall be tasted and she’ll [...]

Review of O’Conaill’s Real Milk Hot Chocolate Kit

  When I was in O’Conaills Chocolate shop and cafe last week, I spotted this kit and couldn’t resist purchasing it. As previously mentioned O’Conaill’s make devine hot chocolates in their shop and I was interested to replicate these at home. The kit contains a jar of pure unalkalised cocoa powder, a jar of milk [...]