Hi I was wondering if anybody on here has tried this or uses it as looking at purchasing some to try. Does it taste alright or is it more like a horlicks type drink.
Barleycup Question
Originally Posted by Utopian Girl:
“Interesting, I'm going to buy some - never tried it before.😊👍”
“Interesting, I'm going to buy some - never tried it before.😊👍”
Neither have I, just ordered some myself, was looking at an alternative to coffee
Barleycup - now that's a blast from the past.
If it's anything like it used to be then best avoided. It's hard to describe - it's like weak watery coffee with hints of horlicks, and a nasty aftertaste.
A bit like camp coffee too -
http://www.cooksinfo.com/edible.nsf/images/camp-coffee/$file/camp-coffee.jpg
It used to be sold a lot in wholefood shops and still is I guess.
If it's anything like it used to be then best avoided. It's hard to describe - it's like weak watery coffee with hints of horlicks, and a nasty aftertaste.
A bit like camp coffee too -
http://www.cooksinfo.com/edible.nsf/images/camp-coffee/$file/camp-coffee.jpg
It used to be sold a lot in wholefood shops and still is I guess.
Update: I have decided to try a few different substitutes, one being Barleycup the other two being Nestlé Caro Extra & Bambu. Tried the Caro Extra today and must say it isn't bad, has a mild coffee taste to it. So far so good but looking forward to trying the other two.
Originally Posted by Michael09:
“Update: I have decided to try a few different substitutes, one being Barleycup the other two being Nestlé Caro Extra & Bambu. Tried the Caro Extra today and must say it isn't bad, has a mild coffee taste to it. So far so good but looking forward to trying the other two.”
“Update: I have decided to try a few different substitutes, one being Barleycup the other two being Nestlé Caro Extra & Bambu. Tried the Caro Extra today and must say it isn't bad, has a mild coffee taste to it. So far so good but looking forward to trying the other two.
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Just tried Barleycup and it is delicious. Has a great caramel aroma and taste especially when you add milk to it
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Originally Posted by Michael09:
“Just tried Barleycup and it is delicious. Has a great caramel aroma and taste especially when you add milk to it.”
“Just tried Barleycup and it is delicious. Has a great caramel aroma and taste especially when you add milk to it
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Cool
As I said above, I was never a fan but it was always around the place at my parents' house and at my gran's.
There seemed to be a lot more hot beverages about in those days - not just tea and coffee - but Horlicks, Ovaltine, Drinking Chocolate, cocoa, barleycup, camp coffee etc.
Those things are still available I know but people don't seem to buy them as much perhaps?
Originally Posted by Welsh-lad:
“Cool
As I said above, I was never a fan but it was always around the place at my parents' house and at my gran's.
There seemed to be a lot more hot beverages about in those days - not just tea and coffee - but Horlicks, Ovaltine, Drinking Chocolate, cocoa, barleycup, camp coffee etc.
Those things are still available I know but people don't seem to buy them as much perhaps?”
“Cool
As I said above, I was never a fan but it was always around the place at my parents' house and at my gran's.
There seemed to be a lot more hot beverages about in those days - not just tea and coffee - but Horlicks, Ovaltine, Drinking Chocolate, cocoa, barleycup, camp coffee etc.
Those things are still available I know but people don't seem to buy them as much perhaps?”
I think it was because houses were generally colder so you needed to warm up with a hot drink. Even as a small child in the early 1980s I remember our house being freezing on the coldest days, and we had central heating! Houses, and places generally were colder! (in my opinion!)
Plus health - people are more conscious about calories etc so drinking loads of milky drinks like Ovaltine, Horlicks etc is probably seen by some as "fattening".
