Truck: The Juice Caboose
Location: Kitsilano Farmers Market
Type of Food: Juice, smoothies
Sidekicks: My mom and my sister Erica
Food Ordered:
Mom and me- Today's Special - Pear, Ginger and Apple Juice
- The Bandit - Hemp Seeds, Vanilla Bean, Strawberry, Coconut Butter, Raw Cacao Nibs, Agave
This cart was a little bit disappointing for me. As my mom summarized "it was not the best". She only had a few sips of the drink and let me finish the rest - something that she wouldn't have done if she liked it. I understand that it was early when we arrived at the market, but I was hoping that this cart would present a delectable taste experience like the previous juice truck I got to visit the Juice Truck. Unfortunately, there were a couple of things that supported my experience not being the best.
Firstly, the slight disorganization threw me off - the girl at the window didn't know what the special was and the back of the cart looked really chaotic. I believe that entropy is the sign of genius, but when it comes to food prep that's not exactly what I want to see. I would have forgiven this seeing as it was early and the two girls seemed fairly nice otherwise, but it was the second element which made the experience not the best.
The second black mark for me was that the drink was not cold - at all. Erica's was almost cold, but mine was pretty warm. The temperature meant that I had fresh but warm juice. Not the best flavour experience. I love pears and especially love ginger so I was disappointed that this drink didn't fulfill my needs.
Erica was indifferent about her drink, but said for the price you couldn't really beat it.
I would be willing to give them a second chance - maybe if I try them later in the day they'll be on their game...
Favourite Thing(s) About This Truck: The children element. I loved how they had a train set out front and there are pictures on their blog of them letting kids colour all over the truck! This is really cool!
Also when I asked them about what they did with the "leftovers" from the juice they told me that we were free to take it home for our compost or as chicken feed. I think this is a really neat idea - but I wonder what they do with the "leftovers" if people don't take them. They also don't have a sign advertising this so I wonder if people actually know that they are available for you to take home.
Accessibility: This truck seems to "roam" around to the different markets. Follow them on twitter @juicecaboose if you want to find them. It looks like they are pretty regular at the North Shore Green markets and I've seen them about every other week at the Kits Farmers Market.
Green Rating: It sounded like they might compost everything, but then again they may not. The girl at the window didn't really seem to know. They did offer me the "leftovers" to take home for my compost or for chicken feed, so I guess if you asked them you could take the compost home.
Rating: 3/5
Value: 4/5
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| Check out the cool train set in front of the caboose! |
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| Erica contemplates her smoothie choice |
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| My mom tries her juice |
Sorry to hear about your disappointing Juice Caboose experience. That's never what we want to hear. Please introduce yourself next time you're at the Caboose and we'll treat your group to some complimentary drinks and you can try some of our other drinks.
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks for the feedback. We have been working on putting more storage options in our truck to give ourselves more organization. We fit a lot of fresh produce into one small space! We are also meaning to advertise our foods scraps to people. As for the rest of our food scraps they are all composted as well as all our seveware is 100% compostible.