If you need a latte in a sachet...
Why having a latte in a sachet was so helpful
Travelling light
Typically, when I go to Sayla, I travel light and I want minimum faff. I know people who take alternative cartons of milk with them, as well as, vegan snacks and so on. However, I find that I eat well at the Ashram and am satisfied without snacking. However, I often fancy a hot drink when I’m there. Until recently, I’ve been fine with having black coffee with sugar.
When black coffee wasn’t enough anymore
About a year ago, a friend of mine brought some coconut milk powder with her and she gave me some to try. I had it in the coffee and was hooked! I loved it and started wanting to drink it multiple times a day! I was grateful for being introduced to it and for her generosity as she left India before me and gave me a lot of the milk powder, which she didn’t use. However, I wasn’t keen on my attachment to it and the fact that I was craving it so much! This is because when I go to Sayla, my aims are to retract from the norm, detach, reduce the pull of the senses, cultivate the ability to feel content and create the mindset and space to strive spiritually.
Finding out about Nescafe’s latte in a sachet
I had been to India since my friend introduced me to the coconut milk powder, and was happy with having black coffee again. However, my next trip was due to be in November. It would be cold and we wanted to make sure that we had access to a hot drink, which we could make quickly, with minimal faff and without needing multiple ingredients.
This sachet was just that! Everything was in one place. Empty the contents of the sachet, add hot water, mix and enjoy. It was that simple.
Varying tastes
We tried all three varieties before we left so that we could decide which ones to take with us. My favourite was the almond latte. Suraj’s was the coconut one. I think my second favourite was their oat latte. However, when we were there, maybe I was in a different mood or perhaps it was down to the weather, either way, something happened and my favourite was now the coconut latte, so much so, that I didn’t like the almond one anymore. It was really strange!
Anyway, all that aside, it was so good to have these sachets with us.
What about the rubbish?
There are facilities to recycle in the cities but in the villages, people burn waste materials. I didn’t want to give them more items to burn, so we folded the end of the sachet once we’d emptied it, put them in a bag and then brought them home to recycle here.
When would you find it useful to have a sachet in a latte?
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