You look like an exceptionally smart member of the human race… Part 2

Last month I wrote about having tried out Joylent, a Dutch company promising to provide the solution to the woe’s of the modern age. How to ensure your consumption of all of your daily nutrients without that pesky preparation business.

Since then, Joylent “shakes” have taken the place of the majority of my meals. This includes breakfast, dinner, and occasionally afternoon tea. The obvious benefits of such can be immediately evident, the cost of not eating out for lunch (around 10€ in Berlin Mitte), the time gained in not having to venture out of the office, and the knowledge that my meal was generally rounded.

There are of course, some downsides to this, and whilst I might hesitate to call them “downsides” per se, they could probably be equated to “minor annoyances”. Chiefly, I miss tasty things.

This isn’t to say that Joylent is unpleasant, but a strawberry power mixed with water just doesn’t quite compare to a juicy steak and fries. This is why I often still have an evening meal, to satiate my desire for freshly cooked meat.

One interesting thing I might add, is the comments from colleagues, who often express interest in the convenience of it (one of whom has begun drinking it for his lunch too!). In addition to make the odd joke about my receiving more “astronaut food” when walking through the office with a box labelled with the iconic green logo.

So now, I have a drawer in my office, quite literally filled with Joylent, right below my USB cables and office supplies.

The future tastes nice … sort of.