How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

puredemo wrote: post #3

vermontdevil wrote: post #2

Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?

It's alright, sort of tastes like bland vanilla rice. Had to stop 'cause the girlfriend is celiac and they can't guarantee gluten free.

Wasn't it enough for your girlfriend not to drink it?

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by tunesmith » Fri, Jun 05, 2015, 7:03 PM UTC

vermontdevil wrote: post #2

Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?

It tastes just like the more pleasant protein powder drinks. No awful aftertaste. It's also not sweet, they are going for as neutral a taste as possible.

I like the idea but unfortunately I don't do well with oats. They've been decreasing it over time but I still get major indigestion from it that I don't get from other food. I'm in the minority on that, though. I'll try again with v1.5 which was just announced.

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by ldayley » Fri, Jun 05, 2015, 7:05 PM UTC

"a Trillion Calories" -- what a fantastic way to represent what they do in a way that sounds HUGE but is also both true and not hyperbolic sounding.

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by puredemo » Fri, Jun 05, 2015, 7:05 PM UTC

psykovsky wrote: post #4

puredemo wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's alright, sort of tastes like bland vanilla rice. Had to stop 'cause the girlfriend is celiac and they can't guarantee gluten free.

Wasn't it enough for your girlfriend not to drink it?

Not really, we share a lot of meals and we maintain a gluten-free household.

Actually they do seem to be gluten-free now, fwiw.

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by T-hawk » Fri, Jun 05, 2015, 7:07 PM UTC

vermontdevil wrote: post #2

Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?

I like it, but can certainly see where some wouldn't. Tastes like slightly sweeter and thinner oatmeal.

Reddit has a good amount of discussion and is probably a better place than HN for it: http://reddit.com/r/soylent

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by thisone » Fri, Jun 05, 2015, 7:09 PM UTC

vermontdevil wrote: post #2

Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?

Haven't tried it myself, but this month's Oh No Ross and Carrie was all about Soylent http://ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2015/6/3/ross-and-carr...

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by tsm » Fri, Jun 05, 2015, 7:09 PM UTC

vermontdevil wrote: post #2

Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?

It's simultaneously neutral and filling—sort of like the fullness you get when you have a big bite of oatmeal (except it's a liquid, of course). I compare the taste to pancake batter, but might be in the minority on that.

My new thing is to mix it with 1:1:1 coffee:soylent:water (normally it's 1:2 soylent:water) and have it for breakfast, which I've found rather pleasant.