It’s hard to keep track of all the juice centric storefronts popping up around town. With so many to choose from, I’d found myself confused as to how each of them is different. Then I found a new juice religion, Buda. I recently had the opportunity to try a 2-day cleanse from Buda Juice and I can honestly say it was one of the most enjoyable solid food-less experiences I’ve had.
I have featured Buda Juice on the blog before, but with a recent expansion to Uptown Dallas (more on that in a bit) I needed to get my hands on the cleanse. Two days of clean, healthy juice filled energy was the mission at hand. Let me remind you of my love for sweets, meats and everything in between. This was no easy task, but the surprisingly full feeling I was left with after every 16oz serving kept me going.
The Buda Juice cleanse consists of 4 juices, a soup and almond milk:
+ No 01: Green Juice (Spicy ginger. Tangy lemon. Hint of sweet apple.)
+ No 04: Blue Lemonade (Chill cucumber. Ambrosial apple. Lemon.)
+ No 02: Red Juice (Apple, Beet, Celery, Ginger, Parsley)
+ No 04: Blue Lemonade
+ No S1: Buda Basilato Soup (Basil, Cucumber, Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Tomato)
+ No M1: Buda Almond Milk
Each day I started with the veggie packed green juice that with the tang of the lemon was a nice morning “snack”. The Blue Lemonade, though green in color, became a real favorite of mine because of its simplicity and sweetness. A spicy and sweet kick from the red juice jumpstarted my afternoon just when I needed it most. A lot of the cleanses I’ve tried in the past (both homemade and not) had me hungry between each bottle, but Buda Juice was different.
As I approached the late afternoon, the second Blue Lemonade was a tart, tangy splash of flavor and would go perfect with a splash of vodka in my opinion. Right, that’s totally not allowed. Now for the real difference, soup! Yes, people. You actually get to consume something other than juice. The Buda Basilato soup is chilled but as someone who isn’t normally into that I slurped this sh-tuff down. Refreshing and delicious, soup for the win. My nightcap came in the form of unsweetened almond milk each evening, made in house by the folks over at Buda.
My vote is a confident yes if you are looking to spend a couple of days out of your week truly hitting the reset button on your weekend or weekly liver damage. I felt full, happy and the opposite of hangry with this cleanse and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to try something different!
Now, for the fun part. Buda Juice has stores open in Plano, Frisco and they just announced a third location coming late May in West Village located in Uptown Dallas! They are moving into what was formerly known as TuLu’s Bakery and I’m sure it will be a success!
To find out more about Buda Juice you can visit their website.
