SugarMade Toilet Paper

Let me just say straight up that I realize the subject of toilet paper makes for a strange blog post, but I am pursuing the topic nevertheless.

After all, this won't be the first time I venture into the bathroom realm. I did write two posts about contraptions that let women pee standing up and another about World Toilet Day.

So anyway...a couple of months ago, a friend and I went to a craft fair. All of the products at this fair were supposed to be made from recycled or repurposed goods. It was a "green" craft fair.

There were a couple of booths supporting local stores that sell only "green" household goods. It was at such a booth that we found SugarMade toilet paper.

I was immediately interested in the stuff. This toilet paper was made from crushed sugar cane, and as it says right on the label, is 83% tree free and 100% biodegradeable.

I guess I had sugar on the brain. See, I'd recently written an article about fair trade sugar, so the idea that crushed sugar cane fibers could be used to make toilet paper was intriguing. It seemed an extension of the article I'd just finished researching.

Instead of buying a roll for myself, however, I somehow convinced my friend that she needed to buy it. There were only two rolls left and she scooped them both up.

And wouldn't you know it? I got one of those rolls back as a Christmas present from her!

A couple of days ago, the regular TP ran out so I reached for the sugar cane roll. It's definitely just a 1-ply roll. There's nothing cushy about it. But it's not scratchy either, so all in all, it's not bad. I've definitely used worse.

Call me crazy, but there's just something about the idea of using sugar cane toilet paper that makes me happy. It's important to appreciate the little everyday things, right? Wait. Does that make my appreciation of the sugar cane toilet paper an example of wabi sabi?

Maybe not. But regardless, one of my favorite things about the SugarMade toilet paper is the bar code. Look, it's made out of sugar cane!