- Jonathan Cheban is probably like
locked in the Kardashian kitchen
chopping up lemons all summer
so Kourtney can have her lemonade,
and every now and then, they let him out
to do a FoodGod video.
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- Hey, guys, today I'm gonna try
Kourtney Kardashian's Detox Lemonade recipe.
It's available on her app.
She has you put activated charcoal into the lemonade,
so the lemonade is actually black.
She claims that the charcoal has detoxifying properties
so it flushes alcohol and stuff out of the system,
and it also reduces bloating.
It's important to note that neither I,
nor Kourtney Kardashian, are medical experts,
so this isn't like a medicine or a cure-all.
Kourtney recommends talking to a doctor
before you start drinking this detox lemonade,
and we spoke with our research team here at Buzzfeed,
and they said to consume it no more
than a few times a week, just to be safe.
I kinda wanna figure out, is it actually worth drinking,
or is it one of those goopy Gwyneth Paltrow drinks
that rich Calabasas mommies drink
to feel better about themselves?
So now I'm gonna make the lemonade.
It's a three step recipe.
Step one is putting everything in the jar.
Step two is stirring the jar,
and step three is drinking it.
You start with eight cups of water.
Kourtney would probably be using Dasani or Avion,
or something bougie, but we're going
with Crystal Geyser today 'cause we're on a budget.
Three to five large lemons.
We went for five lemons.
You can go big or go home.
I hope this is one of those kid proof knives.
They probably have one of their servants do this.
Okay, I'm making a mess. Is that the end of it?
Oh wait.
Does it go, oh wait, I think it goes like this.
Oh, there we go.
How many gays does it take to juice a lemon?
(needle scratch)
I mean, this smells good.
This is definitely the hardest part.
After the lemons, one tablespoon of activated charcoal.
This is the most terrifying part.
Look, I'm still not comfortable with the idea
of putting charcoal in my food.
I don't know if you can see that this is like really dark.
I'm varsity Kardashian.
Here goes nothing.
Oh (beep).
I'm just gonna call this Dementor lemonade,
and finally four tablespoons agave.
Honey or maple syrup works, too, but we went by the book.
This lemonade is black, unlike the soul of Kris Jenner,
the hardest working women in America.
Look at the knife.
That's crazy.
Okay, there's like literally black (beep)
at the end of the knife.
It honestly doesn't look gross
because I know that charcoal's a clean,
but it's like weird, looking at it.
I know the drink looks like a Dementor's piss,
but it tastes to me like regular lemonade.
I don't know if it's gonna turn my poop black.
I don't know if it's gonna turn my teeth black,
or my tongue black.
I'm gonna drink it a few times over the next week,
the recommended amount by our research team.
We'll see what's up with
Kourtney Kardashian's Detox Lemonade.
Today's my hangover day.
I went out last night and I'm not feeling so hot right now,
and I need her lemonade to do the trick.
One thing I'm noticing is that, no black poop yet,
and honestly, I'm a little bit disappointed,
not that Kourtney promised black poop,
but I kinda was hoping for it in like a weird way.
If you told me in 2018 that my wishes in life
would be to (beep) black (beep),
I'd be like you're crazy, but that's where
we're at right now.
It kinda just tastes like really lemony water.
I really just wanna put vodka in this.
That's adulthood, you mix alcohol into everything.
You know that vine of Sandra Lee
where she's like, "two shots of vodka".
- Two shots of vodka.
- And she like fills up her drink
with like way more than two shots of vodka,
that's how I'm feeling with this.
Okay, so I just mixed up
a batch of Kourtney's Detox Lemonade,
and I'm gonna ask my co-workers what they think of it.
They don't know why I've been drinking it all week,
so I'm kind of interested to see what they think it is,
if they want to have a taste.
Claire, what do you think that is in the jar?
- Can I smell it?
- [Sam] Yeah, I mean I don't think it smells.
- Okay, well I definitely see some lemon seeds,
so I'm guessing fancy, charcoal lemonade.
- [Sam] Oh my God, so Claire guessed right.
This is Kourtney Kardashian's Detox Lemonade, homemade.
Would you like to try some?
- Yes.
- [Sam] It's not supposed to hurt you or something.
It's actually supposed to like help your digestion.
- So it'll help me poop?
- [Sam] It hasn't made my poop black yet,
which I'm kinda disappointed.
What does it taste like?
- Lemonade.
- [Sam] I kinda want vodka in it.
(Claire laughs) Do you have any vodka?
- You know I do.
(Sam laughs)
- [Sam] Chris, what do you think that is?
- Smells like tea of some sort.
- [Sam] You're close.
It's detox lemonade.
There's charcoal in it.
- Oh.
- [Sam] All right, bottoms up.
- That is not bad.
It reminds me of when you like get lemonade,
and like the ice melts so it's super watered down.
- [Sam] I want vodka in it.
- It would be great with vodka.
(Sam laughs)
- [Sam] Steven, what do you think that is?
- Oh God, I mean knowing you,
I'm gonna guess like a cold brew kinda situation.
(Sam laughs)
It smells fruity.
- [Sam] Like you.
- (laughs) Fair.
(Sam laughs)
It smells like lemonade.
- [Sam] It's Kourtney Kardashian's detox lemonade recipe.
- What makes it black?
- [Sam] Charcoal.
- (laughs) Did you like go get one of the big
barbecue charcoal bags and just crush it?
- [Sam] Okay, so this is L.A. and we're fancy here,
and there is activated charcoal powder
that you can get at like Whole Foods.
- That's the stuff that makes
the black ice cream for Instagram.
- [Sam] Yes.
Do you wanna try some?
- Okay, wait, so what's in it?
- [Sam] Charcoal, lemons, water, and love.
- Great.
- [Sam] And Jonathan Cheban (girls scream)
- It tastes like the lemonade that you would buy
at a lemonade stand that like a kid made,
- [Sam] And they would charge you like a nickel for it.
- Exactly. - [Sam] Although, this is L.A.
They'd probably charge you like two bucks.
- Uh huh, more expensive here.
No, but it tastes fine.
- [Sam] You can't taste the charcoal, right?
- I don't think so.
No.
So what is the charcoal supposed to do?
- [Sam] That's supposed to be the detoxifying part of it,
but I don't know.
I had this when I was hungover a couple days ago,
and I was really hungover still.
This didn't really do much for me.
- Yeah, Kourtney, love you, but I think
you're full of (beep).
- I just finished my trial of drinking
Kourtney's Detox Lemonade.
I think the lemonade was kind of like,
if the Kardashians were a lemonade.
There was a certain level of artifice to it.
I don't know if it cured anything.
I was really excited for black goth poop,
and they weren't that goth.
They were sort of just like shopping at Hot Topic poops.
I would recommend trying her lemonade
with the sort of expectation that it's not
like a cure-all, like a magical elixir,
but it tasted good.
It was refreshing, and it was kind of bad ass,
and like metal to be drinking lemonade
that was pitch black.
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