Drink Update Energy Drink with Paraxanthine - Jitter Free, Crash Free, No Overstimulation, No Withdrawal - Caffeine and Sugar Free (Peach, 12 Pack)

I love these drinks. They’ve provide the perfect amount of energy, focus, and motivation without feeling jittery. I hope that mess it up with the reformulation. The only negative feedback I read was on taste. I thought they tasted good. Too many people are focused on taste. I how they don’t add artificial sweeteners because they will lose customers including me.

I'm someone whose caffeine sensitivity had gotten so bad that I literally couldn't have a piece of chocolate without having raging headaches for the next day or two afterwards. I'd had to cut out caffeine entirely, and really missed it, as I work long hours in a job that requires me to be perky and alert with customers. So, I found this, and I tried it. Soooo happy I did. Been drinking it for over a month now, zero headaches at all. The energy is smooth, but powerful (if you drink an entire can in one go, it's like 4 small coffees). It does keep me up a bit at night if I've had a lot, but it's more of an "I'm not tired yet so I don't *want* to sleep" thing, rather than an "I *can't* sleep" thing. One can is about ~400 mg caffeine equivalent. It's definitely made to be an energy drink. Personally, I'll often split a single can into 4 "doses", and some days only take one or two if it's a shorter work day or I'm off work. So the price seems a lot more reasonable when you realize you're getting like 48 small coffees from a 12-pack. Last thing, the taste. It's really not great, sadly. I can't stand the taste of artificial sugar and monkfruit has that same taste as well for me. And paraxanthine has a bit of natural bitterness, so the lime and blueberry flavors are *really* bad. I don't mind the peach and mandarin though. They're even growing on me a bit. I do wish they'd make some with cane sugar or something though.

I will not be not be repurchasing for two reasons: 1) It is absurdly sweet. The first sip was a shock to the system, like drinking barely diluted syrup. I ended up diluting it with water - first half this product/half water, then one third this product/two thirds water, and it was still too sweet. If you are used to chugging Coca-Cola by the liter maybe you'll be able to tolerate it. As a normie with normal taste buds, I just can't. 2) One of the ingredients on the can is "natural flavors". I went on the manufacturer's website to see if there was more information on this but it didn't list "natural flavors" at all, even on the "Full Ingredient List". It makes me wonder if they are hiding something nasty in there. The FDA defines natural flavors as "flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf, or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof" but it also permits solvents or carriers to be included without a separate line on the ingredients list, so "natural flavors" could be anything. If it were peach extract or essential oil to create the peach flavor then why not say so directly? Makes me very suspect that it's something undesirable.

When I originally ordered these I received a pack that had some sort of corrosion or mold on top of 2 of the cans. Contacted the company through their IG page and they apologized and immediately sent out a replacement. While waiting for the replacements I threw away the bad cans and tried all four flavors of the original order. I was not a fan at all. Each had an initial bad taste and then it seems to hit you a second time with a different bad taste. I’m guessing that they must have been version 1. The replacements I received however all tasted fine. The taste isn’t sweet like ZOA with sucralose or anything but the flavors were pretty good and mild. Slightly more flavorful than a flavored seltzer. Didn’t have a bad aftertaste. I did notice that my energy levels were more sustained throughout the rest of my work day and I had good focus for work. It’s not an all day energy but got me through my work day without issues. With the amount of Paraxanthine in this drink though I would not recommend drinking any other drink that has caffeine in it the rest of the day though. I’m guessing the replacements they sent were their version 2 which I would buy again. It won’t be a constant purchase due to cost but a case here and there every so often I can handle. Hopefully at some point I can see these in Costco to get a bulk discount.