My review of Cocaine Energy Drink

[niankhsekhmet]

Well....my first comment is "Ouch!"

There is so much citric acid in this stuff, if you do not burn your throat with it going down, you will die of acid reflux afterwards. There is no doubt that there is caffiene in it. Oh, yes. That comes form the gurana. Gurana can have up to three times as much caffeine as coffee does. Does this energy drink give you a buzz. Yep! It sure does! I dont know that it is worth the nearly seven dollars a can. (No, I am not kidding!) A case of this stuff will put you back $100. I will probably sell the extra cans that the distributor in payment for their delay of getting it to me for more than I paid. In essence, I got my product for free. I know that I will get just about any price I name just because I know people are wanting to try the drink that 7-11 banned all because of the hype of it's name. Hey...it's a great marketing strategy. Their sales skyrocketed just as soon as someone said that the public couldn't have something. I know that is why I bought mine. It does have some kick. It is very VERY concentrated, but in my opinion, it is too sweet, it is too acidic and it is far too expensive. That's alot to pay for something that will give you heartburn. The second ingredient in this stuff is citric acid. (Does that tell you anything?)

The drink is red. It tastes like Red Bull with some high proof alcohol added to it. It is of course non alcoholic but it has that type of burn, and it does not go away for a very long time.

I will say something that many of you would never expect me to say, and that is drinking that much caffeine in one sitting is probably not a good idea. If you are on ANY kind of medication, I would check to see if there are any adverse reactions to extremely high doses of caffeine. Just for the record - too much caffeine can kill you. Of course, It takes about 13.5 grams of caffeine to kill a person who weighs 200 lbs, 75 cups of coffee, 155 mountain dews etc. Anyway, if you do try this stuff=, just don't gulp it. It needs to be sipped. And for the love of GOD don't be tempted to be doing more than one at a time! You will feel it and you very possibly could make yourself very sick.

Please understand that I don't say things like this likely. I am someone who has done very high doses of caffeine in her life for long, long periods of time. When I worked for Frontier, I would have between two to four double shot, double tall (that's four shot glasses each) of espresso. I use a French press when I make coffee. I do Turkish coffee in a big way, and I refer to most commercially available coffee as "what's the point?". Hell, Starbuck's coffee doesn't even impress me. I find that it is pretty weak by comparison to how I take my cuppa joe. Cocaine energy drink is like having mainlined that four cups of double shot, double tall espressos all at once.

Do I recommend it. Eh...maybe. It all depends on your taste, I suppose. It's an ok buzz caffeine-wise. Now if I could just get past the ultra-sweet taste.

Meh....

Comments

[eye-of-ra.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the review of that drink. I was curious about it. (Not that I'd try it--I can only handle the equivalent of 2 shots of espresso at a time, and then only twice a day!) I can only imagine the kind of headache I'd get from the amount of caffeine in that energy drink! ::shudders::

[mostlycelt.livejournal.com]

I want some, though I'm not into the sugar. I worked registration at a science fiction convention once and in the course of one day drank 12 cans of Jolt and 6 pots of coffee by myself. Yes, I'm a caffeine junkie, seems too we forgot what food was. Is it any wonder that we were wandering the halls at 3 am looking for something to do?

[earenwe.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the in-depth review! I don't drink soda or things with caffeine, so it was really interesting to be able to read this without having to try it myself. I didn't even know it existed until some mentioned it in class, and when I heard the word "cocaine" I did a double-take and then they explained it to me. Whew. : D

[savia.livejournal.com]

You know, espresso and other dark roast coffees have less caffeine in them than lighter roasts. In fact, espresso, has typically less caffeine per serving than standard coffee. Strange, but true!

[rayvenwahine.livejournal.com]

heh - with a name like "Cocaine" it *has* to burn going down!

[of-kindness.livejournal.com]

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