So I love the taste of energy drinks, but I hate the caffeine since it doesn’t let me sleep when i drink it with dinner is there a drink that can accomplish my goal or is the taste in the caffeine?
EDIT: I figured it out so i you add water saffron rock candy and sugar add some sparkling water with lemon flavor then mix I haven’t figured out how to make it as sour tho, but it’s close in my opinion if you get the amounts right, but energy drinks have that artificial flavor so I can never make it truly the same
What does “energy drink” taste like? It’s just lemonade (or soda or pop or soft drink or whatever you Anglophones can’t agree on to call it) and the taste depends on what’s in it.
Yes, and the taste of what’s in most energy drinks is what’s being sought for here.
They all taste different though? The thing they have in common is caffeine.
Some “fancy” ones do taste different, but the basic ones do share a clearly distinguishable common taste.
Like cough syrup. I can’t imagine wanting that taste.
The sugar-free energy drinks do taste like that
It’s a distinctively unnatural taste that makes me think of the inside of chemistry glassware.
It’s a unique taste that’s why I am asking
I think the classic flavor profile is sour apple, could you just juice some of those and throw them into car battery acid for the same taste?
Sour apple tastes different.
Redbull and monster and full throttle in the old days all had a similar taste.
Caffeine, like many other things, is harmful only in excessive amounts. If you drink some just for the flavour it shouldn’t be a problem.
Problem is I can’t sleep at night if I drink it at dinner, but I usually eat the good meals at night
Have you tried drinking water with your dinner instead?
I like it when not eating, but it makes my food taste pretty weird when I drink it with food
Sorry, water makes your food taste weird, but energy drinks are just fine?
Yeah, it just makes it wet because it has no flavor, there are other drinks that I like other than energy drinks, but I would like to know how the taste of energy drinks can be accomplished this is no stupid questions
Try not drinking with your mouth full, I usually do it to clean the mouth. Anyway, for me at least, RedBull et al. taste like cherry-similar, some off brands had “all fruits” listed as flavour additive.
Sometimes the best answer to a question is questioning the premise.
Yes but when you ask a question in no stupid questions you are prompting a discussion. And now we’re discussing how water changes the taste of food for you, and you’re willing to drink sugary, unhealthy drinks with your dinner instead.
It sounds like you’re extremely addicted to sugar.
i mean the whole point of energy drinks is that they have a stupid amount of caffeine
Maybe just stir some pixie sticks into a half cup of water
Xixo make some like that
edit: I remember their tutti fruity ones, got that generic energy drink flavor
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NileRed who makes entertaining chemistry videos of making random things, has a video on making a caffeine free Red Bull:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oY8tz1paj6o
Its pretty much a guide on making it yourself if you’re daring and have the resources. And don’t forget to follow that up with his video on how he turned latex gloves into hot sauce .
You sir are broken.
Carry on.
So many people’s bodies and wallets would benefit from 6 weeks of only drinking water.
The cravings will go away, drinks you used to love will suddenly be too sweet. You will simply feel better and wonder why you were so obsessed to begin with. Then you’ll buy 18 different kinds of tea to drink just 2 regularly. No idea why the last step happens, but it does.
I wish that would happen for me. Maybe the length of time one needs to abstain needs to be longer or something. I try to avoid drinking sweet drinks because of how easily it makes you fat but I don’t enjoy them any less and my favourites never feel too sweet and often I find myself really craving a very sweet drink and it’s only by not having it in the house that I manage to avoid it.
I guess I never really went full cold turkey, I figure I should be able to moderate the habit and only consume it on occasion which I think ends up being something like 1 to 2 glasses every 1.5 weeks on average.
20ml of white vinegar in 500ml of clear grape juice?
Yes; energy drinks without caffeine.
Other things give you energy…
I bet you if it exists, the Scottish soft drink company Barr probably makes it
It’s been absolutely years since I had either, but I reckon Tizer is probably not too far off that red bull taste. I might be completely misremembering though
Celsius has a line for caffeine free options
Watch out for the random cans with alcohol though 😉
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I am not sure which energy drink you are after, but Guaraná soda tastest similar to some.
Caffeine can be annoying but not too harmful. It’s the B vitamins you need to be careful around.
I also just want a energy-drink flavoured pop. But mostly I want the old monster assault back so bad…
Can’t really go wrong with b vitamins though… being water soluble you’ll piss out whatever your body won’t absorb, which is the reason for that wonderful neon yellow color.
There’s been a rise in cases of B6 toxicity (PDF) resulting in a growing demand for regulation. I also wouldn’t be surprised if most of the cardiac issues related to overconsumption of energy drinks was attributable to B6 as well but I’m too lazy to go searching for papers rn.
Why b vitamins?
We used to tweak on those at the like shop. Zip Fizz.
B6 toxicity can affect cardiovascular health, and a single energy drink can have over 6x the recommended daily dosage.
if you want more sourness maybe try adding some powdered citric acid or malic acid, whatever you can find at a grocery store. It’ll be in the spice aisle.
ty i will try
In my grocery store it’s called Sour Salt (there’s no salt in it) and it’s in the Jewish section near the jars of borscht.
But another way would be to squeeze a slice of lemon into it.
