CAFFEINE
CONTENT
150
mg
EASE
IN ACQUISITION—8
Quite
popular at health food stores and (oddly enough) Walgreens.
APPEARANCE/PRESENTATION—9
One
thing I have to say in favor of this shot is that Guayaki put a crap-ton of
thought into the packaging on this shot.
The label is very clean and attractive with the shrink-wrapping expertly
executed, the brown glass bottle lends a professional, pharmaceutical look to
the whole getup—it’s just about everything you can expect and ask for in an
energy shot.
TASTE—2
Blech.
It
doesn’t matter how you have this—straight out of the bottle or on ice—this
freaking tastes like dirt. There
is nothing redeeming or pleasant about the experience—no lime, no tangerine, no
pleasing organic sweetness, none of the things that you would expect out of
this shot given Guayaki’s reputation or the contents of the label or whatever.
It’s
bitter, it’s sour, it’s harsh, and it is thoroughly unpleasant. It’s not something I can recommend to
anyone—even to you whole foods folks out there (even the ones with the
masochistic palates), my message is stay away.
KICK
(INTENSITY)—7
If
you can get this all down, you can get a decent boost. Like the energy drinks, it’s not a
super-intense, jittery burst that some might be accustomed to; it’s a smooth
boost in alertness more than anything else, and something I can actually say I
appreciated.
KICK
(DURATION)—7
Three
hours, no crash.
THE
SHOT OVERALL—5
Works
well, but in this case it just doesn’t matter—the shot tastes so bad that even
if you manage it once, you’ll never do it again. My advice is to spare yourself the first time and skip this
shot—if I manage to locate the other flavors, I’ll report at that time whether
you can skip this in favor of a different Guayaki shot or if you should just
look over the line altogether.
WEBSITE:
guayaki.com
KEYWORDS:
Guayaki Lime Tangerine energy shot review, all natural, organic, kosher, etc.
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