The Wet Noodle
What is the best tasting energy drink?
In the wide and colorful world of energy drinks, very few lure us back with their taste. But which one's the best?
Not everyone likes the flavor of coffee. The bitter and acidic taste must be cut with sugar, cream, artificial flavors, and maybe a little extra sugar to make it drinkable. But how much sugar does it take?
Some of the most popular drinks at Starbucks are Iced White Chocolate Mocha and Pumpkin Spice Latte, which both contain 50 grams of added sugar per 16 ounces. And some of their drinks contain even more.
Sure, it’s all fun and games during that sugar high, but after a while our physical and mental attitudes take a nose dive in what’s known as the “sugar crash”. Symptoms abound, but we typically feel tired and sleepy from a caffeinated beverage that’s supposed to give us “energy”.
But if we can’t nurture our caffeine addiction without lacing our coffee with tons of sugar and fat, what are we to do?
Superberry Samba comes in pyramid bags and smells of tropical fruits
Zest Tea
Zest Tea is a U.S. company that produces high caffeine teas and beverages designed for sustained mental clarity. Their products include such things as pyramid bagged tea, loose-leaf tea, powder sticks, and carbonated beverages.
Their teas will often use a black or green tea for the base, blended with tea extract, natural flavors, and/or bits of fruit or flower petals.
Some of Zest Tea’s perks include:
- Energy. The teas contain between 135 and 150mg of caffeine, or as advertisers like to call it, energy.
- Focus. Natural L-theanine prevents the jitters and crash you experience when consuming coffee.
- Zero calories. Tea doesn’t contain the sugar and fat found in your typical Starbucks coffees. Keeps your tummy flat!
Kicks like coffee, without the crash.
Zest Tea
Zest Tea is sold in several flavors, such as Pomegranate Mojito, Cinnamon Apple, and Spicy Masala Chai—all of them taste incredible, but perhaps their greatest flavor evah is Superberry Samba.
Superberry Samba
Do you remember Pavlolv’s dog study? Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936) was a physiologist who wanted to learn when dogs salivated in response to food placed in front of them.
What he discovered was that any object or event the dogs associated with the food, such as the footsteps of a lab assistant, would trigger a saliva response. Humans are the same way.
One whiff of Superberry Samba and we are immediately blasted with a walking-on-sunshine type of feeling, as if our body is waking up and becoming more alert because it knows that a wonderfully crafted beverage containing the productivity and attention-sustaining compound, caffeine, is just around the corner.
Our mood perks up when we start making a cup of Superberry Samba tea
We associate Superberry Samba’s brightly colored aroma with caffeine-induced happiness. The passionfruit, strawberry, and açaí lift our spirits into higher realms of existence where the world is more in focus and where each day feels like Saturday.
Zest tea blended together the ingredients exceptionally well in this one. You can taste the individual notes of green tea, bright florals, and tropical berries.
😋 Quick Notes
- Ingredients: Green Tea, Tea Extract, Safflower, Natural Passionfruit Flavor, Natural Strawberry Flavor, Natural Acai Flavor
- Tasting notes: strawberry and passionfruit
- Calories: 0
- Caffeine: 135mg
For a bagged tea, the price of Zest Tea may be a little higher than your average tea, but it’s still a fraction of the cost of coffeehouse visits, and with natural L-theanine, it’s much more potent!
Summary
Stop feeling drained from high fat, sugary drinks from Starbucks and other coffeehouses. Sure, coffee tastes icky without sweeteners, but if that’s the case, why drink it at all? Why not find something better?
Superberry Samba is one of those great tasting tea finds that’s sure to help you make the switch from high-calorie coffee to a cleaner, better tasting drink.
