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
That’d really be great. I’d love making red bull cocktails without caffeine in them
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.
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?
It’s a distinctively unnatural taste that makes me think of the inside of chemistry glassware.
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.
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
They used to make an unleaded monster.
But the flavour profile of most cans is salt water taffies if that helps.
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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 .
20ml of white vinegar in 500ml of clear grape juice?
Maybe just stir some pixie sticks into a half cup of water
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
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
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.
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…
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.
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.
I am not sure which energy drink you are after, but Guaraná soda tastest similar to some.
Add citric acid powder to make it sour. It is in the ingredients of energy drinks as an acidity regulator but also controls sourness. Be aware it is strong, so only add a little at a time, and make sure it is fully mixed before fizzing it.
Try 4loko gold. Tastes like a energy drink but they were forced to take out the caffeine.
Has gen z jumped the shark?
