21st Century Cocaine

Question

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Energy_Drink 300% more caffeine than Redbull. Seems like some pretty intense stuff. Anybody tried it?

eazyb81 · Answer

No, but it sounds inticing. I just recently tried Sparx, the energy drink with 6% alcohol, and I am a big fan.

johnnyx9 · Answer

I like Sparx too, kind of like Red Bull meets Sprite.

That Cocaine stuff seems kind of stupid, I mean, if I drink a cup of coffee I feel alert and I'm able to concentrate. If I drink three cups of coffee in a row I feel jittery and nauseous. Seems like that Cocaine has an unnecessary amount of caffeine.

helg · Answer

Anyone tried Red Bull & Vodka coctail?

pelihu · Answer

That's been a popular drink in the US for some time. I had friends in law school that loved them so I'll say they have been around at least 7-8 years.

helg · Answer

oh... wow...

lepium · Answer

Yeah, it's even popular here in S. America. At least since about 2001, or 2002.

helg · Answer

Can I feel more stupid that now? LOL

died4me · Answer

there was a decent length article from USNEWS report about Caffine Craving 

Caffine per ounce (Ranking) 
(the total caffeine per serving is depending on what the serving size is)

Cocaine Energy Drink 33.33
Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate 21.38 (Shocker)
Starbucks brewed coffee 16.25 (Shocker)
Monster 10.25
Red Bull 9.64 (hmm. lower than I thought)
Starbucks Frappuccino 9.47
Enviga Green Tea 8.83
Full throttle 8.81
Sunkist Organe Soda 3.42 (what? more than pepsi?)
Pepsi 3.17

GMATT73 · Answer

Yeah, it's called a V-Bull. It's pretty popular in Asia now (Japanese ministry of health finally granted Redbull an import license last summer).

GMATT73 · Answer

A more comprehensive comparison:

Caffeine content of select common food and drugs 

Product Serving size Caffeine per serving (mg) 
Caffeine tablet 1 tablet 200 
Excedrin tablet 1 tablet 65 
Coffee, brewed 240 mL (8 U.S. fl oz) 135* 
Coffee, decaffeinated 240 mL (8 U.S. fl oz) 5* 
Coffee, espresso 57 mL (2 U.S. fl oz) 100* 
Chocolate, Dark (Hershey's Special Dark) 1 bar 31 
Chocolate, Milk (Hershey Bar) 1 bar 10 
Red Bull 250 mL (8.2 U.S. fl oz) 80 
Powershot 30 mL (1 U.S. fl oz) 100 
Cocaine Energy Drink 250 mL (8.4 U.S. fl oz) 280 
Rockstar Energy Drink 473 mL (16 U.S. fl oz) 170 
Sky Rocket Caffeinated Syrup 29.57 mL 100 
Jolt Cola 694 mL (23.5 U.S. fl oz) 150 
Bawls Guarana 296 mL (10 U.S. fl oz) 67 
Soft drink, Mountain Dew "Dew Fuel" 355 mL 54.5 
Soft drink, Coca-Cola Classic 355 mL (12 U.S. fl oz) 34 
Tea, green 240 mL (8 U.S. fl oz) 15* 
Tea, leaf or bag 240 mL (8 U.S. fl oz) 50* 

* Estimated average caffeine content per serving. Actual content varies according to preparation.

GMATT73 · Answer

Who needs cocaine when we've got Boo-Koo energy with 360mg of caffeine per can :yikes

I figure the US must be a caffeine addicted nation.

aaudetat · Answer

Jolt! I haven't heard about that stuff since middle school. I seem to remember that it was a sort of bad-boy phenomenon. "Oooh, are you drinking Jolt? Wow, you're a bad-a$$."

lepium · Answer

I remember Jolt from a marketing case in a course I took circa 1998. If I remember correctly the slogan was: "double the sugar, double the caffeine!". But I haven´t actually been able to get a can of the stuff to give it a test drive. Is it still available?

L.

aaudetat · Answer

Indeed you can! It took the power of Google search as I haven't seen this stuff in ages, but voila!

https://www.joltenergy.com/

And to see a pic of the Jolt Retro (that's not what it's called, but it should be): https://www.sodapopstop.com/products/detail.cfm?link=65

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