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
Celsius has a line for caffeine free options
Watch out for the random cans with alcohol though 😉
Has gen z jumped the shark?
Maybe grind some Smarties onto a 7UP?
American or British?
Sure!
caffeine free coke seems like the easiest solution.
However, what I’d recommend is taking a handful of ice cubes, placing them in a glass of plain water, and then drinking that instead.
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.
Like cough syrup. I can’t imagine wanting that taste.
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?
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.
It’s a distinctively unnatural taste that makes me think of the inside of chemistry glassware.
I did a quick search online for caffeine-free energy drinks and saw a brand called Sparking Ice mentioned a few times as having variants without caffeine, as well as Monster Unleaded.
Yes; energy drinks without caffeine.
Other things give you energy…
Motor oil
They used to make an unleaded monster.
But the flavour profile of most cans is salt water taffies if that helps.
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
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 .
Maybe just stir some pixie sticks into a half cup of water
20ml of white vinegar in 500ml of clear grape juice?
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.
