Anyone like energy drinks?

nhancakes · Post by **nhancakes** » 08 Mar 2006 03:25

I'm sitting here sipping a lo-carb Monster drink, and it's pretty damn good. I'd put it second to Tab extra(maybe because i like the can better), but yeah energy drinks are the sex.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 08 Mar 2006 04:49

i had one the other week called 'Hemp' It tasted pretty average i guess, but i try most energy drinks to see what they are like. It was green and yellow can with leaves all over it, with the slogan 'The natural high'

dontlikespam · Post by **dontlikespam** » 08 Mar 2006 07:37

I like Sobe adrenaline rush. It has the best flavor i've tasted from an energy drink so far. I actually enjoy drinking it unlike every other one i've tried.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 08 Mar 2006 07:39

powerade and mountain dew energy soda. perfect before and during a session

jon · Post by **jon** » 08 Mar 2006 09:56

I prefer caffeine pills. A bottle of 100 x 200 mg pills is 8 bucks canadian. An energy drink is like 2 bucks + and all it really is is sugar, caffeine (150-250 mg) and sometime taurine (which you can also get cheaper on its own). Energy drinks are a huge waste of money but I do buy a couple for long road trips.

Will Digges · Post by **Will Digges** » 08 Mar 2006 10:41

I love energy drinks

especially before foot sackin'

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 08 Mar 2006 11:04

I have to agree that energy drinks are pretty expensive compared to pills. But if I had to choose, I'd have to go with the standard Red Bull. It's used for mixing drinks most of the time, really.

Isaac Noyes · Post by **Isaac Noyes** » 08 Mar 2006 11:42

Energy drinks are bad for the brain... just like pharmaceuticals. Cept, they do make a damn good mixer. Drink some yerba maté or some kombucha if want to feel awesome and energized all day.

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 08 Mar 2006 12:54

I had a Tab Energy drink today. It wasn't bad. But, I am going to try and find sources of energy elsewhere. I agree that the drinks aren't the healthiest way to go.

nhancakes · Post by **nhancakes** » 08 Mar 2006 13:51

Isaac Noyes wrote:Energy drinks are bad for the brain... just like pharmaceuticals. Cept, they do make a damn good mixer. Drink some yerba maté or some kombucha if want to feel awesome and energized all day.

Where can I find those?

I usually drink green tea to keep me alert and stuff. Only recently started drinking energy drinks, so I don't really know any cerebral effects it has. Could you follow up on that?

footjoe · Post by **footjoe** » 08 Mar 2006 14:48

my favorite are monster and Lost energy drinks , there delisous

Isaac Noyes · Post by **Isaac Noyes** » 08 Mar 2006 15:11

nhancakes wrote:Where can I find those?

Yerba maté is a tea similar to green tea. It has more caffeine and antioxidants and is used by the Indigenous people of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. It is traditionally drunk out of a gourd using a metal filter straw called a "bombilla". You can buy it online for cheap or at health food stores for a little more.
Check it out here: http://www.mymateworld.com/

Kombucha is a little more interesting. The kombucha mushroom is a tea culture that you put into green, black or oolong tea and let ferment for about a week. In fact it isn't actually a mushroom, but a symbiotic relationship between a bacteria and a yeast. It looks like a big flat white disk, and is really slimy and smells like vinegar. To make kombucha you need to get a culture, some green tea and some sugar. You brew the green tea, put in the culture and add some sugar and wait for a week. Then you bottle it and let it sit for another week so it gets a little carbonated... SOOOOOO GOOOOD! The whole process takes about two weeks. But don’t forget about them! I make a 9-gallon batch and ended up with some MONSTERS. They were about a 14in across and 5-6in thick. When you drink it you instantly feel energized. Its an amazing feeling. Cures stomachaches as well.

Once you get a colony started you will get a new baby kombucha and can expand your operation, or throw it out, or make a salve out of it, which if you put onto cuts and scars will speed up healing time.

I was brewing kombucha for a while, but I got lazy recently and haven’t been doing it, although I mean to start again… so I don’t have any babies that I can send to people right now. I have a couple of friends who are brewing it though so I just need to get off my butt and do it. You can sometimes find babies on craigslist.org or you can order them online. When I first started brewing I got mine from: www.happyherbalist.com/ buuuuut… I think he over charges. Its much cheaper (cause its… FREE!) to get them from someone who has an extra baby that they would otherwise be throwing out.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 08 Mar 2006 15:38

Kombucha sounds like one of the best things ever. I'm very, very tempted to give this a try. I will be looking into it more. Thanks for the reference.

Isaac Noyes · Post by **Isaac Noyes** » 08 Mar 2006 15:56

You can also buy pre-made kombucha in health food stores. It used to be harder to find, but people are starting to get into it so there are more and more brands available.
It costs about the same as energy drinks I think. I'm not completely sure though because I don't really every buy energy drinks...
I still think its a rip off though, but thats only because I've brewed my own in the past.

Oh... oh... oh... you can also make flavored kombucha. My Mom makes the best ginger kombucha I've ever tasted. If anybody wants to know how to do make it once they get colonies lemme know (or I could post it on a forum too...).

PS. If you buy the pre-made kombucha and let it sit for 2-3 weeks (or maybe longer, I lost count of mine) it will grow its own mushroom culture. All you have to do for this to work is open it up, and put a coffee filter with a rubber band over the top and leave it out in the open (not in the sun). This would be better if you got a lot of the pre-made and put it into a large glasss container (gallon size or something comprable). That way you can have enough starter and a culture for your next batch made with tea.

I hope everything I've written makes sense... if it doesn't just let me know and I can clarify.

pips · Post by **pips** » 08 Mar 2006 16:40

I haven't been drinking them lately, but I like Red Bull for the kick and Monster for the taste...also Lost and Hansen's. Anyone ever hear of Bawls? I wanna try it but can't find it.

nhancakes · Post by **nhancakes** » 08 Mar 2006 17:12

Hm... when I get some money I'll invest in a new footbag and some of this kombucha. Thanks, dude; it sounds really interesting.

jon · Post by **jon** » 08 Mar 2006 17:31

If you guys are gonna try taking yerba or this kombucha stuff just take Lipo 6 or other thermogenic supplements. It sounds like you might like ephedra, too bad its banned :p

pips · Post by **pips** » 08 Mar 2006 17:41

Ah. I wouldn't try any diet kind of pills. Overall, they work, but you have no idea what they are doing to you now or later. They aren't approved by the FDA or whatever it is. And from my experience, they scared the crap outta me one day. My heart started palpitating (beating really fast), and I felt like I couldn't breathe right, and I got all sweaty. It was weird. Kinda scary. I tried them once and won't again.

Isaac Noyes · Post by **Isaac Noyes** » 08 Mar 2006 17:44

Dood... lipo 6 still doesn't sound that cool. Its just like taking some energy drink thats all full of synthetic crap that isn't good for you. I rather just sip on some maté or kombucha and be done with it. I like kombucha because I know what goes into it, because I am part of the process. That and its super not-expensive, and I don't like eating things with chemicals in them I can't pronounce... not to mention that if diatary supplements are banned its usually for a reason.

Also maté and kombucha aren't used to burn fat, I suppose that you *could* use them for that, but I like them because they help my ADD/dyslexia and make me feel nice. I have heard of someone drinking too much kombucha though... but they were drinking a lot of it every day.

jake · Post by **jake** » 08 Mar 2006 17:44

yeah i never have had a energy drink or diet pills but i dk bout that whole diet pill thing thats kinda scary.