Guayaki Yerba Mate Empower Mint Organic Energy Drink
Active ingredients: Yerba Mate
cost: $2.16 16 oz
Rating: 6.25 out of 10

This is a hippy happy organic energy drink, and it isn't to bad. It is powered by Yerba Mate, which has appeared in other drinks, but in a pretty limited form and amount. This drink is a tea that has been drank in Paraguay for thousands of years. It is basically their coffee, to me it tastes like a more earthy and a little more bitter than green tea. This was the mint flavor, which isn't as good as their Raspberry flavor. I guess the mint gives a bit of taste of a menthol cigarette. A friend of mine who used to chew said this drink tasted like drinking the spit of a mint chew. He couldn't handle more than three sips. Now I don't expect many to have such a bad reaction, I would say the original and the Raspberry flavor, were favored by everyone. So if you like the idea of a different and little more powerful tea, I would really recommend trying out some of the Yerba Mate, but I wouldn't go for the mint flavor as it turned more than one person off of the drink. I liked the taste pretty well, although it still had a pretty strong earthy flavor I would have probably added a packet of sugar if I had one around. Anyways this energy tea as I feel it should be called is pretty good, packed with 24 vitamins, 15 amino acids, and antioxidants i guess I just feel kind of healthy drinking it. Does it have the power and energy that other energy drinks bring to the table? No, it doesn't have the kick that red bull or others pack, but it does have a highly useful difference it has a very calming energy and awareness. This is a drink to stay up late and work, or to stay up and study, it seems to not mess up the clarity and focus in your brain which a lot of other energy drinks do, you know the jittery feelings that accompany to much caffeine. This drink keeps you focused and ready to think. So I would highly recommend Yerba Mate, for studying, reading, writing, and that sort of thing. Anyways, this would be worth a shot if you want something that is entirely different out there on the energy market, just wait till I review the loose leaf Yerba Mate, I like the loose leaf better than any of the bottled flavors, it is just like loose leaf tea, but I think it packs way more of a punch than most teas I have ever had.

Website: Guayaki Yerba Mate

Posted by Dan at October 2, 2006 07:00 PM