Club-Mate Zero

February 24th, 2024

This was gifted to me by a family member from Germany. I’m reliably informed that “this is what all of the computer geeks drink in Germany”… so the look of the drink is very similar to Red Bull or any other caramel-coloured energy drink really. When you pour it out of the bottle it froths up, like beer does, and it has a head that hangs around for quite a while! For me though the taste wasn’t great. I found it quite bitter and, well, basically it’s a fizzy cup of cold tea. If you aren’t in to the sweetness of energy drinks then this might be a great alternative for you.

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(2.6/5)
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Caffeine: 20mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 20kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Germany
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Mountain Dew Spark

October 1st, 2022

Nope, I really didn’t like this one. It was very sickly and gave me heartburn. I couldn’t finish it because of that. I think if you’re going for Mountain Dew, still to the original flavour.

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(2.2/5)
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Caffeine: 15.4mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 49kCal/100ml
Size: 591ml
Sold By: Duane Reade
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Matrix Energy Drink

June 25th, 2022

What is The Matrix? Disappointing, Neo, disappointing. Yes it’s in an interestingly shaped bottle containing 700ml, but my bottle at least was almost flat. There was a fizz when I opened the bottle, and a few bubbles in the drink, but it tastes totally flat. Maybe this was an unfortunate one off, but the taste was still a clone, and a cheap tasting one at that.

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(1.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 20kCal/100ml
Size: 700ml
Sold By: Poundstretchers
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Monster HydroSport Superfuel Charge

July 24th, 2021

This is the sister flavour to ‘Hang Time’ which I stumbled across whilst at the Post Office / Bargain Booze dropping a parcel off. It was sitting all alone on the shelf so I just had to put it out of its misery. It’s a non-carbonated, quite large bottle of energy drink with no real description as to what the flavour might be. The only clue I could see was the orange coloured text on the bottle. Like the Hang Time version of the drink, the flavour is difficult to identify, but I’m pretty certain that there’s orange in there somewhere, possibly mixed with some other similar citrus fruits. It’s pretty nice and tangy with a large caffeine kick purely due to the volume of liquid.

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(3.7/5)
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Caffeine: 30.5mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 2kCal/100ml
Size: 650ml
Sold By: Bargain Booze
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Lucozade Revive – Lemon and Lime

September 5th, 2020

New Lucozade time! I love lemon and lime drinks… I know Lucozade doesn’t have much caffeine in, so you won’t get a kick from it in that department, but it is very refreshing and easy to drink. A nice summery tipple.

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(2.7/5)
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Caffeine: 0.1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 19kCal/100ml
Size: 380ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Ka Reload Black Cherry

August 8th, 2020

It’s ok I suppose! Basically, it’s a cherry Lucozade rip-off. To be fair, it’s not far off in flavour, it’s just missing that typical Lucozadeness (??) that I’d describe as the almost trademark way it feels when it fizzes in your mouth. It think Lucozade must have patented a special bubble shape or something for that because no other fizzy drink feels the same. Back to Ka Reload… yeah, it’s drinkable but not very refreshing or caffeinated.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 0.1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 38kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Home Bargains
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Ka Reload Mango

August 1st, 2020

I guess it’s like the Ford of sports drinks world??? Geddit? No? Oh well. It’s fake tropical Lucozade. Not much in the way of caffeine but also not as packed full of sugar.

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(1.7/5)
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Caffeine: 0.1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 38kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Home Bargains
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Oshee Vitamin Water

July 4th, 2020

Three ingredients… just three. It needed a lot more! Still water with just caffeine and vitamins in sounds like it should be perfectly refreshing, however in reality it tastes like plastic. Not the sort of taste you get if you leave water in a plastic bottle, but the actual taste of liquid plastic. Really not pleasant at all and I could only drink a very small amount, it was bad tasting to the extreme!

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(2.7/5)
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Caffeine: 22mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 0kCal/100ml
Size: 555ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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Radnor Energy: Lemon and Lime

June 27th, 2020

Amazing! So refreshing and with a decent hit of caffeine (even if they do call it Coffeine – Caffeine anhydrous from coffee bean. It’s lightly carbonated and fresh and fruity.

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(3.4/5)
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Caffeine: 14mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 1kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Aldi
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