Great Value Lemonade+Tea Energy Mix Review

These "Energy Mixes" never truly caught on, yet Wal Mart imprudently unleashed at least two new varieties recently. Interestingly, however, these fresh products do actually contain sugar, six grams a packet, which should give this an advantage compared to the purely artificially sweetened ones that have since died out. The carton, who holds seven two-serving envelopes, is quite the looker, surprisingly, reading easily and cleanly even with a lot of text. The pouch itself is also decent to the eyes, condensing much of the box while keeping its clarity.

The mix dissolves with relative ease, and although the Froot Loop scent is enticing, the muddy colour certainly is not. The flavour is actually quite tasty, however, with a strong upfront sourness and a mild overall lemon flavour. It calmly leads into an equally tepid tea taste, noticeably weaker than is the former but ever still nondiscordant with the experience. It gives the citrus some deserved depth, a slightly earthy undertone that conflicts celestially with its fresh ripeness. Sucralose and Ace-K sweeten, along with glucose, crafting a balanced saccharinity that is genuine enough not to noticeably taste synthetic or leave much of an aftertaste. There actually is not one, with the flavour finishing cleanly and leaving no subsequent trace of what you just had the pleasure of consuming.

Each packet contains: caffeine(160mg), taurine, and a minor variety of B vitamins. The buzz lasted a smidgen under three hours, with unexpected jitters rearing in quite soon after emptying your bottle. Overall, Great Value Lemonade+Tea Energy Mix is rather well rounded, and quite a steal for only a buck fifty.