Contrary to the words I just typed, I do try and give all products reviewed here the benefit of the doubt, but Yerbaé Pumpkin Spice is, hands down, one of the least appealing things I have ever splashed onto my tongue. There is a slight oiliness from the tea, the white variety used here, which immediately grabs onto your tastebuds, refusing to give way no matter how hard you try to ignore it. But for something that pretends to be "pumpkin spice," there is not only very little of the former but also almost none of the latter- rather the Stevia leaf extract makes the entire experience inappropriately sweet. It also cancels out nearly all of any bitterness the tea could have brought to the party, leaving only an undercurrent of earthiness to every imbibe. It is, in short, pretty terrible. Then there is the carbonation, which truly pushes this into the realm of unpalatable. Not only would being non-carbonation result in only fifteen ounces, instead of the present sixteen, to have to force down, but the tea would have felt a bit more at home. Kinda the way coffee has no reason coupling with effervescence, though that has not stopped companies before.
We do get 160 milligrams of caffeine, which is nice, but oh golly is the journey to feel that resulting two hour buzz a struggle. I do with the kick was a bit stronger, all things considering, but then again, the can never really calls itself an "energy drink." It certainly proclaims to provide energy, and it is a drink, but Yerbaé appears afraid of the implications with the soft drink genre.
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