Energy mints are something of a lost art- over a decade ago, The Caffeine King was reviewing almost yearly, sometimes more so, not much today. That is until Viter Energy arrived on my writing desk, its metal flip-top case small enough to fit easily in your pocket but clearly not big enough to house all the text the company felt was necessary.
Each mint sports forty milligrams of caffeine, but somehow these petite disks mask much of the anticipated bitterness with a peppermint flavor that would make a tube of toothpaste jealous. That is not exactly praise, but as my fingers struck my keyboard and the words began pouring out from my fingertips, the small candy puck was nearly dissolved into a wintery sensation of chilly herb like chewing on a menthol cigarette. The mouthfeel is grainy and gritty, and dare you bite into it, a most unsettlingly chalky texture arrives, but their small size makes it unlikely the average person will really notice- I had to stop my roll for sake of criticism. Yet by the time I had completed my time with that inaugural piece, my mouth was exhausted by the senseless relentlessness, cold beyond recognition.
Because we have just forty milligrams of caffeine per serving, along with some B vitamins, the buzz is unspectacular. I am sure if I popped a few more tablets, the half-hour long buzz would be a different story, but is that not true of any caffeinated product? Overall, Viter Energy Peppermint is an energy mint, nothing more and nothing less.
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