Sunshine Pomegranate Acai Sparkling Energy Water Review

Sparkling water is just a loquacious way of saying "seltzer," excess text that takes up too much real estate on the crowded can. The brand logo is fortunately large, but its thin stroke and cramped kerning makes it difficult to read, and the silver sun shining in the background is hardly noticeable against the white backdrop.

The flavor is where things truly shine, pun oh so much intended. There is a pungent punch of raw fruitiness, an ill-defined cocktail of, well yes pomegranate and acai, but also blackberry and a fleeting raspberry. Each sip is packed with overlapping layers of the aforementioned, differing potencies changing what each gulp resembles; these moments of metamorphosis are held together by a coarse acidity that cuts through the residue from years of overly sweet and basic energy drinks on your palate. There are no sweeteners here actually, an experience of emotion and not obligation; Sunshine trusts its drinkers can find comfort in such a churlish concoction without the commission of common carbohydrates. Effervescence aids this boorish demand, bashing your tongue like barbed wire as it works its way down to bruise your entire mouth. This is a very tasty but very incommercial energy drink.

We only get seventy milligrams of caffeine. Why is that? What happened to the faith it had in is drinkers when we tasted it? Oh sure, we have a bunch of vitamins and a handful of electrolytes, but a kick they do not make. Expect an hour of energy, a worthless kick to a very worthwhile flavor.

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