Compared against the original, 2025's diet "Spring Edition" lacks the gusto that crashed down through the wall onto my excited palate, instead knocking at the door and waiting nervously to be invited in. Grapefruit remains the priority but is disorganized and disturbed this time around, tasting cloudy and obtuse, and is quickly overtaken by the product's sourness. I do like the sourness here however, an acidity as perky as it is pleasant, but lamentably results in the "blossom" characteristic hardly seeming to matter in the overall experience. My palate spent far too long searching for that funky floral flavor focus, but found nothing of the sort. Instead, sips climax with a bit of an artificial sweetener aftertaste, expected when you have sucralose and ace-k working for you. This impacts the texture as well, which is thinner and less substantial than before; my tongue ended up becoming a bit bored, noticing how little stimulation the carbonation inspires. It is not unpleasant, but damn it, where is that herbal aftermath I was promised? The original was not afraid to get freaky, and this is just so disappointingly sterile.
Just eighty milligrams of caffeine are offered and my body simply pined for more. The hour long buzz is exactly what I remember experiencing for over the past decade consuming these soft drinks: I am not the same person I was then, and I would hope Red Bull would evolve too.
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