Showing posts with label Caffex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caffex. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2012

ChocoMallows Energy Marshmallows Review

ChocoMallows are easily the most visually unique of all the line, about proportionally potent to the rest but half the size. This supports the use of a twelve pack, zip topped and convenient to snack out of, though the material for the bag exposes unsightly fibers that look straight out of a warehouse and not a coffee house.

The scent is rich with a disturbingly chocolaty bouquet that you can practically taste through your nose. The actual taste is a different story however, packing a pungent punch of bitterness and following surfeiting saccharinity who does not censor what it follows. The result is a clash of acrimony and cloyingness, with the often bar shaped treat requiring cooperativeness save we endure unexpected misfortune. Despite its name there truly is not much actual chocolate to taste, though cocoa nibs are scarcely littered throughout each dense ingot of disproportional ingredients. They add unwelcome crunch but invited flavour the odd chance you actually find one within the massed pillow of misery. The compressed texture fools one into surprise when each grainy bite is lofty and melts like cocoa butter on the tongue, though this sorrowfully is the fourteen grams' only positive.

There is 100 milligrams of caffeine per square, producing a two hour kick with no jitters. This Easter, stick with Peeps for your annual marshmallow cravings.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Tea Mallows Review

Blessed am I to have the opportunity to experience Tea Mallows, one of two new varieties recently released. Its packaging is a bit different from what we saw previously, and the expanded label makes for a much less congested appearance. Appreciatively, the "pop-in power... shot" is not present on this flavour, and now much of all the text is present purely to further explain what one is purchasing.

Cinnamon and brown sugar perfumes off of the rough cracked cube of tooth decaying beauty. It is not only redolent of the two former but both also weigh heavily onto the flavour, however each deliberately meager bite tastes only faintly of tea; sugared ponderously with a slight bitter finish. Both are ideal qualities, and the latter especially marks a sort of surprising alcove of individuality and heterodox desires. It is constantly keeping the experience from falling into the cheap realm of the $.99 bagged confectionery, with the overall saccharinity kindred much to the bland white pillows often roasted over a fire. Though not as emphatic of its inspiration as any of the coffee varieties, Tea Mallows is still an excellent adult adaptation of the jet puffed spongy sweet.

There is 200 milligrams of caffeine per square, and the lone stimulant provides an approximately four hour kick that does the line proud. Overall, Tea Mallows are delineated with toothsome precision, however the lack of actual tea taste forestalls the uniqueness so otherwise deeply demonstrated.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Caffeinall Gourmet Caffeine Review

Caffeinall has a good idea to work with, but packaging wise it falls flat on its irrelevant lips. Since the label does not extend all around the glass, it crams and condenses all the necessary text into too small of an area. And then there is the actual design, which is probably one of the least interesting for any energy product in quite some time, with a stock tie dyed background to an equally boring kiss stain.

Now, Caffeinall is simply bulked caffeine, with the sweet polysaccharide maltodextrin being utilized much like in those bagged sugar substitutes. However unlike the only other caffeine mix experienced, 5150, this is not otherwise sweetened, often rendering less sugary products bitter and medicinal with any generous helping. Pourable like a salt shaker, each sprinkle is roughly thirty milligrams, which means at least three are required to ever be comparable to something reviewed on this site, and this rules out tap water, and anything else bland, from being converted into such a product.

But the vast majority of soft drinks work, whether it is a soda, like Moxie, or even an energy drink, such as Slap Frost Low Calorie. But then there are refreshments like Dr Pepper Ten and Cott Beverage's “Diet Cola,” who's tastes are not affected more so than are their carbonation, with intense foaming occurring soon after your addition, phasing out much of their effervescence. But with beverages, the powder never seems to dissolve, with an edge of unsightly sand always caking to the can or glass. Thankfully though, save for the occasional speck caught in the gap between your teeth, you can not detect the granules when you sip. A bowl of Frosted Toast Crunch gave no mention of the two servings added, though whether or not the cereal is any good is another story. Overall, experimenting with this oddball is absolutely required, but the fun of caffeinated homemade chicken soup is more than worth the research.

90mg gets you a kick lasting two hours, tops, and doubling that thusly doubles the duration. All in all, Caffeinall fulfills its potential, and earns a spot next to my matching salt and pepper shakers.

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Friday, June 3, 2011

Java Mallows Review

Crestfallen am I, as Java Mallow is the final in the trilogy of caffeinated marshmallows by Caffex. This concluding variety is ocularly kindred to the prior two flavours, with the same libidinous lipstick stain and the same metagrobolizing bottoming statements. They latter, though, hasn't been corrected yet and understandably so, as the triad of confections were packaged together, which makes the improvement implausible to occur.

The pheromone released by the imperfectly shaped square would make any self respecting barista blush with pleasure. The taste is obviously of coffee, but it's lowly acidic and has an ambrosial bitterness that makes the eyes open rather than water. The ingredients proclaim various seasonings, but they're largely circumvented by the aforesaid. The espresso flavour is preponderately of the former pungency, along with subtle imbutions of burnt coffee, but the two are kept close to the yard by a sacchariferous leash. The general sweetness is remarkably meek but expectantly so, with its daunting task of regulating the bitterness. You're constantly tasting the cassonade, and every aspect of the palate experience is distinctly though verecundly sugared. Each dislodged chunk mollifies greatly and swiftly, though it always remains ever dense to chew but physically light on the tongue. Overall, Java Mallows isn't as exceptional as antecedent flavours mainly because it didn't provide the same euphoric surprise that was so bold with the initial variety.

280 milligrams of caffeine is a solid amount, for anything, and especially in such a diminutive consumable. The kick just barely missed out on the five hour mark, and it was strong to begin and strong throughout. In the end, and though it's sad but true, Java Mallows feel less like an individual extension of the line, and more like an adaptation of Coffee Mallow for the more ambitious.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mocca Mallows Review

The baritone red of the label perfectly complements the rich brown of the product itself, and the plump lips really pop off of the aforementioned. The sexy simplicity works wonderfully, and other than the needlessly present and confusing text towards the bottom, the overall presentation of Mocca Mallows is intensely pleasurable.

The actual marshmallow feels and resembles a brownie much more so than the traditional white cylindrical treat. The density of the dark square is staggering and completely unexpected, and though this is relieved some with subsequent chews, it remains ever so uncharacteristically thick. There's the occasional crunch of a cocoa nib, which itself has deeply complex hints of dark chocolate and roasted coffee flavours. They act similarly to how chocolate chips provide texture uniqueness to brownies, though the lighter mouth feel of the mallow results in each chunk being far more glaring. The sweetness is surprisingly mild throughout, especially considering the first two ingredients are sugars. Disappointingly though, the chocolate taste is far more dominating over the coffee than it is complementing to, which should have been expected, but one can't help but wish there was a bit more focus on the coffee. This does, however, give the experience a far broader appeal than its line brother, so one should test the waters with Mocca before they delve into the more niche variety.

200mg of caffeine is plenty to cause a solid buzz. One lasting shy of four hours was felt, with mild jitters occasionally becoming evident. All in all, Mocca Mallows are impressive in a general sense, but I do personally prefer the prior Coffee flavour.

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Coffee Mallows Review

Coffee Mallows certainly captures my interest, as it's essentially a caffeinated interpretation of one of my favourite confections; the marshmallow. The orange packaging is clean, for the most part, with only a pair of vixen lips being graphically represented. But the text below the former does become fairly confusing, with unexplained statements like "pop-in power coffee shot," and "with double coffee boost." The two distract from what the actual product is(a coffee marshmallow), and the small packaging censors the ability to elaborate more on what they actually mean.

Coffee Mallows' flavour is bitter but it's sacchariferously controlled, and an entirely palatable and wholly enjoyable coffee taste emerges. The acidity is rather tame, and the flavour experience is much kindred to what drinking cream-less sweetened coffee is actually like. The demitasse is seasoned by outside notes of caramel, vanilla, and cinnamon, and the trilogy apply as much depth as possible to such a mild flavour. One of the square's most notable characteristics is the spongy texture that's so quick to dissolve. The product is firm to initially chew, and the absorptive candy feels rubbery to the tongue. From then on the traditional feel of the often chick shaped confiture escapes into the mouth, and thanks to its unconventional flavouring of the strongly aromatic decoction, the overall encounter is a remarkably fresh way to abide to the otherwise extremely familiar.

The only energy ingredient is caffeine, and the amount of the writer's favourite is a hearty 200mg. I received around three and a half hours of energy, and while there wasn't a crash, jitters did occur on occasion. Overall, the near purity of sugar should prevent the coffee taste from overwhelming whoever is eating, and the prior flavour should not obstruct anyone who's aroused by the promise of something different.

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