Monster Rehab Tea + Orangeade

May 4th, 2013

I’m still not convinced on the use of tea as a suitable ingredient in energy drinks. Luckily, the orangeade flavour of this one mostly masks the tea flavour. It’s still there, brewing (see what I did there) at the back somewhere, but the orange-ness is a welcome overtone. Personally though, if you want an orange flavoured energy Monster, get Monster Khaos.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 11kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: WH Smith
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Rockstar Xdurance Tropical Orange

April 27th, 2013

Bleurgh, another tropical drink. As expected, it’s sharp and sickly. Sorry Rockstar, I don’t like it.

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(2.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 56kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Asda
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Rockstar Xdurance – Orange

April 24th, 2013

Pretty good actually! As opposed to the Tropical Orange flavour of the canned Rockstar Xdurance, this bottle is a normal orange flavour, much like Lucozade Energy Orange. Refreshing and sweet. I’d prefer it in a can to be honest because I find drinks keep cooler for longer like that, but otherwise it’s more convenient as a 500ml option as you can seal it up and save some for later.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 55kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Road Chef
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Source Orange

April 20th, 2013

Cheap tasting and probably not worth the effort. It doesn’t quite achieve the optimum sweetness/sharpness ratio and leans on the sharp side making the drink a little unpleasant to consume – it doesn’t taste awful, but it could have been a lot better.

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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Quick Energy – Orange

January 12th, 2013

Another nasty tasting bitter orange energy shot! It works well because I was at maximum alertness for a good few hours, but I also couldn’t get rid of the taste during that time either.

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(2.6/5)
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Caffeine: 297mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 8.5kCal/100ml
Size: 59ml
Sold By: Holland and Barrett
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Explosade Energy Orange

September 24th, 2011

It’s just fizzy orange squash really. A nice drink which is low in caffeine. This is Aldi’s own-brand equivalent of Lucozade Energy Orange and compared to that drink it’s much stronger in flavour. It’s also very good value by comparison too and much better tasting than the more expensive Powerade Energy Orange. Not much of a wake-up factor to it though…

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(2/5)
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Caffeine: 12mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 73kCal/100ml
Size: 380ml
Sold By: Aldi
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Monster Khaos

August 26th, 2011

I was slightly disappointed that this drink didn’t have the usual Monster flavour in the background. It was okay, mostly tasting quite like orange with perhaps the other fruit juices in there somewhere. Not one of my favourites then, but I’d say it is still worth trying.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 29kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Sainsbury's
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Powerade Energy Orange

August 18th, 2011

Imagine a Vitamin C tablet, one of those chewable ones that you only eat when you have a cold. That’s the type of orange flavour that this drink has. It’s considerably stronger in flavour and caffeine than its rival, Lucozade, and personally I don’t think it tastes as good, but it does of course wake you up much more!

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(2.7/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 375ml
Sold By: Premier Stores, UK
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Relentless Inferno (Orange)

July 24th, 2011

Does anyone remember being given Calpol as a child? I’m not talking about the original purple liquid, I mean the Calpol for older children. It was orange flavoured and drinking Relentless Inferno immediately reminded me of orange Calpol. That’s no t a bad thing, but it’s the most accurate way I can describe the flavour. It doesn’t have the usual background taste of Relentless at all, it just has a very sweet syrupy orange flavour. It gets quite sickly towards the end of the huge can, and is not ideal as a refreshing drink for a hot day. I’d suggest it is suitable for sipping slowly over a few hours while working away at your coursework or latest project deadline… slow is the key here.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 46kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Tesco
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