• Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Can’t relate at all

    I tried monster once in like 2019 and it tasted so bad I never bought an energy drink since

    If I want caffeine I just get coffee

    • jorymo@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I have bafflingly inconsistent stomach problems. Coffee wrecks me, but Monster and Red Bull are totally fine for some reason

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        2 days ago

        Then you’re making coffee wrong!

        (Or just don’t like it, which is totally okay too)

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        1 day ago

        Unfortunately the cost of an energy drink at least around here is nearly the cost of a large gas station coffee ~2.50$. and that’s for shit gas station coffee, if you go to like Starbucks you will pay double that easily.

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        2 days ago

        [sound of 1000 amateur baristas inhaling in preparation for a 2-hour lecture about how you are making your coffee wrong]

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 day ago

        I treat caffeine as a drink for the effects, not for the taste. Only energy drinks are good for the taste when I want both.

        Instant coffee, raw coffee, the shitty coffee that comes in MRE packets, the fancy stuff that costs too much, espressos, 5-hour energy, I’ll chug it all down all the same. Treat it like vodka or whiskey - don’t bother trying to taste it.

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      2 days ago

      I love the taste of energy drinks, it tastes like liquid gummy bears to me (which is a good thing). But the name brand stuff is super expensive and I definitely don’t want to have a pint of it in a container that can’t be closed again. Also I get digestive issues from caffeine, haha