Review: Q Kola
Q Kola, which is from the makers of Q Tonic, is a super premium cola that comes in a beautiful looking 8 ounce glass bottle. Q Kola is made with…
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Review: Juan Valdez RTD Coffee
The fictional coffee character Juan Valdez is making his way to the RTD coffee category thanks to a company named Alpina. Unfortunately, the offering feels like a me-too effort and…
Review: Real Beanz Coconut Water
RealBeanz, an RTD iced coffee made with premium-brewed beans and rSBT free milk with nutrient enhanced flavors, announced today it has launched two new flavors: Iced Cappuccino made with Coconut…
Review: La Colombe Pure Black Coffee
On the surface, putting straight black coffee into a bottle doesn’t seem like anything that’s all that difficult to do. However, when your product doesn’t have sweeteners or flavors and…
Review: XO2 Uplift
XO2 Uplift is an energy drink that uses a flavor that is underutilized by the energy drink category: cola. However, there’s probably good reason why this CSD flavor isn’t used…
Review: POWERCOCO…Revisited
Our first review of POWERCOCO, which is a coconut water based sports drink, was based on samples from their first production run. Since then, the product has taken on a…
Review: BLU Energy Drink
BLU Energy Drink is a line of energy drinks that comes in several flavors. Designed with the objective of being “the best product, with the best taste at the best…
Review: Blink Energy Water
Blink Energy Water is a sugar free non-carbonated beverage that was designed to have the benefits of an energy drink (including 150mg of caffeine), but without the color, bubbles, and…
Review: Kill Cliff
Kill Cliff is a sports recovery drink that was created by a former US Navy Seal and features a patent pending formula. Their goal was to create a low calorie…
Review: Bulletproof Energy
Bulletproof Energy is an energy drink brand that is relying heavily on cause marketing to be its point of differentiation. We say that because the look of the can is…
Review: Bai’s New Bottle
Bai, which is a line of coffeefruit extract enhanced beverages, has recently introduced a sharp looking 18oz PET bottle to replace their original stock bottle. In addition, we’ve sampled some…
Review: Purity Organic Coconut Water
Purity Organic is the latest company to throw their hat in the coconut water ring — and their entry is a good one. Featuring a 17oz Tetra Pak with a…
Review: Mix1 90 Calorie Formulation
mix1 Beverage Company, marketer of all natural nutritional shakes welcomes two new flavors to the family, mix1 90-calorie Lean Performance Chocolate and Vanilla. These milk based products feature a macronutrient…
Review: HiBall Energy, Featuring Cold Activated Cans
HiBall Energy has gone through several iterations over the years, but their latest one, which puts the product in very clean looking cold-activated cans, is their best yet. The product…