Drank, an 'Anti-Energy Drink'
The New Yorker: "If you think of Red Bull, with its glorified but dubious ingredient, taurine, as in some ways emblematic of the housing boom, then here, perhaps, was something grounding to take a day trader's eye off the relentlessly correcting ticker. The canned version, which is billed as an 'anti-energy drink' and an 'extreme relaxation beverage,' will do nothing for your congestion; its active ingredients are melatonin, rose hips, and valerian root. (The homespun stuff works best with codeine and promethazine.) 'Eight ounces really puts you to sleep,' a publicist said. Each can contains sixteen ounces: a Rip Van Winkle special. It tastes like a faintly carbonated grape Kool-Aid, with hints of Dimetapp."
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5 Comments:
I have to talk to angry and inpatient people a lot. I wish I could give this to them...and their kids.
Cassaendra at 12:24PM on 01/12/09
You had me at 'hint of Dimetapp.' Seriously. The initial run of Mountain Dew Code Black (or whatever it was) tasted like slightly sour Dimetapp, and I couldn't get enough of it.
stratusgd at 1:09PM on 01/12/09
Pitch Black.
I loved it. Really.
Cassaendra at 7:37PM on 01/12/09
Valerian root smells like feet. Bad feet.
My vet once suggested that I might buy some at a health food store for times when my (then young) dog got a little nutty. And then he added that I should buy the stuff in capsules because the smell is so foul that some dogs won't eat their food if you mix in the loose powder.
Since valerian root is the mother of valium, I can see how the stuff might be relaxing.
So far, I'm not convinced that I want to drink it. Or even be in the same room with it.
dbcurrie at 2:25AM on 01/13/09
It's actually pretty good, not as cloyingly sweet as I expected. Drank is reasonably popular in Houston and interest is spreading to Austin, where I buy and enjoy it. It won't knock you out, but it's definitely relaxing. Drink more than one can and you're done.
lagomorph at 11:44AM on 01/13/09