Shock yourself awake with explosive energy coffee

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Shock coffee has produced some of the most powerful and flavorful coffees out there, and their Triple latte is no exception. This super creamy coffee is one of the best on the market today, rivaling Japanese coffee drinks in flavor and blowing the others out of the stands in energy.

According to their marketing, this drink has up to 50% more caffeine than other gourmet coffees, and I would completely agree.  At least 50%.  I would guess you would be safe even doubling that amount.  This is some crazy insane energy, all hidden very nicely behind a thick creamy flavorful coffee treat.

Nutrition/Buzz:10
In terms of buzz, this drink is one of the most powerful I have ever drank and could handle. By handle, I mean it did not give me the sweats, make me shake, or have urges to mosh in my cubicle. While being ultra strong, the buzz still managed to stay very sustained for around 4-5 hours (16oz can)and tapered off slowly with no visible crashing.

In terms of calorie content, this drink is pretty high (250 calories), which is on par with most RTD coffees on the market. The fat content is also high because of the milk, and being coffee it lacks all those normal energy drink things, like taurine, inositol and overloaded B vitamins. This is just coffee and caffeine. A whole lot of it. If I had my choice between one of these and a quad espresso from Starbucks, the choice would very very simple.

Taste:9
There little cans really do taste about as good as you can get in a RTD aluminum coated can. The Triple Latte tastes much like a regular iced latte you could get in your local coffee shop - thick and creamy, without tasting bitter or chemical.  While they seem to have used a high grade coffee bean, they may have stumbled a little in the aftertaste. While a good cup of coffee leaves hints in the mouth afterward, this coffee did leave a little taste of baking soda in the mouth, although just a trace.

Packaging:7
Truthfully, I liked their other cans better than this one - preferring the "shocking" red and black with the explodey coffee logo to this much more friendly brownish drippy design. I am not actually sure what they were going for in the design, as it now looks like their logo was dropped in a puddle of thick mud which splashed all over the logo. The fonts are also a weird choice, going for a chunky almost Tiki design.
They look like they tried to double face the can - which some luck, and the lid is placed on haphazardly. There is also no caffeine content, which is a shame (I am guessing it would be stratospheric). Of all their incarnations, I like this design the least.

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