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# Tuesday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/12414/
- Published: 2009-12-22T07:16:45.000Z
- Updated: 2009-12-22T07:16:45.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

Do-It-Yourself Energy Drink

Energy drinks are the younger generation's beverage. I enjoy 'em, but they're expensive, are packed with sugar, lead to a later crash, and (I suspect) mess with your brain by overloading it (more than once, I think my brain has operated at a deficient level a few hours after drinking an energy drink). I limit myself to two or three a week, but I still question the prudence of drinking them at all.

I now might be putting them aside altogether. During my annual jaunt to Wal-Mart to shop for Christmas presents, I ran across these: Lipton Energize Ice Tea Mix. I bought two boxes and started experimenting. After about four bottles, I think I've come up with a good solution: I empty the packet into an empty plastic water bottle, fill it with water, add a little honey and cinnamon ([for these potential benefits](http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/honey.asp?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)), and chill it. For about 25 cents (20 cents for the packet, 5 cents worth of honey and cinnamon), I get a half-cup of coffee, vitamins, and other good stuff . . . with a little of the energy-drink stuff like ginseng. So far, I'm really digging it.