1) they all have a weird taste (maybe from taurine?), and
2) they're super expensive.
Yesterday morning on my drive to work I picked up a Java Monster Nut-Up. It was tasty!
Java Monster is Monster's coffee-based line of beverages, tasting like coffee with sweetener and cream plus extra flavoring and Monster's special "energy blend". The Nut-Up tastes like it has hazelnut flavoring. Monster is pretty vague about how much caffeine is in a can, but several web sites claim it is 160mg for a 16oz can (which is what I had). It tastes good, and is good for you!
Before you get too excited about that caffeine content, just remember that 16oz of brewed coffee, if brewed pretty strong (like how I usually make it), could surpass that amount.
Anyway... I definitely liked it. But it's still much too expensive ($2.50). For me, it's priced as a luxury... if it were between $1.00 and $1.50 I'd probably buy it more often.
My daily Bible reading is currently going through the Book of Job. Very interesting. One can really sense Job's frustration at not understanding why God had brought all these calamities into his life when he believed he'd all along lived as God had wanted him to live. His friends' general lack of encouragement adds to Job's frustrations. Here's an example exchange:
Job's friends: Job, just confess to whatever horrible thing you did and God will restore you.
Job: But I didn't do anything wrong!
Job's friends: Whatever.
UPDATE: Yes, I know that "energy" is misspelled in the link for this post. I corrected the spelling in the title, though.
