Sobe Essential Energy

I remember the days of SoBe Essentials. These small green glass bottles were the bee’s knees, back in the day, and there were discontinued long ago. However, they started a huge energy drink wave. Combined with Snapple’s earth/rain/fire series, the energy drink and exotic fruit craze began in earnest.

So when I discovered this morning that SoBe has a new Essential Energy line, I was a bit excited. See, on my desk I’ve got a can or bottole of nearly every flavor of energy drink. I drink much less of the stuff these days, but I consider it a fairly cool and diverse line.

Despite having tried just about everything, nothing has really captured the great taste of those original essentials.

This is Berry Pomegranate, with the usual Guarana and Ginseng, as well as Yerba Mate, Vitamin C, B6 and B12 (100% daily value each) and Zinc (10%).

What’s the sweetener? Crystalline Fructose, which is considered a slow metabolizing sweetener. While I’m not at all prone to any form of glycemic sensitivity, I’m also not interested in crashing after an energy drink, so I’m a fan of this.

It’s very lightly carbonated, and IMO tastes great cold … but I can tell that (like most exotic fruit drinks) it would rapidly become less appetizing as it warms.

~ by Skennedy on March 2, 2007.

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14 Responses to “Sobe Essential Energy”

  1. and then there’s me… when I need a boost, I drink the yerba mate straight :)

    mmmmmm.

    also good with lemon.

    karinny said this on March 2, 2007 at 6:45 pm

  2. and then there’s me… when I need a boost, I drink the yerba mate straight :)

    mmmmmm.

    also good with lemon.

    karinny said this on March 2, 2007 at 6:45 pm

  3. Ever Tried XS? Avaiable on line only…I sell it. Its better than any energy drink I have had before. I could send you some if you want to try it. Comes in Tropical, crangrape, cherry, lemon, rootbeer, cola, citrus, tea berry, and tropical cran grape and rootbeer all come in caffinee free too.

    aileen3 said this on March 2, 2007 at 10:29 pm

    • *nods* Lucy’s friends, Scott and Jen, also sell it, and they brought it with them to our beach camp-out last year.

      atdt1991 said this on March 2, 2007 at 11:49 pm

    • *nods* Lucy’s friends, Scott and Jen, also sell it, and they brought it with them to our beach camp-out last year.

      atdt1991 said this on March 2, 2007 at 11:49 pm

  4. Ever Tried XS? Avaiable on line only…I sell it. Its better than any energy drink I have had before. I could send you some if you want to try it. Comes in Tropical, crangrape, cherry, lemon, rootbeer, cola, citrus, tea berry, and tropical cran grape and rootbeer all come in caffinee free too.

    aileen3 said this on March 2, 2007 at 10:29 pm

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