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When you’re creating a feel-good coffee drink that prides itself on being Fair Trade Certified (that means it’s a partnership between the company and local farmers that gives farmers a larger share of profits), it doesn’t hurt to have the word “high” in your product name. The idea behind Adina for Life, Inc., the creators of the new Adina Natural Highs energy coffee drinks, is to make a (mostly) all-natural product that provides consumers with a pep-up, and maybe a warm, fuzzy feeling, too.
Looks like: Some sort of tribal-yet-commercial brew. The Adina
Coffee Drink logo features some sort of Aztec-looking, tattoo-faced
figure. The drinks themselves all look like very creamy, thin coffees. Tastes like: Starbucks’
Frappuccino drinks, but a little less sugary. There are five different,
hipster-sounding flavors — Mocha Madness, Vanilla Nut Case, Hazelnut
Hookup, Caramel Kick, and Double Exxxpresso — but they all pretty much
tasted the same.
We’re aiming to raise $30,000 by December 31, so we can continue covering what matters most to you. If New Times matters to you, please take action and contribute today, so when news happens, our reporters can be there. Smells like: Watered-down coffee. Caffeine and other contents: Adina
prides itself on being “all-natural,” so each eight ounce can contains
100 mg of caffeine from guarana (20 more grams than a Red Bull). Unlike
Red Bull, Adina Natural Highs contain no Taurine. They don’t contain
any high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners, either. All the
sugar in the drink (19 grams per eight ounce can) comes from cane sugar. Caffeine kick: Not much. The drinks cause a temporary sugar rush that wears off in about 15 minutes. — Niki D’Andrea
Adina Natural Highs
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