This is the story of a single Ronin -a classically trained energy drink come from the small village of Lake Mills, Wisconsin. The drink trained to be powerful, and became unique among all the powerful energy drink among all the daimyos cans around. Surrounded by the warriors who we all under the power of the great lord Hansens Beverage, the lone Ronin could not stand. For a small time the lone energy drink warrior battled, trying desperately to seek revenge and gain power, unfortunately, the armor it was wearing was weak, and could not move as fast as other drink warriors. Hindered by the slowness of growth and the odd armor, the drink finally commited seppuku (ritual suicide) and took its website with it.

While the tales of the ronin move some to tears, I take this last swig of a once great drink in honor of a fallen tasty beverage that never really got it’s chance.

Packaging:3
This was the weakest areas for Ronin, not quite understanding how energy drinks should look. The can was in a plain green, with some nod toward a natural tea, but too inexpensive a printing job to really be understood. Covering the can is writing about how this drink is meant for the warrior, about how it gives to a warrior fund, about how the ingredients are awesome, and 3 or four more slogans. Who designed this thing – Dr Bonner? Mix into that the complete lack of fonts – where they use Times New Roman, the font you get default in your word processing program, as one of the primary typefaces on the can. Really, this can is lost, created by people who never should have been anywhere near the concept. You could tell the owners of the drink designed this themselves, and really spent all their money and resources on the taste and ingredients, forgetting to find a decent design house to make something sellable.
Taste:9
The taste is one of curiosity and uncomprehension. The Tea is strong here, but hints of citrus, lemon, grapefruit? Very little sweetness – and is instead full of strength. Wheatgrass? Something which makes your taste buds work. Those who can come up with a flavor are thrown back in memory, trying to recall the flavor of popsicles or Fun Dip candy. There is definitely the flavor of dreen tea powder, but it is more than that.
This is not a flavor for the weak or uninitiated. The people who drink down monsters and soda would reel in horror at this stuff – being not very sweet and actually having a complex flavor. There is a vitamin aftertaste, which is very different one than I expected from a diet tea, which usually leave something chalky or fake-sweetener. Which is why a true energy drink samurai like myself enjoyed it so much. I found this to be an exceptional flavor, unique to this drink. If I could find this drink around, I would add this one to my regular repertoire.

Nutrition/buzz:8
love the lack of HFCS, and replaced by a lovely blend of ace-k, malititol and neotame (Nutrasweet) . antioxidant capacity equivalence of 1 serving of fruits and vegetables per can. NO artificial coloring or artificial flavoring. With only 15 calories, they still pack in here Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, B Vitamins, selenium, calcium, coenzyme q10, green tea extract, grape seed extract, ginseng, l-cysteine, alpha lipoic acid and taurine.

No idea how much caffeine they pack in here, but for certain this is a drink for full warriors. If any drink might give you the power to fly up the tops of roofs to do battle on paper towers by the light of the moon, this is the drink.It adds a big burst of energy, not to mention getting a full supply of your daily vitamins and veggies is really really nice.l