Yum!If you are lucky enough to come across one of these cans from the Hansens family, don’t hesitate from slamming down this delicious non-carbonated juiciness. This 100 percent juice is then filled with Guarana and the usual Monster energy blend (wouldn’t that make it 99% juice?) to create a fantastic mix of healthy nutrition filled fruitiness and caffeine. Unlike Rumba,which is a mix of citrus fruit juices, Tango is a mix of berry flavors. The flavor, the can and the buzz is impressive, and the buzz from both the caffeine and the vitamins were enough to keep me going until lunchtime.
My only real issue is that of almost any non-pedigree juice. They always use lots of apple or grape juice as their base, because it is the cheapest ones around. I would love for this great berry flavor to have a berry juice theme, as opposed to filler apple.
Taste: 8
There is no denying that this is great berry filled juice – only packed with enough gummy and sour to make it an invigorating breakfast drink. You can taste the all the different juices, including apple, orange, tangerine, acai, elderberry and guava. the taurine also adds that gummy bear flavor that sets it apart from a normal breakfast juice – and the caffeine boost can get you moving too. This is one mixture that has all the right combinations – you can tell they did quite a lot of homework to make this taste so good.
Buzz/Nutrition:9
While the initial buzz did not blast me off my feet, the natural sugars and vitamins helped get me moving, plus did not give me that crash – which I expected from all that natural sugar. This is all 100% juice, so it is pretty good for you ( some fiber and 100% Vitamin B and C), and there is enough power in this to wake you up from your morning drowsy. From what I am to gather, there is around 85mg of caffeine per serving, or around 170mg per can. There are quite a few calories in here, but this is what you would expect from a drink that has apple and orange juice as a base.
This way you can have your morning juice and coffee at the same time!
Packaging: 9
Love it – a big bold berry with rays of light flying out of it. 5 think this was a create way to stand out from the other energy drinks, and get across that this is more than your usual energy drink. This is not like Monster KHaos or other carbonated juice flavored drinks – this one was made for the juice aisle. The lettering was very fun, and the inspired use of color set this off as a berry drink from a glance. I would have appreciated them listing the caffeine, but this is a Hansen’s product – and they never list. They did take care in the placement if the lid – as it let the logo shine out as I was drinking.