I have fallen in love with a can. I know, that is a silly thing to do, as they as of yet do not love back. If any could love back, however, it would be from these new package designs by Vuka – a new energy drink company with what has to be one of the best package designers for this market.
I feel somehow better about myself holding this in my hand, more intelligent, more superior, and much much hipper because of it. When holding this in my hand proudly, I am looking like I bought something from the most expensive of natural organic stores. This is the drink to make all your REI-tent-camping, soy-free-granola-eating, organic-patchouli/cinnamon-wearing, spending-500-a-month-buying-farm-fresh-additive-free-veggies-eating friends soooo jealous.
Taste:9
And what is great is that this even tastes good too! It tastes like good strong orange juice, which is odd because it is really 50% real juice, and not all that orange either. Vuka’s juice is listed as white grape, apple, pear and orange juice last on the juice list, although I never would have guessed. It just tastes like damn good orange juice. And after you are done quickly slugging it down, which you will assuredly do, you can fill it over and over again as an awesome water bottle.

Buzz:7/Nutrition:9
For being something with that tastes like plain old juice, it has so much more than your average glass of Minute Maid in it. Like Orange juice, this has a full supply of Vitamin C and a little calcium, but this has added vitamin E, Vitamin A and Vitamin B complex. It also has a decent 180 calories per can, which is really not too bad. There is no HFCS, or any non-natural sugars or preservatives. Right On!
This Awaken blend has a decent, but not mind blowing energy blemd. In terms of straight buzz, it is OK. Not amazing, but allright. 160mg of caffeine for a lift, aided by a little white tea and ginseng for mental alertness. I would say this had about as much power to awaken as a double shot latte.

packaging:10
More than anything else, I caught the meticulous attention to detail. There is NO WAY you are going to find anything like this next to the cases of Rip-It at Walmart. These are your premium earth colored 4 buck a bottle drinks – perfect next to your Gaiam mats and going for jogs around the lake. Rather than the usual metal on metal caps which might leak, even the metal cap is screwed onto a newly designed plastic lip so it is reusable and still tamper evident. The printing and color is soo HOT! and the tribal prints, the fonts, all of it is just a designers dream. What more can I say but all the rest of you energy drink companies could learn a little.

The only thing that this drink really needs is a little carabeener clip ( their marketing DID come on a carabeener though) so you can hook it onto your backpack.