A couple days ago I woke up and had a coffee in the morning. While this is a rare situation, it happens once a while. Usually I tend to drink water or thee in the morning, but these drinks don’t wake you up as much as coffee does and this make me wonder something. Aren’t there caffeinated drinks around with no calories or carbs? Luckily this question was answered positively.
In my quest to find a healthy caffeinated drink I came across caffeinated water. The first thought that came into my mind was: “But of course. How could the answer be so simple?” The drink with unlimited health benefits, water, mixed with the energy boost you need in the morning.
Just think about it. While you are enjoying the benefits of drinking water, which are endless, at the same time you get the energizing effect of caffeine. Though you should be careful with your caffeine intake, a glass or bottle of caffeinated water in the morning of midday shouldn’t harm anyone.
Because I was and still am impressed with this idea (call me silly), I thought I share it with you guys.
Water Joe
While looking for caffeinated water, Water Joe was all over the search results. I’m guessing this is the most popular caffeinated water drink in the US as this drink was mentioned most.
Caffeine: A 16.9 ounce bottle of Water Joe contains 60 milligrams of caffeine, which is almost as much as a can of Red Bull.
Potenza
Unlike Water Joe, Potenza was hard to find. Potenza is only sold in Oregon, Seattle and SW Washington and seems to be new to the market. With the market being only 20 ish year old, you could call every product kind of new.
Caffeine: A 16.9 ounce bottle of Potenza contains 100 milligrams of caffeine. This is almost twice as much as a bottle of Water Joe.
FYXX Hybrid Water
Pronounced as “Fix”. The bottle looks just like all the other bottles. FYXX is another caffeinated water drink. A 12 pack will cost you $17.99 shipping costs not included, quite expensive is you ask me, then again, I don’t know the prices of the other ones.
Caffeine: FYXX has 110mg of caffeine per 20oz. bottle and has no calories or carbs. To compare this with the others. It has almost as much caffeine as a bottle of Potenza.
BuzzWater
BuzzWater adds something new to the caffeinated water market and that the option to pick between 2 different strengths. There is a “regular” version, which has 200mg caffeine and the “lite” version which has 100mg of caffeine.
Caffeine: A 16.9 ounce bottle of BuzzWater contains 200 milligrams of caffeine. This is twice as much as a bottle of Potenza.
Propel Invigorating Water
A product by PepsiCo. Unlike most of the other drinks, you can pick a flavor. There are 3 flavors, which are; Strawberry, citrus and berry. Propel Invigorating Water doesn’t have as much caffeine in it as the other caffeinated water drinks, but the taste of strawberry, citrus or berry will make up for it I guess.
Caffeine: Contains 20mg caffeine per 8 ounces, which is a little less than a bottle of Water Joe.
While it may sound like a great idea to drink caffeinated water, I still prefer the good old water. This way I’m not taking in unnecessary caffeine and I’m not risking anything at all. If this means it takes a bit longer for me to wake up, so be it.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you drink caffeinated water already or are you planning to drink it anytime soon? Share your thoughts and experiences.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:00 am
These are all great, but I like to get my caffeine from a cheaper, healthier (in different ways than water) source. Green tea. The
health benefits are numerous. It’s surely not water, and some people don’t like its taste, but I thought I’d throw it out there.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 am
Wow, this is interesting. Now I can have caffeine in my water without the taste of coffee.