However, it seems that I am all out of
Jolt Ultra.
Given my previous issues about ordering Jolt over the Internet from
GumRunners, I have decided to not bother ordering it during the summer. This is for a couple of reasons, the biggest one is that I don't really want to drink JOLT that has been sitting on a truck in 100+ degree temp, or better yet sitting on my front porch in 100+ degree heat till I get home to take it inside. (yes i know it will be cold after I put it in the fridge, but is the idea of it cooking in the can I don't like.)
Now you might be thinking to yourself... didn't he say he was off the crack? (
entry)
I was. But I fell off the wagon while we were up north and had a cup of coffee. Then it was a couple of Sobe Adrenalish Rush (sugar free) drinks on the way home from Michigan.
Well, now I am all out of Jolt and I don't feel like coffee (some people are social smokers, I am a social coffee drinker). And now that I am back at work, I need that that morning hit of caffeine to jump start the day.
A couple of months ago while staying with a co-worker in Frisco (
her blog) I was introduced to "ZippFizz" (
website).
They told me it had caffeine it, which at the time I thought was just a minimal amount, like less than a can of Coca-Cola. I thought this because of the
Guarana that was in it, however I was wrong, very wrong.
ZippFizz has 100mg of caffeine in it.
So a regular 12oz can of Jolt has 72mg in it. A 12oz can of Coca-Cola has about 46mg. The 24oz Jolt Ultra has 140mg in it.
This means that the ZippFizz has 2x the amount of caffeine than a can of Coke or Pepsi and even more than the old 12oz cans of Jolt.
Seeing as I wasn't going to be ordering more Jolt until fall and I am back to work and need the jump start in the morning, I bought a bunch of ZippFizz.
We hit CostCo today (similar to Sam's Club for those who aren't familiar with the store) and I picked up two boxes of the stuff. 20 little packages in each, $20 each. So about $1 each. Definitely a cost savings over Jolt, which is about $20 per a case of 12.
That means 2000mg of caffeine overall in ZipFizz vs 1680mg of Jolt, and the same price for each. And seeing as I tend to be frugal, ZippFizz might be the way I go from now on.
You take the ZippFizz and you pour the contents into a water bottle and shake it up. Then drink it down. It won't have that satisfying airlock hiss to it that the Jolt Ultra cans have but the fizz is kind of cool. The taste is a little chalky if you don't get it shaken up real well.
I guess it is time for me to hit the hay. I think I know what my lunch time post will be about. So until then.
Laterz
