Hey everyone, Caffeine Man here and today we're gonna be talking about Krating Daeng.
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Today we're going to be talking about Red Bull. Coming right up.
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Hey everybody,. thanks for joining me. Today we're going to be talking about Red Bull.
I plan on going over the caffeine content, doing a review of everything
that Red Bull currently has on the market and I'm actually kind of excited
to be doing a video about Red Bull. As a side note this is not a sponsored video.
I just like Red Bull and personally it is my favorite out of all the energy drinks
and it's the one that I know the most information about. How much do you know
about Red Bull? Well let me just take a few seconds to give you a quick history.
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caffeine be related. The original name is Krating Daeng and can still be purchased
in Thailand under that same exact name. It tastes
almost exactly like Red Bull. It's the same formula except it's not carbonated.
Krating Daeng originated in Thailand in 1976 and was specifically made for
blue-collar workers. It was so popular that it caught another companies eye and
they partnered together in 1984 to create Red Bull. In tweaking the formula
they actually added carbonation to it and in 1987 expanded out into Austria.
Over the years, they continued to expand and it wasn't until 1997 that Red Bull
actually reached the United States and changed its marketing over to athletes.
Want to buy Krating Daeng so you can try it yourself? I've included a link in
the description box below. Many other energy drinks have come and gone but
Red Bull has remained strong throughout the years and as I like to call them the King
of all the energy drinks. In 2017 Red Bull had approximately 7.3 billion
dollars in sales. The nearest competitor in second place was Monster, which made
just about half of that. But it's not like they haven't had their ups and downs.
In 2014, a man filed a lawsuit against Red Bull. He was upset that after
drinking a large amount of Red Bull, he did not gain wings; he didn't become any
smarter; and didn't gain any athletic abilities, as the commercials had
described. As stupid as it sounds he actually won the lawsuit which cost
Red Bull 13 million dollars when they gave away ten dollars to each one of its consumers
or a four pack of Red Bull. I took the four pack of Red Bull. The original formula has
never really been changed and it wasn't until 2013 that they started introducing
additional flavors. This could have been because of the rise of Monster and the
numerous drinks they started coming out with or it could have been time to
expand out like a lot of companies do. Remember when Doritos just had nacho
flavor? And then Cool Ranch!!! And now they've got, like, dozens of different
kinds out there. Oh, wait, am I showing my age? Anyway, on to the facts. An 8.4 ounce
can of Red Bull only has 80 milligrams of caffeine in it. Now why do I say only?
Because it's a common misconception that energy drinks are loaded with caffeine
when in truth an 8 ounce cup of coffee, depending on how its brewed and who it's
made by, between 80 and 120 milligrams of caffeine in it and I know you drink more
than one small cup of coffee a day. So that's what this is the equivalent to.
Next you upgrade to the 12 ounce size. The 12 ounce can has 114 milligrams of
caffeine in it; this one's the blue edition, which is the blueberry one, but
all of the flavors actually come in the 12 ounce size and all of them have 114
milligrams of caffeine in them. Lastly, you have the 16-ounce can. They
probably came out with this to compete with Monster because Monsters original
size is a 16-ounce can. This 16 ounce can has 151 milligrams, and for those of you
who noticed, yeah I did actually steal it from right back here. Now before we move
on to the actual product review I do have a question for Red Bull, if you're
watching. Red Bull I love you but I need to know Red Bull...
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So, what does Red Bull actually taste like? For those of you who've actually had a Red Bull
you know that it's a very distinct taste; it's a very delicious taste, but not many
people have been able to accurately describe what it actually tastes like and that's
because it's a unique flavor. Now, let's face it, energy drinks are an acquired
taste. Nobody ever just picks up a can of energy drink starts drinking it says,
"Oh yeah, this is good." I kind of relate it to that story that you've all heard... not
that I have ever done this, but this is when you have a beer and there's a kid
next to you. "Hey you want to try this" and his mom says, "No! He can't have that!"
And the kid is, like, "oh yeah, I want to try this be really bad."
"Yeah, it's just a sip" and you give him the sip, and he's all excited to have it and he goes,
*YUCK!* "Oh that tastes HORRIBLE!"
That's kind of what an energy drink is like the first time it, but let's
face it the first time you actually drank beer ...well, not that one time your
dad tricked you, but as an adult... when you turned 21 of course, you had your first
beer and it was just like, "Oh why do people drink this stuff?" but with time
you get an acquired taste for it and they start branching out from light
beer to dark beer to Oktoberfest beers to all sorts of different kinds of
flavors. That's pretty much what energy drinks are like. They all have a different
flavor but they all have an energy drink flavor to them. When asked what people
think about the flavor there have been lots of random guesses. Some people say
it tastes like liquid sweet tarts; some people says it tastes like a medicinal
bubblegum; some people say cough syrup with extra sugar; and many many many
people on the internet have many bad things to say about it...
many foul words... so don't Google "What does Red Bull taste like?" and go to the forums
because you'll see a lot of potty mouths on there. Me? I say the taste comes close
to what a watermelon-ish kind of cough syrup would taste like and once again to
some of you that makes sound disgusting but when people talk about the cough
syrup taste, they're more talking about the energy drink taste. Luckily enough
Red Bull comes out with lots of different flavors which are much more easily
described by their name so let's see how accurate
they are. So like I said earlier, in 2013 they started releasing new flavors. A lot
of which were released under the Summer Edition. That was their way of kind of
marketing it. Try and get out there and see how it went.
Some of them didn't go so well. There was a grapefruit one. NOT good. But others
that were successful and people liked, they actually brought into their core line.
Ones like Kiwi Apple and yellow tropical actually got put into their core line
and renamed it from the Summer Edition to Green Edition and Yellow Edition.
My personal favorite was this year. They came out with a coconut berry and if you
like coconut you're gonna love this drink. I mean even people that don't
drink energy drinks, even my wife tried it. She's, like, "Oh that's not bad." because
it's got this strong coconut flavor with a hint of berry afterwards. Now you might
not be able to find it now, based on what time of year it is because
it just ended. I was so worried that it was gonna go away, that I was not gonna
have it anymore, that I talked to a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy, that got me this.
Two huge cases of the coconut flavor so that I could have one every
week for the next 48 weeks until they release it again next summer.
Clearly that's not how it works because they come up with new flavors every summer
but I was being hopeful... and through unofficial sources, I heard that I wasn't
the only one who liked it and they're gonna be bringing it into the core line
as well, so keep an eye out for it. Now to be 100% honest I haven't tried all the
flavors so some of them are gonna be for the first time and you get to witness my
reaction on camera. The ones that I have had are the
blueberry, acai berry, the coconut. I'm not much of a fan of juices like orange
juice and cranberry juice and stuff so I tend to stay away from those so I'll
start off with my favorite one. As you know, it's the coconut berry and I
kind of already described it so even though I have one right here that's all
cold and ready to go I'm gonna save it for later but just know it's delicious.
If you want to try the coconut flavor the last time I checked Amazon still had
it, feel free to click the link below to see if it's still available. The next one
is going to be the blueberry one. I've had this one before but I didn't get to
describe it so open it up and try it out.
I'm a huge fan of that because it actually has the blueberry flavor and it
doesn't really have that mediciney energy drink taste that a lot of them
have. I think out of all of them, besides the coconut, this one is most accurate to
its flavor for blueberry. Well actually I haven't tried all the other ones so as
of right now that one is the best one. Let me move on to the next one.
The next one's going to be the purple edition which is the acai berry.
This one is actually sugar-free. Now knowing that it's sugar-free you can kind of taste
that a little bit, but really the acai really overpowers it and if you like
acai it's very good. It's my third favorite compared to the coconut and the
blueberry. Next we're gonna try cranberry. I don't like cranberry, I don't like
cranberry juice, but I do know what cranberry tastes like so let's do it.
I don't taste a lot of cranberry in it.
If anything, it is more like a hint of cranberry and I can see myself drinking this.
Next let's move on to tropical. I've heard a lot of good things about it.
People say it tastes like mango or pineapple. Like I said I'm not really
into pineapple but I've heard a lot of good things about it. Now I'm going to
try it.
oh yeah that's tropical. Definitely pineapple. If you like
pineapple I'd say pick this up. I taste a hint of mango but the pineapple and
the other flavors in it definitely make it tropical and it started off as a
summer edition. I can see why. It works. Next we have the orange edition which is
orange or technically named tangerine.
Similar to the cranberry, it's got a hint of orange. It's not that strong, which I
like because I don't like orange juice or anything really strong but hints of
orange are always good. I still like the tropical better and it ties for flavor
with the cranberry for the hint of flavor that it has. Next on the list is Kiwi Apple.
Similar to the orange in the cranberry it just has kind of a hint of flavor.
I can taste the Kiwi more so than the apple. The apple is more of an aftertaste.
Not bad. If you like Kiwi Apple grab it. Next we have the lime edition. This is
also another sugar-free one.
Yeah definitely lime! It's not subtle like the orange and the cranberry. It's
got a fairly strong lime taste. It's kind of like the Spite edition of Red Bull
They call it Lime-ade and I forgot that it was sugar-free
actually because I can't really taste that sugar-free flavor. So this was
pretty good. I'm actually glad that I did this video because I wouldn't have tried
those any other way. I have my three favorites that I always go
with, but you know what, I might mix up a tropical with a lime here and
there, to get a change of pace. They're all pretty good. Now I do have one more
here that I'm going to open up. I saved the worst for last.
This is the sugar-free Red Bull. Now if you're gonna go for sugar-free Red Bull
I would say go for one of the flavors because the limeade and the acai berry
have very, very strong flavors and they mask that sugar-free taste. The actual
sugar-free Red Bull is on the bottom of my list. Not to say I would never
drink it because I did buy a case of it just a few weeks ago when this auction store
that I go to had it at half price. Half price Red Bull? I'm getting it!
I didn't realize it was a sugar-free but you know what I still drink them. They're
still not bad. But given all the choices that are out there, it's my last on the
list. So do you want to try all these flavors, but you're too lazy to go to the
store and buy them all? I've included a link in the description box below for
the variety pack. Hmm what am I gonna do with all these Red Bulls that I have?
Orange
Cranberry... red
Acai... purple
get little tropical flavor .... yellow.
some blueberry... purple
won't be able to fit much more so let's go with ..... Lime.
Cheers
That's what they call swamp Red Bull.
What?
You didn't think I was gonna drink that whole thing did you?
You guys are so crazy!!!
Thanks for joining me. I hope you guys learned a lot about Red Bull and found the information useful
and will try some of the flavors if you haven't tried them before because I know I got some new
one's I'm gonna buy now - and don't forget to hit the like button if you liked this
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*SUPER LOUD BURP!!!*
That's what happens when you drink too many Red Bulls...