Good & Gather – Caffeinated Cherry Cola Sparkling Water

Another caffeinated water, but this one, the caffeine comes from “Green Coffee Extract”—whatever that is! Well, it also says: “Caffeine from green coffee beans.” So there you have it. A lot of info on this can! It also says that there’s 35mg caffeine per can. Is that a lot or a little? I’ll have to do some research. How much caffeine is in a cup of coffee? The internet tells me 95mg. For what’s that worth—since, with coffee, strength and size is all over the place! How does it taste? I’m not crazy about it—since it’s cherry—and even though I’ve come around to cherry, over the years, as I’ve said, I still don’t like it. AND IT’S EVERYWHERE! Maybe this would be a good one to make a cocktail with—like my famous “Black Cow” cocktail (an ounce of cold espresso with cherry flavored water poured over the top of it so it foams up and looks like Guinness). Of course, since this already has coffee—might that be overkill? Or overstimulation? I don’t get the “Cola” in the name so much—unless it’s “Cherry Cola” (the great undrinkable). Still, it’s not half bad, and I really like the can—a collage of metallic dark brown, red, and green—some red cherry shapes, and their passable logo—oddball can for an oddball water!

No. 136 – 1.14.26