Comments on: Homemade Energy Drink Recipe

By: CaffeineChemist

CaffeineChemist — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:55:14 +0000

Or do it the fun Home Chemist way and synthesize it in the chemistry lab when your professor isn’t looking…

This is to energy drinks what moonshine is to alcohol. Careful, guys…

By: J.M.

J.M. — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:58:03 +0000

Add in ingredients for a niacin flush

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:11:51 +0000

You can purchase Rockstar syrup at Sams club in a 3 gallon bag box and use a SodaStream machine to carbonate your own water and save money and all those trips to the store buying it a can at a time.

By: Answer Dude

Answer Dude — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:43:33 +0000

Want to make an energy drink like monster, rockstar, or red bull? All you need to do is add liquid caffeine mix to sparkling Apple Cider (carbonated). You will hardly be able to tell the difference. Seriously, the taste, look, fizz, and energy, will blow you away.

You can purchase the inexpensive Energy Mix (Google: Semi-Sweetened Mix). The thing to remember is that powder caffeine will not work. It will not dissolve in cold beverages. And, even in hot beverages it will only dissolve slightly.

Another great advantage to making your own energy drink is that you control how much caffeine you want to add. Add a little or a lot – it depends on how much of an energy boost you want – you decide!

By: ted

ted — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:44:20 +0000

Thanks James for pointing out the typo

By: James

James — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:37:00 +0000

The caffeine measurement in the article should be corrected. It currently reads 200g, which is nearly 2000 energy drinks worth of caffeine. It should be 200mg. 12g grams is usually the lethal amount, 200g and you’re dead, no question…

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:31:48 +0000

How about boiling off the water to form a shot? Would that work?

By: DIY Homemade Energy

DIY Homemade Energy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:58:58 +0000

Energy contained drinks can be made from home and can be sell it in the market.

By: ChaosLFG

ChaosLFG — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:08:56 +0000

Three words: Caffeinated Kool Aid. Make the kool aid as directed, but halve the amount of water used. 100mg’s the only dose I’ve tried, and in a cup made this way, there’s a barely noticeable aftertaste, but nothing else. Of course, I’d reccommend putting a label on whatever pitcher you use for it.

Also, as for the mg measuring problem, I found a powdered caffeine that comes with a 100mg scoop: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FWKXTY/ref=ox_ya_oh_product . It’s a bit more expensive than the other caffeine powders, but I feel it’s worth it, to avoid overdosing without paying 90+ for a scale.

Total costs will look something like this.

Caffeine: 500 servings at $24.24, including shipping.
Kool Aid: We’ll overestimate this at .50c for a single packet, normally used for 8 cups.
Sugar: $4.00 for 5lbs around here. Try Wal-Mart?

This comes in pretty cheap. For 8oz cups with 100mg of caffeine, it’s under 5 cents for the caffeine, 12.5 cents for the kool aid, and around 40 cents for the sugar, coming in at just under 70 cents.

By: ted

ted — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:14:58 +0000

I adjusted the key words, but try some of the other links on the landing page even one that uses counter weights would work if digital is too expensive.