Flavor was disappointing but not unbearable
I had expected something a little better tasting. This as others have mentioned is very sweet and leaves a bit of an after taste. It was kind of like drinking a mostly flat diet soda. The colder the water is the more tolerable it is. I did not notice any discernable amount of extra energy. I don't do traditional workouts, I am building maintenance in a middle school so I am always running and exercising parts of my body that I didn't know could work that way and while I was no more tired by the end of my first 2 hours of misery and running I also wasn't any more awake either. I usually reuse water bottles to mix drinks in, the scoop is fairly large and makes this difficult. It also required a lot of shaking to thoroughly mix with the water. I will continue using it until it is either gone or has other side effects (my body doesn't agree with most artificial sweeteners) and update if there is any noteworthy changes.
Rating: 4 stars