Mistic Zotics West Indies Acerola Berry Mistic Zotic s label invites you to Taste the World, right beneath a short factoid paragraph boasting the Barbadian origin of the Acerola berry and the fortifiers the company has supplemented it with. And, as with most berry juices, this one is almost too sweet and consequently not as thirst quenching as you might like. With 15-percent juice content, West Indies Acerola Berry makes me appreciate that many of the other drinks don t even pretend to have much of anything to do with fruit juice in their packaging. Unlike the similarly packaged Red Bull brand, Hansen s smells and tastes easily a hundred times superior. And even though it suffers from the trendy drink staple and crutch of artificial sweetness, it s not too overwhelming, and there s no nasty aftertaste to speak of.
Carbonation adds a playful texture into the mix.
No gimmicks here, except for the whole medical theme with the First Aid cross and Rx stuff. If you dig on iced tea, then you re familiar with Arizona, and this stress-relieving tonic is just as tasty. Perhaps this was particularly soothing considering its overbearing company in my fridge at the time, but this was fresh and fuss-free, and it went down easily with no dry heaves to speak of. As if to redeem themselves, Sobe offers Jing, from its Essentials line. And weighing in at a more manageable 14 oz., it seems too good already.