Looking at recent Slashfood posts about BLaK and Shot Bloks, I'm beginning to see a trend.And no, it's not the overuse of the letter "k".
It's the presence of caffeine in both these products. Back in the day, I remember how my parents would drink ONE cup of half-regular, half-decaf with breakfast (under the assumption, no doubt, that a full cup of regular coffee would undo 40 years' worth of dutiful church attendance, little league coaching and school board membership).
I'm afraid this is a sign I'm getting old, but is anyone else taken aback by this? I mean, there's caffeinated mints, caffeinated gum, and even caffeinated water.
That said, I suppose among all the other benefits (increased productivity, say, and heightened reaction times), the hyper-caffeination of our world helps the economy.
I mean, think of all the jobs created when some young entrepeneur, after a night of drinking caffeinated vodka, says, "Hey! what if we caffeinated cake icing?!"
Me, I'm going to stick to more traditional get-rich-quick schemes. Like decaffeinated water, for instance.
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