04.07.08
Enviga, how do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
1. It perks me up without making me feel like I’ve done a big line, the way coffee does, and despite having as much caffeine as one cup.
2. All three varieties – regular green tea, peach and berry – taste yummy.
3. It is so much faster than brewing green tea, plus no messy tea leaves to deal with afterwards.
4. It comes in nice slender cans that are easy to finish quickly while on the train.
5. The six-pack is designed for efficient, fast access and minimal use of space.
6. It’s cheaper than the coffee I’d otherwise get: $6.49 for a 6-pack at Target vs. about $3.50 for a tall Starbucks latte/frappucino/macchiato. It’s also about half the price of Red Bull (in NYC, at least), which is $2.50 a can.
Of course, if you’ve read the Wikipedia entry or any other debunking pages on it, you know that three cans of Enviga a day do not speed up your metabolism as claimed. But at 5 calories a can, I don’t really care if it’s negative-calorie or not. It makes me happy and productive when I’m drooping and apathetic, and I like the pretty silver cans.
