Amp Energy Black Tea Review

Review of Amp Energy with Black Tea energy drink.


Price: $1.50- $3.50

Size: 16 ounce cans

Availability: Available in most markets.

Website: http://www.ampenergy.com

Pepsi began making energy drinks in the early 2000s with a hybrid energy drink soda known as Mountain Dew MDX. After a while though, MDX began to disappear and a new energy drink from Pepsi came about. This new energy drink was called Amp Energy can was strongly associated with Pepsi's Mountain Dew line of beverages.

For the first few years Amp Energy was strongly associated with Mountain Dew. Packaging promptly displayed the Mountain Dew logo and in fact the taste of Amp was close to that of Mountain Dew. Amp was basically MDX tweaked and modified to better compete with the likes of Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar.


Pepsi then begin releasing various flavors and styles of Amp Energy while at the same time, reducing the amount of association with Mountain Dew in what could be considered an effort to make Amp a stand alone product. Amp Energy varieties began to go up in number and Amp Energy with Black Tea was one of the latest (as of 2009) varieties to come to market. The black tea version came at the same time as the green tea and lemonade versions.


The full list of ingredients and nutritional information can be found at the website available above. Like the green tea version, Amp Energy with Black Tea is actually Amp energy mixed with a tea mixture, rather than simply a energy drink flavored with tea like flavors.


Kick -

For me, the Amp energy drink line of beverages never really delivered a solid kick of energy like some of it's competitors. Amp energy drinks contain a lot of the standard fare for energy drinks including caffeine, b-vitamins, and ginseng. Amp Energy with Black Tea is no exception. Unlike the green tea counterpart, there is standard energy drink ingredients in this drink, the Amp with Green Tea contains a fruit extract called yuzu.


Some people might like the 'smooth' kick that can come from Amp Energy drinks, there aren't likely to be an jitters and you might be able to sit still for long periods of time while still staying somewhat alert.

However, hardcore energy drink consumers might not find much of an energy rush from Amp Energy with Black Tea, which in a way kind of makes sense considering this is a energy drink combined with tea. Tea is often used to relax us, not hype us up. 


If you want a traditional energy drink buzz and kick, look elsewhere. Which may surprise some consumers since Amp Energy drinks often contain more caffeine and more sugar than some of their competitors. 


Overall the kick is enough for the casual energy drink user to get focused at the desk or the computer, but not the kind of kick a regular energy drink consumer will come to expect. For that reason, you could save money and buy a bottle of Mountain Dew and get more kick out of that.

Taste -


This is where Amp Energy with Black Tea really shines. Sure the kick might not be world class, but the taste is quite good. In fact, it is better than Amp Energy with Green Tea by a long shot. The taste and texture of this energy drink is smooth and goes down easy. For those who like to pound down their energy drinks, the Black Tea version can be chugged down.

Pepsi may have missed the Green Tea taste with the Green Tea Amp, but they nailed the Black Tea taste down quite well with Amp Energy Black Tea.

The flavor isn't too overpowering and I found that there was little to no aftertaste. I wasn't reaching for something to wash it down with either. For those that hate the energy drink standard taste found in many other energy drinks, Amp Energy with Black Tea is worth a shot.

The addition of lemon flavors to this variety may be what makes this energy drink taste better than Amp Energy with Green Tea. I almost forgot that I was drinking an energy drink at one point, that is how well the Black Tea taste comes through in this Amp version.

Verdict -

If you want to try one of the latest Amp Energy Tea energy drinks, skip the Green Tea one and go right for Amp Energy with Black Tea. For hardcore energy drink consumers, the kick is a bit weak, but for casual users if could be decent enough. For those who need to sit still at their desks, this weaker kick might not be such a bad thing.

The taste of Amp Energy with Black Tea is the strong point with Pepsi's latest Amp energy drink and worth a try for anyone who likes energy drinks or tea.