Jones GABA Nectarine Tea-Juice

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

Jones GABA Nectarine Tea-Juice Retail Package Description

The can looks like it was designed by the guy who did the artwork for the Beatles Yellow Submarine album. It's a white can, covered in black/orange swirls that looks sort of 70's style oceany. The rest of the can is a big label-looking black/orange area. The black are just has the name twice, "Jones GABA Gamma Amino Butyric Acid" in white text. The orange part has the following verbose paragraphs.

"Focus Plus Clarity Gamma-Amino what? Yes, it's true! There is something that actually lives upstairs in your head that promotes focus, balance and mental clarity. It's called Gaba, and it's a naturally produced amino acid that is linked to higher scores, bigger and better tricks, and an overall Zen state of mind. Nectarine Tea-Juice Naturally Flavored 150mg Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid"

Oh, but they're not done, it's almost like they had two flavor text paragprahs, and instead of choosing one, they just put them both on the can. "Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, as it's known to the scientific types helps to increase the production of alpha brain waves, known to enhance focus plus clarity, while decreasing beta waves which are linked to nervousness and scattered thoughts. So, in the spirit of innovation, Jones is the first to bring you a refreshing, Gaba-infused tea-juice beverage. For all the technobabble on Gaba, visit the Jones Gaba website."

Caffeine Addict's Jones GABA Nectarine Tea-Juice Review

Do you like flavor? Neither do the people who made Jones GABA, which is, to my knowledge, the only drink named for the Greater Arizona Bicycling Association. Served iced-cold, this Jones Nectarine Tea Juice is as refreshing as purified water, without all the extra flavor.

Seriously, the way I imagine they make this drink is to stir 2 tablespoons of sugar into 1 cup of white tea, think positive thoughts about citrus fruits, being careful not to get any actual fruit flavor in the tea, then add a gallon and a half of water.

Jones GABA Juice Tea contains 150mg of gamma aminobutyric acid, linked to focus, clarity and alpha brain waves. Don't believe me? Read the can, it only contains about half a doctoral thesis on the topic. What Jones GABA doesn't contain is caffeine, at least in any reasonable quantity. So, while I may have otherwise had focus and clarity, my splitting caffeine withdrawal headache didn't allow me to concentrate on anything other than searing frontal lobe pain.

Going into this review, I didn't think it was possible to give a poor value rating to a Jones Soda product that was purchased for 50 cents. Then, I would have never guessed that Jones Soda would have let something this bad out the door.

Energy Junkie's Jones GABA Nectarine Tea-Juice Review

In the history of things to "not write home about", Jones soda is pretty high up the list. How they got 21g of sugar to attribute so little taste to the drink, I'll never know. At least "empty calories" normally taste good, Jones Gaba Nectarine Tea-Juice is just intensely bland. I'm not sure if it goes without saying that this drink is uncarbonated, but along with a distinct lack of flavor, this drink's lack of features adds up to one ultimately unappealing drink. To give a comparison, Gatorade's Propel waters have more flavor than this tea.

Acquired for 50 cents at Big Lots. The can is rather energetic and appealing, so it's easy to get roped into a regrettable purchase of this lightly flavored water. Even with a low price tag and some shelf appeal, I'd still recommend you steer clear, big tuna.

I think this drink is more packaged like an energy drink than it is actually an energy drink. They claim increased focus and clarity, but it pretty much just seemed like a bland tea drink to me. The science may be there to support that this drink should do something profound, unfortunately, internal testing gravitates toward this just being a bad idea from start to finish.