So a few weeks ago I finally found Taipei’s equivalents to red bull. And boy were they effective. I tried four different energy drinks. Since I don’t know how to read most of the characters in their names I will just show you the pictures. It is unfortunate that I discovered them so late, but oh well. Here they are in order of effectiveness!

No clue

white horse – Horse Strength Something

no clue

no clue again

the first one is intense! I mean INTENSE. when you drink this you will be WIDE AWAKE for hours. It also caused my chest to feel funny and my heart to feel like it was beating irregularly. I would think this thing is about (red bull)*5 when it comes to strength. So I think in this case you may want to stay away from the purple stuff except for extreme circumstances.

The second one is about double the strength of Red Bull. It is pretty intense and does not make my chest feel like it is going to explode.

the second to last one is about the same as Red Bull.

And the last one is slightly weaker than red bull.

As for taste all of these taste  much worse than Red Bull. Imagine Red Bull with a syrupy consistence and no carbonation. In the case of the purple stuff they added a grape flavor so it sort of tastes like Dimetapp. But it is REALLY effective so who cares.

All these energy drinks are great substitutes for Red Bull when you are in Taiwan but none of them taste as good! If you really want Red Bull you will have to hop on a plane to Japan. I am not sure if they have it in China. so Japan is your safest bet. And as soon as you land in Japan you get a 90 day visitors visa so you can even stay a while.

Anyways, my time is limited since I will be leaving on Monday. Peace out ya’ll!

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