Rehab Tea + Lemonade

I’m not at all a big energy drink person, though I’m also not anti-energy drinks either. However, I have to admit that I’ve been curious about Monster’s “Rehab” sub-line since all of the drinks are supposedly tea based. I finally saw them when grocery shopping a few weeks ago, so I picked up all three…

Of the three this was my favourite, as expected. It’s essentially like an Arnold Palmer with a mix of sweet black tea and lemonade. Unsurprisingly it is very sweet. I would put it in the same camp as drinks like Brisk/Nestea. However, I will say I do find this preferable to both the Half & Half Brisk flavour and the classic Nestea (which is lemon-y). I thought I could actually taste a distinct black tea flavour more in this drink than in either aforementioned RTDs. And the lemonade was both bright and slightly sour, in addition to the sweetness.

Now, would I get it again!? Maybe. I’m not going to seek it out the way I do some other RTD flavours but, as long as your expectations are in check, it’s also perfectly fine in a pinch. I will say that there’s like 180mg of caffeine per can (the max you can have in an RTD here in Canada) and I didn’t feel like I felt it AT ALL. I don’t know if that’s good or not. Like, I don’t exactly want a caffeine spike and then crash but I haven’t had an energy drink in a long time and I just expected to have a more noticeable reaction to drinking one…