Guaraná

[Ansel]

I just got some guaraná powder to try as alternative to yerba mate, just to try out. Anyone else here tried it? Seems pretty interesting stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana

[heders]

I've only tried it from energy drinks. It's a lot like caffeine but with a slightly milder crash I think.

I'm actually considering buying a mixer and some guarana powder and make a energy smoothie every morning instead of my regular coffee. Please tell me your opinion of it after you've tried it!

[EricHill78]

Isnt it bat poop?

[ABW]

That's guano.. lol..

[snusgetter]

gua·no (gwän)n. pl. gua·nos 1. A substance composed chiefly of the dung of sea birds or bats, accumulated along certain coastal areas or in caves and used as fertilizer.
2. Any of various similar substances, such as a fertilizer prepared from ground fish parts.


Might make for a tasty tea, though.
Be sure to let us know, Eric!!

[EricHill78]

Thanks guys lmao I feel dumb.. Snusgetter I missed you being our Snus wikapedia

[Ansel]

I've only tried it from energy drinks. It's a lot like caffeine but with a slightly milder crash I think.

I'm actually considering buying a mixer and some guarana powder and make a energy smoothie every morning instead of my regular coffee. Please tell me your opinion of it after you've tried it!

Well i like it. I may be imagining it but i feel more of a glow feeling and skin tingles than with coffee... but this is the first time i've tried it. I got the powder too and i think it's aimed at putting in smoothies/shakes. You can get a non-tobacco nasal snuff that has guarana and glucose in so i guess you could mix guarana with tobacco in a snus or something.

I will buy it again, but i love caffeine type things. It's said to make you jittery much like coffee if you take too much unlike yerba mate, but yeah it's good.

[texastorm]

I can drink caffeinated drinks all day long with little effect, but anything with just a hint of guarana and my heart feels like its going to pump the blood right out of my eardrums. Maybe I am allergic, but this stuff majorly messes me up.

[Ansel]

I can drink caffeinated drinks all day long with little effect, but anything with just a hint of guarana and my heart feels like its going to pump the blood right out of my eardrums. Maybe I am allergic, but this stuff majorly messes me up.

Maybe... it would have effects on top of coffee. I'm the same with ginseng.

[snusgetter]

Well i like it. I may be imagining it but i feel more of a glow feeling and skin tingles than with coffee... but this is the first time i've tried it. I got the powder too and i think it's aimed at putting in smoothies/shakes. You can get a non-tobacco nasal snuff that has guarana and glucose in so i guess you could mix guarana with tobacco in a snus or something.

I will buy it again, but i love caffeine type things. It's said to make you jittery much like coffee if you take too much unlike yerba mate, but yeah it's good.

Northerner's BOOST has Taurine, Caffeine, & Guarana... Hence the BOOST from the snus!!

[Ansel]

Ah i see Snusgetter, from memory i thought it was just taurine and caffeine. I've yet to try it. But it's on my wants list.

[Mawdryn]

I can drink caffeinated drinks all day long with little effect, but anything with just a hint of guarana and my heart feels like its going to pump the blood right out of my eardrums. Maybe I am allergic, but this stuff majorly messes me up.

Me too...I've wondered if it was because my caffeine and nicotine levels were so high, though...maybe guarana was just what pushed it over the top, so to speak

[Ansel]

Jeez i just took some like nasal snuff. Talk about a hit.

[Ansel]

I've only tried it from energy drinks. It's a lot like caffeine but with a slightly milder crash I think.

I'm actually considering buying a mixer and some guarana powder and make a energy smoothie every morning instead of my regular coffee. Please tell me your opinion of it after you've tried it!

This is only personal opinion but having just had some more i'd say your best bet would be tea as a replacement for coffee. There are many types and there's even forums on them if you're that interested. Too much caffeine is not good and guarana is essentially that. I much prefer yerba mate to guarana for its effects but there's plenty of other teas.

Check out this: http://www.snuson.com/forum/showthre....&goto=newpost