Brew Your Own Energy Drink

I came across this idea while reading my daily feeds. Sounds really interesting and I’ll try this next week. (via lifehacker)

Based on that recipe, I’ve come up with my own. I’ve discovered the virtues of raw cocoa and it’s been shown that its restorative powers are important for endurance athletes. I’ve added a milky variant, using 15 oz of milk and 4 oz of yogurt. In order to keep the yogurt from separating, I’d infuse the tea first and let it settle then combine the other ingredients in a food processor. I’ll try the milky variant today to see the results. Another way of getting more out of this milky drink, is to use a type of milk that has extra vitamins and such. I’ll report on this later, after I’ve checked out a pro-vitamin milk at the supermarket.

GreenT Ingredients (32 oz or about 1 liter):
2 green tea bags
6 level teaspoon sugar (24 grams)
A pinch of salt (0.5 grams)
2 oz lemon juice (about 55 grams)
1 oz raw cocoa unsweetened (about 25 grams)
30 oz boiling water

Contains:
209 calories
5.26 g proteins
10.75 g carbs
5 g lipids
500 mg Sodium
60mg of Potassium (from the lemon juice)

Milky GreenT Ingredients (32 oz or about 1 liter):
2 green tea bags
6 level teaspoon honey (120 grams)
A pinch of salt (0.5 grams)
4 oz 0+yogurt
2 oz raw cocoa unsweetened (about 50 grams)
15 oz milk
11 oz boiling water

Contains:
823 calories
32 g proteins
148 g carbs
26 g lipids
720 mg Sodium
Vitamins A (24% daily intake), D (98% daily intake), B2 (5% daily intake), B12 (8% daily intake)
Iron (1% daily intake)
Phosphorus (5% daily intake)
Magnesium (3% daily intake)
Folate (3% daily intake)
Calcium (68% daily intake)

Probably using something like Natrel Nutrition 24 beats the purpose of brewing your own drink. Here is the composition per 350ml serving, which I found interesting:

Energy	221 kcal
Protein	12.01 g
Total lipid (fat)	3.71 g
Carbohydrate, by difference	35 g
Calcium, Ca	360 mg
Iron, Fe	2.87 mg
Magnesium, Mg	80 mg
Phosphorus, P	300 mg
Potassium, K	450 mg
Sodium, Na	276 mg
Zinc, Zn	5.99 mg
Copper, Cu	0.49 mg
Manganese, Mn	1.015 mg
Selenium, Se	~ mcg
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	12 mg
Thiamin	0.49 mg
Riboflavin	0.49 mg
Niacin	6.615 mg
Pantothenic acid	1.995 mg
Vitamin B-6	0.455 mg
Folate, total	128 mcg
Vitamin B-12	2.41 mcg
Vitamin A, IU	1100 IU
Vitamin E, added	7.21 mg
Vitamin D	159.985 IU