Starbucks Doubleshot™

The Doubleshot is to me what spinach is to Popeye. Just one small can of the stuff transforms me from totally brain-dead to top-of-my-game sharp; asleep to awake; lethargic to peppy; hideous to beautiful; obscure to famous; mortal to immortal; etc.

The sugary espresso and cream blend is mighty tasty, and the caffeine kick is instantly noticeable. I can't tell you the number of hangovers I've sailed through with a couple of Advil and a Doubleshot. It's absolute command in a can.

I would have one every day if I could. For awhile I was having one first thing in the morning, which would render me fully awake immediately. Then I'd stop off at Starbucks for a latte, which would really jack me up. Then I would have a Diet Mountain Dew upon getting to work, at which point enough caffeine was in my system to ensure that my body would twitch for hours, quite of its own accord. I bet if I had died of a heart attack during that phase, it would have taken more than a day for people to realize I wasn't some insanely fast break-dancer.

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Review by Timothy Hay