08/24/2025
Name: Powerlyte
Flavor: Tropical Frutas
Place Of Origin: Coppel TX
Price Point: $1
Promise On The Bottle: Replenishes Zinc and Electrolytes
Color: A light shade of neon brown.
Aroma: The vapors wafting from the glass are not so much 'smelled' as they are felt, like paint thinner spilled on a garage floor, clearing the nose of both mucous and follicles.
Flavor notes: As advertised, zinc greets the tongue with a quick hello before giving way to the sweet, sweet flavor of those little hard candy balls wrapped in cellophane and found in a grandmother's purse that vary in color, but not in flavor. Frutas? Perhaps. Tropical frutas? Perhaps not…
However, to be fair, while I have tried several tropical frutas—papaya, guava, pineapple—I have not tried them all. Someone with a more experienced palette might sip and exclaim, "Durian! " or "Rambutan!" or "Spiders!"
Food pairing: Chilled olive loaf straight from the pack.
Sport pairing: Trying to pitch a half-eaten wad of cotton candy into an overflowing trashcan surrounded by yellow jackets at a regional amusement park on a hot summer day.
Final Thoughts: They did not skimp on the dextrose.
