creating concentrated celsius shots

after watching a nileblue video where he created super concentrated red bull, my bf and i decided to create concentrated celsius. this blog is not sponsored by brilliant, meaning we didnt have infinite celsius and a sketchy machine from china, so we boiled 1 can of celsius to concentrate it into two shots. we used the fruit punch ("space vibe") flavor.

there isnt really a lot to say about the method. we used an induction stove that boils things really quickly, but i doubt thats necessary. we decided to increase the heat slowly anyway, because i was worried about the flavoring and stuff being burnt if it was heated unevenly. i stirred it while i did this, until the steam started to burn my hand so i gave up. eventually we just put it on high and let it boil. we had to turn on the fan above the stove to keep the whole house from smelling STRONGLY of energy drink, it smelled legit toxic. even with the fan, it still smelled weird. idek how to describe it, since it didnt really smell BAD, it just smelled like celsius, but it was overwhelmingly strong and activated my fight or flight response a little. we just turned it off when we were satisfied with how much was left, and measured it out after. we werent really aiming for a specific concentration.

the beginning: 

the end result:

it looks identical to piss i know.

the can was 355 ml, and we measured 42 ml after we finished boiling it, so it was concentrated to about 8.5x.

it tasted SO FUCKING BAD YOU HAVE NO IDEA. it was like drinking heartburn. it was SO sour, but also SO sweet. if youve ever had chewable vitamin c, it was like that 5x. some other comparisons i thought of trying to describe it to his parents:

"like that time as a kid i squirted a shit ton of splenda on my tongue to see what it tasted like (bad)"

"really bad lemonade id make where id add way too much sweetener so id add too much lemon juice to balance it out and it just ended up being simultaneously way too sour and way too sweet, but also like i added 10 times as much of everything"

"battery acid-core"

"we didnt even need to re-fizz it, it was so sour it attacked your tongue anyway"

we both made really funny faces when we drank it, i wish i had a picture.

that said: the experiment was definitely a success!! it was super concentrated and we could feel the caffeine even though it was only half a can-equivalent. it would unironically be great at waking you up in the morning, it tastes like ass but its definitely a jolt to your nervous system. it woke me tf up, thats for sure. but you need to make sure to moderate how much you drink, since it has a stupidly high caffeine concentration. caffeine actually can be dangerous at super high doses, speaking from experience it is NOT pleasant (i might make a blog post about that at some point?)