Happy Boost is a drink that promises support of "Healthy Moods, Energy + Libido." Which makes it an energy drink of sorts, which puts it squarely in our jurisdiction. This even though it actually has no caffeine in it, so no real stimulants except for goji, which is what the company terms as a "Superfruit." Since they're relying on it to be the Boost in this particular drink, it better be.

The taste is not bad--it's got pear, pomegranate, cherry, cranberry and prickly pear juices in addition to the goji, plus green tea as well. I can taste a bit of the cherry and pomegranate--and I'm assuming the strange (but not unpleasant) taste is the goji, since there's supposed to be 24,000mg of the stuff in here. It is, after all, 98% juice.

As nice a taste as it is, though, does it actually deliver on its promise of supporting the big three up top? Eh. Not really. I received not even the ghost of a blip on my scope--and since we're not dealing with caffeine it's not really a tolerance issue. At the end of the bottle I was just as fatigued as when I started it--and even waiting a while to see if anything "kicked in" didn't work.

Here's the other thing that I find a little odd: the drink says, in its explanation of what goji is, that it's "been used for 4,000 years to support positive moods, healthy aging, eye health, healthy energy levels, liver and kidney health, and more." The website says it has "been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 3,000 years to help support such things as a healthy immune function, healthy moods (known as the "Happy Berry"), libido, energy levels, resistance to fatigue and is most commonly known as an anti-aging "super" food." That's a bit of an odd difference in years, although technically correct: 4000 is over 3000.

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