Grinds Energy Pouches - Review. 23 April 2025.

I've reviewed Grinds Coffee Pouches many, many times.  But today, I have something different - Grinds Energy Pouches!  These also contain caffeine, but instead of containing coffee, they contain a cellulose filler.  This is how their site describes them:  "A big energy boost.  Use anytime, anywhere.  Made with premium, naturally-derived caffeine.  Experience increased energy in just 30 seconds".  Today we have three flavors to check out:  Wild Cherry, Spicy Mango, and Wintergreen!  Each can weighs 21.42 grams and has 15 pouches, weighing 0.7 grams each.  The caffeine content is 80mg, which I believe is per pouch.  Before we get into the reviews and discuss their differences (aroma and flavor), let's discuss what they have in common.

Commonalities

The Pouch - The pouches are regular sized, and the contents are semi-dry, with a soft feel in the lip and against the gum.

The Effect - It feels much like drinking a Mountain Dew, a nice delivery of caffeine.

The Flavor Longevity - All of these seem to hover between 30 and 40 minutes of flavor longevity.

Now, let's do some reviews!

Grinds Energy Pouches:  Wintergreen

Flavor Description:  "Icy cool blast of classic wintergreen".

Review:  These have a present, straight up aroma of American wintergreen.  In the flavor, it is the unmistakable taste of wintergreen.  This one lives up to the name quite well.  A lot of wintergreens these days are too minty, but this one has a pretty normal wintergreen flavor to it.

Grinds Energy Pouches:  Spicy Mango

Flavor Description:  Couldn't find, so we'll just go with "Spicy Mango".

Review:  In the aroma, this one has a big, juicy mango presence.  It's lightly sweet, and tropical.  In the flavor, the mango is no slouch.  It's got a lot of taste to it.  The mango taste isn't super spicy, but I can almost detect a light chili tone to it.  The mango is tropical, lightly sweet, and tasty!

Grinds Energy Pouches:  Wild Cherry

Flavor Description: Couldn't find, so we'll just go with "Wild Cherry".

Review:  This one has a really nice cherry aroma to it.  It reminds me of these old cherry gummy candies I used to eat when I was younger, I just can't remember the name of them.  It's kind of like Cherry Dots, if you've had those.  In the flavor, it's quite tasty.  This one has a pretty present taste of cherry to it.  It's lightly sweet, and very flavorful.  I'm usually more of a mango guy if I have multiple products I'm reviewing, but this cherry was quite impressive.

Rating and Final Thoughts

These were pretty decent energy pouches!  Grinds makes a good product, and the company is a solid one, too.  I usually seem to like most of what they put out.  These, I think, would be for those who maybe don't wanna do the coffee pouches because they're brown, but still want to get an energy boost.  I think if you fall into that camp, you'll be happy with Grinds Energy Pouches!