This Is What It's Like To Vape Caffeine

Why sip on a cup of coffee when you can literally inhale your daily dose of caffeine? Vancouver-based Eagle Energy Vapor is one of several companies currently selling a caffeine vaporizer. These things work pretty much like e-cigarettes, but instead of delivering a hit of nicotine to your system, they deliver a caffeine buzz. A bunch of intrepid reporters and editors at The Huffington Post's New York City office decided to test out Eagle Energy's disposable vape pens -- for science, and because most of us are hopeless caffeine addicts who leapt at the chance for an easy fix. Here's what we learned. Eagle Energy's gizmos cost $9 apiece, or $75 for a pack of 10. The company started selling its caffeine-in-a-stick in April at select gas stations, liquor stores and tobacco shops across North America. It's also crowdfunding on Indiegogo to push out a line of three-packs.  Each five-inch stick is about as thin as a pencil. The inside contains a rechargeable lithium battery, sensors, liquid caffeine and an LED light that glows blue to indicate when the vaporizer is being puffed. Its 3-milliliter liquid cartridge houses taurine, ginseng, Vitamin C and flavoring. Each cartridge is good for about 500 puffs, Matt Lang, Eagle Energy Vapor's marketing director, told HuffPost. However, he added that the amount of caffeine in one puff will be different for everyone. "We recommend 10-20 puffs depending on each person's sensitivity to caffeine," Lang said, estimating...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - Category: Science Source Type: news