Originally Posted by
squawk
I don't like the taste of energy drinks myself, but a similar effect could be achieved with coffee

(though I've not looked at how much coffee you'd have to drink to equal a Red Bull for caffeine intake, and I suspect you'd need 5+ sachets of sugar)
Depends a lot on the coffee, but between 0.25 and 1 cup of coffee would deliver the same caffeine as a can of Red Bull.