Slowburn

Heat is the hook here. Blood orange and grapefruit arrive first as sweet, sour citrus, then jalapeño turns up late and settles on the lips. That lingering warmth does some of the work the burn of a real spirit normally does, which is a genuinely useful thing to have when you're building a drink with no alcohol in it. Underneath is the same functional base as the rest of the Bonbuz line. Every 2oz serving holds over 950mg of nootropics and adaptogens, among them L-tyrosine, rhodiola rosea root, 5-HTP, ginger root extract and natural caffeine from green tea, with a caffeine free version available. The rest of the list stays short and readable, mostly filtered water, natural flavours, acacia gum and citric acid. Five calories, no sugar. Treat it as a mixer rather than a sipper. Soda water and lime is the easy route, ginger beer pushes the spice louder, and it makes a decent base for a spicy margarita with a salted rim.