Nobody at Mini-Green wants to give up their cup of coffee in the morning. The coffee we serve in house is Community Coffee from New Orleans and heaven help anyone who tries to abscond with it. And that first cup of coffee not only tastes great but gives each of us an energy boost in the A.M. But I don't want to drink cup after cup of coffee all day long. And most other ways you get caffeine either taste bad (be honest, most energy products at best taste sort of bad in an unidentifiable way) or they are bad for you. It is the rare person who survives a lifetime like Warren Buffet who purportedly drinks 5 cans of Coke a day (and, hey, we love Mr. Buffet). Seriously, look online for the other interesting uses for Coke and then think about what it is doing to your insides. Cleans blood from clothes. Helps loosen a rusty bolt. Defrosts a frozen windshield. I've got a confession...Mini-Green does none of those things. Take a look at the ingredients in the products you use to just start you when you're feelings tired.

So the idea of a USDA Certified Organic, zero calories energy product seemed like a tall order when we set out to create it almost 4 years ago. But we would not offer Mini-Green to people until we had an organic product that also tasted great. Since people often use more than one pouch over the course of a workout, long ride, tennis match, round of golf, or a day of skiing, we wanted a product where the flavors were clean and fresh without being overwhelmingly sweet.

Mini-Green Energy pouches are USDA Certified Organic. We source more expensive, organic ingredients instead of cheaper, non-organic ones to deliver a better product to our customers. Our manufacturing facilities are USDA Certified Organic and the five Mini-Green formulas (Cinnamon, Citrus, Chocolate, Mixed Berry and Spearmint) are USDA Certified Organic.

The Mini-Green flavors, and the amount of caffeine, which is intended to maintain your natural energy level in a steady, consistent way, are not supposed to be overpowering. We don't want to spike your energy level and give you the jitters, or set you up for a crash an hour later. So we include enough caffeine to supplement your natural energy, and many of our customers use multiple pouches over the course of a workout, hard run, long ride, long hike, or day of skiing. And if you're using multiple pouches over the course of a few hours, the last thing you need is something that tastes like kid’s candy.

Mini-Green is not chewing gum so don’t chew them. You can leave it in one place, or move it from side to side in your mouth. The formula inside the pouch is USDA Certified Organic and completely safe, but we put it in a pouch because all the ingredients are finely ground and if they were poured into your mouth it would feel like ground up herbs and tea leaves and other ingredients. In other words, there’s nothing in a Mini-Green Energy pouch that’s bad for you and if a pouch breaks, it is not a big deal.