- Power Toothpaste ($15)
We’ve all got our typical everyday morning routine—get up, brush teeth, (wake and bake?), and eventually, coffee. But usually that coffee comes a good hour or so after you’ve already been up, whether it be an iced grande whatever at your local Starbucks, the latest blend at that new hipster spot around the corner, or even that Keurig or Nespresso machine sitting in that corner. Well what if you could get your morning caffeine fix a lot sooner? Like, minutes after getting out of bed?
That’s the ideal behind Power Toothpaste, a new kind of toothpaste that has all the good stuff as your regular drugstore variety, albeit with an added dose of caffeine to give you that immediate morning jolt you’re looking for.
According to their website, caffeine absorbed through your gums hits you a lot quicker than if it were ingested through your stomach, so the kick Power Toothpaste provides occurs in seconds rather than minutes. Yes, exactly like smoking cannabis vs ingesting it—one hits you asap, the other takes its time and creeps up on you slowly before you realize that maybe you shouldn’t have ingested all those strawberry gummies. That’s the good part.
Unfortunately, it also means that your jolt will be a lot shorter since it’s not being released over time as it would when you drink it. That one negative aside, the quick boost it does provide comes at a perfect time—right when your ass needs to get dressed and out—and by the time you reach your office, you’ll still be able to get your everyday morning coffee as usual to help keep that boost going.
As for taste and texture, don’t worry, it doesn’t come in some whacky coffee flavor like “Iced Mocha” or “Caramel Crush,” but rather your average minty-fresh toothpaste flavor, albeit more in-line with a natural toothpaste like Tom’s as opposed to a typical drugstore brand like Crest or Colgate. And that’s a good thing.
