Colleague 1: Wanna grab a coffee this morning?
Colleague 2: Drinking coffee is so 2011 (pulls a small battery-looking thing out of her purse).
Colleague 1: I didn’t know there were other options …
Colleague 2: Sure there are (inhales from the battery-looking thing). This is AeroShot -- all the caffeine of coffee, zero calories.
Colleague 1: Seriously?
Colleague 2: Yup. It works faster than coffee too. Ready for that morning meeting (picks up the pace)?
Colleague 1: Wait up, I’ll walk with you. So, how much caffeine does it have, exactly?
Colleague 2: 100 milligrams, same as a large cup of Joe.
Colleague 1: Does it taste ok?
Colleague 2: It's got a lime flavor to it. Not any worse than an energy drink.
Colleague 1: I don’t know … It seems too good to be true. What are the side effects?
Colleague 2: Well, too much of anything is never a good thing. So stick to one or two a day (pulls out a second inhaler out of her purse and hands to colleague).
It’s true, inhaling coffee might be the next big thing. Harvard professor David Edwards has partnered with a French company to create AeroShot, a small canister of breathable caffeine, according to HLN affiliate WXYZ.
As with the majority of new products on the market, there are skeptics. New York Sen. Charles Schumer is one of them. The New York Daily News reports he’s afraid AeroShot will fuel (literally) more late-night parties and has requested the FDA test the product for safety.
The biomedical engineering professor insists AeroShot is safe. Unfortunately, its sales have yet to pick up. The customer reviews are mixed, but Don Singh, a New York deli clerk, told the Daily News, “I haven’t had any repeat customers for that.”
Would you ever try breathing coffee instead of drinking it?
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