At about 4am when feeding Eli, I decided that this week’s Wiener Wednesday would be about Red Bull. I’m sure you can figure out the motivation! I didn't drink caffeine except for a treat until recently. Once again, I’m sure you can figure out why! I don’t drink Red Bull (except for once during finals in college), but I find it fascinating that it originated in Austria!
From what I’ve been told (and verified by Wikipedia), Red Bull is actually based on a energy drink recipe found in Thai, called Krating Daeng. Apparently, Krating Daeng literally means "red bull," and it even has the same logo. An Austrian, Dietrich Mateschitz, discovered Krating Daeng when he visited Thai in 1982, and it helped him overcome jetlag. Mateschitz and Chaleo Yoovidhya founded Red Bull in 1987, and it made its way across the Atlantic to America 10 years later. Red Bull is different from Kratin Daeng because it is carbonated, and it is not as sweet.
You may also be familiar with Red Bull’s Flugtag…or “flying day.”
According to Red Bull’s website:
“Red Bull Flugtag challenges teams of everyday people to build homemade, human-powered flying machines and pilot them off a 30-foot high deck in hopes of achieving flight! Flugtag may mean "flying day" in German, but all these crafts ultimately splash into the waters below. They are judged not only on their flight's distance, but creativity and showmanship as well.”
In otherwords, idiots take a flying leap into freezing water. I would be interested in seeing this sometime. They host it annually at the Danube River, and what’s more fun than seeing people plummet to an over showcased ride to the emergency room?
I personally don’t like Red Bull…I think it tastes like a liquid sweet tart! However, it’s neat to know that I’m living in the caffeine capital of the world!
1 comments:
That's awesome! Nashville does a flugtag as well. Someone drove a banjo off the plank one year. Ridiculous.
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