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Ironman Triathlete Reveals:

The “Coffee + Tea” Trick that Restored the Energy I Had in my 20s

Without Wrecking My Gut, Sleep and Nervous System

Sep 1 2026 at 9:17 am EDT

By Justin Jones | Ironman Triathlete

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READ THIS FIRST: If you train before work, grind through mentally draining meetings, and still want to show up for the people at home. This is the most important thing you'll read today.

Why “Cham” Was Actually More Advanced Than Anything in My Supplement Cabinet, And the REAL REASON Your Energy Crashes at Midday

If you drink coffee you probably know caffeine works by blocking your adenosine receptors (your body's natural tiredness signal).

This makes you “feel” energized temporarily, but adenosine still builds up in the background.

Caffeine just borrows from your future energy stores…

And when it wears off, adenosine FLOODS in and you crash at midday.

You can think of it like borrowing money to pay off debt. It won't work. 

But here's the part nobody talks about:

Caffeine “alters” your brain over time.

Chronic caffeine use triggers your brain to grow more adenosine receptors.

It's the same adaptation mechanism behind drug tolerance: the brain detects a signal being suppressed and upregulates its sensitivity to restore balance.

This means the more caffeine you take, the LESS effective it becomes. Because your body builds a tolerance toward it.

You've just discovered why “increasing caffeine intake” FAILS every time.

Because caffeine on its own doesn't give you more energy… it just makes the crash WORSE.

So How Does Tea and Evaporated Milk from Cham Help With This? (According to Science)

You might have heard tea leaves have a natural compound called L-theanine, and it has a well-documented SYNERGY with caffeine. L-theanine regulates the way caffeine is absorbed and processed by promoting alpha-brainwave activity (the mental state associated with focus).

This reduces the caffeine spike so you get a smooth “Energy Slope” that lasts throughout the day instead of a “Hard Spike.”

In fact, in double-blind trials it's been shown that the pairing improves attention, accuracy, and task-switching better than pure caffeine alone.

But then there's evaporated milk – which is just whole milk with the water cooked out.

This concentrates its fat content significantly. And fat, when consumed alongside caffeine, slows “gastric emptying,” so caffeine enters the bloodstream more slowly, resulting in a smaller caffeine spike.

Together, L-theanine from tea and fat from evaporated milk helps SMOOTH out the caffeine spike.

Resulting in an energy curve that climbs steadily in the morning, holds during the day, and rounds off at night.

On paper it was perfect, but I realized something was STILL missing:

You see, when you train or work hard, you're not just dealing with adenosine. You're burning through your muscles' ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the actual cellular fuel that powers every muscular contraction and every cognitive thought.

Caffeine and L-theanine MASKS the feeling of fatigue, but they don't help the body PRODUCE more energy (in the form of ATP)…

…and that's where the most researched superfood in the world comes in.

The $0.60 Superfood Used by Olympic Athletes that Supports Energy Production at the Cellular Level

You've heard of creatine. You've probably used it (for around $0.60 per serving).

What you may not have known is that creatine's primary mechanism is "phosphocreatine replenishment" – meaning it rapidly restores the ATP your muscles and brain burn through during intense output.

Put simply: caffeine + L-theanine manages the PERCEPTION of fatigue. Creatine replenishes your body's ACTUAL fuel at the celular level.  

The two mechanisms work SYNERGISTICALLY to fight off fatigue, low-energy and midday crashes. 

So I started combining all of it: caffeine, L-theanine, creatine – plus MCTs as a sugar-free alternative to evaporated milk.

And I started sharing it with my training circle: a group of ultra-marathon runners, triathletes, and a few desk-bound professionals who trained before and after work.

They came back two weeks later telling me the same thing:

Steady energy all morning. Sharp focus through the afternoon. And zero midday crashes.

Not because they did anything “different.” But because this combination of ingredients allowed caffeine to finally work WITH their biology instead of against it.

Knowing this, I knew I had to share it with more people, which was how Power Blend was born.

It's the world's FIRST performance coffee that combines the benefits of creatine monohydrate, with caffeine, L-theanine... PLUS, 5 other functional ingredients at clinically studied doses.  

Here's What Power Blend Actually Contains And Why Every Dose Serves a Purpose

Premium Instant Arabica Coffee:

80-120mg

Single-origin Arabica for a clean, smooth flavor. Not the bitter, cheap-extract taste that makes most functional coffees undrinkable.

L-Theanine:

250mg

Matches the clinically recommended 2:1 Caffeine-to-L-theanine ratio. Studies show L-theanine reduces anxiety, increases alpha-brainwave activity, and softens the caffeine spike so energy tapers gradually instead of crashing. It's the underlying science behind why Cham worked in the first place.

Creatine Monohydrate:

3g

Restores your energy by replenishing ATP. When dissolved in warm liquids, 3g delivers the same benefits as 5g loading protocols, because warm dissolution means full bioavailability with none of the gut-draw cold-mixed creatine causes.

MCT (Medium-Chain Triglycerides) Oil:

5g

Delays gastric emptying (similar to what evaporated milk did) and slows down caffeine entering the bloodstream. MCTs also add a second benefit: unlike long-chain fats, MCTs are converted directly by the liver into ketone bodies as a fast, clean energy source the brain can run on alongside glucose.

Hydrolyzed Grass-Fed Collagen:

10g (9g protein)

Hard training compounds stress on tendons, cartilage, and connective tissue in ways standard protein can't address. 10g of hydrolyzed collagen is the dose used in peer-reviewed trials on exercise-induced joint support and supplies the specific amino acids – glycine and proline – that connective tissue is built from.

L-Tyrosine:

250mg

Under cognitive and physical stress, L-tyrosine – the building block for dopamine and norepinephrine – depletes faster than your body can replenish it. Supplementing it gives your brain the raw material to maintain motivation, alertness, and mental sharpness as cognitive and physical load accumulates throughout the day.

Organic Lion's Mane:

250mg

Stimulates nerve growth factor (NGF) production with consistent daily use. NGF supports neuron maintenance and function for sharper focus, better information retention, and consistent cognitive output over time.

Organic Chaga:

250mg

Helps modulate cortisol, the stress hormone elevated by hard training and high-output work days. Left unchecked, high cortisol quietly erodes both recovery and mental performance. Chaga is what makes the whole system sustainable, not just effective today.

Himalayan Rock Salt:

150mg

Replenishes sodium lost in sweat. Even mild electrolyte depletion measurably degrades cognitive performance and muscular output. The trace minerals magnesium, potassium, and calcium maintain nerve signaling and fluid balance across a full training and work day.

If you're like me, you've been burned enough times by “proprietary blends” that list impressive ingredients in useless dosages.

So apart from the ingredients, here's Power Blend's full nutrition label:

And It Helped Me Save $218 a Month

Before Power Blend, my counter looked like a supplement GRAVEYARD.

$218 a month. 15 minutes of measuring and mixing. Chalky water I had to choke down every morning.

Now imagine this instead.

It's 5:15 AM. You're up before the sun. Shoes on, bag packed, and all you need is 19 seconds of prep time to get about 7 supplements' worth of benefits…

And the best part is... it's in the form of a DELICIOUS, creamy coffee you'd usually pay $7 for at a café.

You start to ENJOY training again. The kind of session where you're present for every rep, not just "going through the motions" on fumes.

And you finish knowing you left it all out on the floor.

By 7 AM you're showered and at your desk.

You're sharp, blazing through your to-do list and operating the way you did at 25.

And here's what DOESN'T happen:

The jitters don't come. The racing heart doesn't come. The mid-meeting bathroom emergency doesn't come.

And you finish the work day strong, with the SAME level of energy you had at 7 AM.

Then the part that used to be the hardest.

You walk in the door at 6 PM.

Your kid runs at you and you catch them. Not with the half-present energy of someone who's "energy battery" flatlined at noon. 

You're there. Fully. For the first time in longer than you want to admit.

That's what it looks like when caffeine works FOR you, and not against you.

And Power Blend helps you do EXACTLY that.

One scoop ready in 19 seconds that delivers all-day energy without the crash, using a system of functional ingredients rooted in Southeast Asian tradition.

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