devestated at possibly losing my number one safe product.

I have a small rotation of safe foods and drinks. sometimes something will be safe for months, and then my brain changes its mind. But there has been one constant since 2004, and that is a very specific energy drink. I drink one every single day. And i mean every. single. day. When I fly out of the country to visit my family, i pay for a checked bag soley to bring a case of it with me. I will go weeks where the only liquid i’ve consumed is my daily can of that drink.

On Wednesday I opened a new case, got out a can, and it was horrible. I took a second.. processed it, thought maybe i was over reacting and tried another 2 sips. Awful and disgusting. I poured it out. On occasion i’ve gotten some that don’t taste *exactly* right, but i’ve never gotten one so nasty that i felt the need to pour it out. I checked the expiration dates, they’re good for another year and a half. I’ve been terrified to open another can since. I have genuine rising anxiety every time i think about it. My entire life is currently in shambles and falling apart around me, and i don’t know if i can cope with losing that one constant.

I got an early delivery of my next box. I put a can from it in the fridge and i plan on doing a taste test - to see if it was a fluke, that whole case, or if they’re both awful. I did see an ad earlier that they’re releasing a new flavor next week, and i wonder (hope?) someone how one accidentally ended up packaged in the original flavor can. I feel so dumb, but i’m genuinely distraught over it.