Brain Boost
In which Rat makes an empirical observation
Good times of day, humans!
Transcript:
Cousin: — «Brain boost» supplements cost a lot...
Cousin: — ...but they often consist of herbs I could as well have gathered behind our garage.
Rat: — See, they work!
Rat’s Human’s observation: when it comes to black/green tea, the cheapest trash you can find is often the best because lower caffeine content lets you drink more of it and get more of the other good stuff. The problem however is it tends to taste exactly as if it was picked behind our garage.


I've always thought green tea tasted like grass clippings, so if it was just picked from behind somebody's garage, I wouldn't be surprised at all.
Cousin asks Rat, “Does the placebo effect, enhance his empirical observations ?”