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A Highly Scientific Study Of Love Potions From The Internet

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This is the kind of scientific study you can only do with help from the internet. We rounded up the best love potions online and forced them down the throats of three willing victims. So what love potion was the best? Watch and find out.

Here are the contenders, with recipes.

Ancient Druid Love Potion (from Food.com)

Ingredients:

1/8 teaspoon rosemary

2 teaspoons black tea leaves

1/4 teaspoon thyme

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

3 fresh mint leaves

6 fresh rose petals

6 lemon leaves

3 cups mineral water

sugar or honey, to taste

Verdict: Dirty water tea. Will not bring you love.

Love Potion #9

9 oz. sweet red wine

9 basil leaves

9 red rose petals

9 cloves

9 apple seeds

9 drops vanilla extract

9 drops strawberry juice

9 drops apple juice

1 ginseng root, cut into 9 equal pieces

Verdict: Good for traveling dignitaries. Could possibly bring you love.

Harco’s Love Energy Potion

Taurine

Glucuronolactone

Malic Acid

N-Acetyl

L-Tyrosine

l-Arginine Hydrochloride

Maca Extract

Ashwagandha Extract

American Ginseng Extract

Damiana Extract

Horny Goat Weed Extract

90 mg of Caffeine

Verdict: Tastes like candy. Could bring you love, or a bad caffeine addiction.

Strawberry Pucker

Starwberry Pucker

8.9 grams of Sugar

Ice

Verdict: Will not bring you love, but will bring you a headache.

Special thanks to our victims and Richard Blakeley. Edited and brewed by Meredith Woerner.

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