Cobalt ACV

4 ounces
$38.99

A doctor at a laboratory in the midwest was commissioned to create an herbal blend of aphrodisiacs that would combine the most effective herbs available, creating a single "super aphrodisiac". As time passed, the laboratory became impatient, asking for a formula they could take to market. The doctor quit and continued his half-finished research with two scientists from an east coast lab.


By summer of 2001, after years of studies and focus groups using countless combinations of herbs, the trio had finally perfected the mixture. The only problem was the mixture contained standard doses of no less than 15 herbs. To make a capsule that would be an effective dose, it would have to be 7,500 milligrams, about a quarter ounce - the size of a golfball. So, rather than use whole dried herb in the capsules, the three began testing extraction methods to draw out the active components from the herbs.


In researching extraction methods, they discovered two possibilities: alcohol extraction and vinegar extraction. In the business of herbal extracts and tinctures, nearly all of it is produced with grain alcohol. The reason for this is that alcohol only takes one week to complete an extraction cycle, while vinegar takes two months. That makes vinegar extraction 8 times more expensive to produce. The problem with using alcohol, however, was that alcohol is by nature an anti-aphrodisiac!


About this same time, a California-based company was working on a concentrated form of Apple Cider Vinegar, which in recent years has become a popular weight loss alternative to diet pills containing ephedra, caffeine or other stimulants. Regular apple cider vinegar is not convenient to carry around all day, so most followers of the Apple Cider Vinegar Diet use tablets instead. But the tablets take longer to metabolize and there has been speculation regarding whether the tablets yield all of the benefits of the raw vinegar. The solution the west coast lab came up with was to create a concentrated liquid vinegar. During the concentration process (which has a patent pending), the pH of the cider vinegar soars in acidity before it is re-standardized to 5% prior to bottling.


This high acidity apple cider vinegar intrigued the scientists. Could this vinegar extract the herbal properties faster than the 8 weeks that regular vinegar required due to the higher pH? Tests showed that the high acidity apple cider vinegar completed the extract cycle in slightly under 6 weeks. While this was still longer than the trio would have liked, it was still an improvement. And, the added benefit that the concentrated apple cider vinegar gave their aphrodisiac elixir made it even more worthwhile.


Cobalt ACV, the fruit of their labor, was rolled out on July 1, 2002. It has been rigorously tested and shown to be more effective as an aphrodisiac than any individual herbal aphrodisiac in existence. It metabolizes very quickly and provides the added benefit of proven appetite suppression and high nutrient content (from the acv), provides a "general sense of well being" (gelatinized maca, ginkgo, kava, valerian, St. John's wort, gotu kola), energy (ginseng, fo-ti, blue-green algae), and overwhelming increase in libido (gelatinized maca, damiana, epimedium, saw palmetto, fenugreek, anise, cramp bark).