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Research · Night shift

They kept 37 people awake all night. Then they tested their attention.

A 2025 trial gave sleep-deprived adults caffeine with L-theanine, or a dummy pill. The pairing won on speed and accuracy. It's the same pairing in every can of TILT.

By Harry, founder of TILT · Perth · October 2026
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TILT wasn't in the trial. The trial used 160mg caffeine with 200mg L-theanine in a capsule. A can of TILT has 105.6mg with 198mg.

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It's 3am. You've been up all night, and the job still needs your eyes on it.

That's exactly the state a team of researchers set out to test.

The trial

37 people, one sleepless night, two kinds of capsule

In 2025, researchers in Sri Lanka kept 37 healthy young adults awake all night.1

In the morning each person swallowed a capsule. It was either caffeine with L-theanine or a dummy pill. Nobody knew which one they got, and neither did the researcher running the test. On another morning they swapped.

Then they sat a reaction test on a screen. Spot the rare picture that matters. Ignore the rest. Fast.

  1. 1

    Up all night.

    Every person took the test sleep-deprived, after a full night awake.

  2. 2

    One capsule.

    Caffeine with L-theanine, or a dummy. Double-blind.

  3. 3

    Fifty minutes later.

    They sat the test again, and the team compared before and after.

  4. 4

    Brainwaves too.

    A 32-channel EEG cap measured how fast their brains got onto the target.

What they found

The pairing beat the dummy pill on speed and accuracy

Faster + sharper

than the dummy pill, in people who'd been up all night

Nawarathna et al., British Journal of Nutrition, 2025

On caffeine with L-theanine, people picked out more of the pictures that mattered. They reacted faster too, and by more than the dummy pill managed.

Their brainwaves showed it, with a bigger and quicker response to the target.

“…significantly enhances the accuracy and speed of selective visual attention in acutely sleep-deprived individuals…”
The researchers' conclusion · British Journal of Nutrition, 2025

In plain English? After a night with no sleep, the pairing helped people stay on the thing that mattered.

A few honest things first

What this trial doesn't prove

TILT wasn't in this trial. It used a capsule with more caffeine than a can of TILT.

It was one night, in a lab, with 37 people. One trial doesn't settle anything.

What it does show is what this pairing is for. Staying on the job when it's the last thing your head wants to do.

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Caffeine helps you stay alert. TILT pairs it with L-theanine to help keep your attention on the task.

It's low sugar and naturally sweetened, and it tastes good at 3am. No crash. No jitters.

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Questions people ask first

Was TILT tested in the trial?

No. The trial used a capsule with 160mg of caffeine and 200mg of L-theanine. A can of TILT has 105.6mg of caffeine and 198mg of L-theanine. Same pairing, different dose, and TILT itself hasn't been trialled.

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What's in it?

Caffeine with L-theanine. Low sugar, naturally sweetened, no artificial colours or preservatives. The full panel is on every can and on the product page.

How much caffeine is in a can?

105.6mg in a 330ml can. One can a day. Not for kids, or for anyone pregnant, breastfeeding or sensitive to caffeine.

Built for the 2AM crew

The back half of a night shift, sorted

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The research is the reason we built TILT on caffeine with L-theanine. The reason people keep it in the fridge is how the shift feels.

Try it on your next run of nights. If it's not for you, your first order is refunded and you keep the cans.

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About this page. This is an advertisement for TILT Energy. It was written by TILT and is not independent journalism. TILT was not tested in any study on this page, and the doses in those studies differ from a can of TILT. Contains caffeine. Not recommended for children, pregnant or lactating women, or individuals sensitive to caffeine. Consume no more than 1 can per day.

References

  1. Nawarathna, G. S., D. I. Ariyasinghe and T. L. Dassanayake. “High-dose L-theanine–caffeine combination improves neurobehavioural and neurophysiological measures of selective attention in acutely sleep-deprived young adults: a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study.” British Journal of Nutrition 134, no. 3 (2025): 195–204. doi.org