A method of making a nutraceutical beverage formulation for increasing thermogenesis, said method comprising a caffeine with the concentration between 0.0001 grams to 0.3 grams, a β-phenylethylamine with the concentration between 0.00001 grams to 0.1 grams, and a hordenine with the concentration between 0.00001 grams to 1 grams, together with water, said components provided by adding to a container each of said components in selected amounts providing selected concentration(s) and mixing said components into water, thereby creating solubility of said components in a solution, thereby forming a basis for said formulation, wherein the formulation contains only ingredients capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier.