TWO FORMER HOCKEY PLAYERS AND BEST FRIENDS WHO GREW UP SHOTGUNNING THOSE SUGARY HARD TEA PRODUCTS... AND HONESTLY, WE WERE TIRED OF WAKING UP FEELING ABSOLUTELY TWISTED THE NEXT MORNING.

WE SAW A GAP IN THE HARD TEA MARKET AS ALL THE OPTIONS WERE EITHER PACKED WITH SUGAR OR SIMPLY LACKED ENJOYMENT.

WE WANTED A COCKTAIL THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO FEEL LESS GUILTY WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON FLAVOUR AND ONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE US BURP MID-CONVERSATION.

READ YOUR LABELS

TO' A TEA IS MADE WITH ONLY REAL INGREDIENTS AND NO "NATURAL FLAVOURS." WE STARTED THIS PROJECT BY SIMPLY WANTING TO CREATE A BETTER-FOR-YOU COCKTAIL. AFTER WE SURVEYED COUNTLESS READY-TO-DRINK BEVERAGES IN THE MARKET, WE FOUND THAT ALMOST EVERY PRODUCT CONTAINED "NATURAL FLAVOURS." THIS GOT US THINKING, "WHAT THE HELL IS A NATURAL FLAVOUR?" AND "WHY ARE THESE DRINKS PERFECTLY CLEAR IF IT'S NATURAL?"

FROM OUR FINDINGS, NATURAL FLAVOURS ARE THE 4TH MOST COMMON INGREDIENT LISTED ON FOOD LABELS. IT'S IN EVERYTHING, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS. SO, WHAT IS IT?

NATURAL FLAVOURS ARE BASICALLY ONE INGREDIENT AWAY FROM BEING CALLED "ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS." THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THE SOURCE FROM WHICH THEY ARE MADE. NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS ARE CREATED THROUGH CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND ARE MANUFACTURED IN A LAB BY A 'FLAVOURIST.'

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE FACT THAT ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS ARE MADE FROM SYNTHETIC SOURCES WHILE NATURAL FLAVOURS MUST BE MADE FROM THE SOURCE PLANT, FRUIT, OR ANIMAL. (VEGANS BEWARE)

PLUS, WE NOTICED A WEIRD AFTERTASTE FROM NATURAL FLAVOURS, AND WE DECIDED TO JUST MAKE OUR COCKTAILS REAL. ONLY USING WHOLE INGREDIENTS NATURE PROVIDES US. AFTER ALL . . . YOU DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT'S IN YOUR CAN.

OUR COCKTAILS MIGHT BE 30-40 MORE CALORIES THANK YOUR TYPICAL 100-CALORIE VODKA SODA OR SELTZER. BUT WHAT SETS US APART IS THAT OURS TASTE REAL . . . AND REAL TASTE GREAT! SO NEXT TIME YOU'RE DECIDING ON WHETHER THOSE EXTRA CALORIES MATTER...WHY NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A COCKTAIL YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ENJOY?

CHEERS,