Olia Pioneers Olive Leaf Antioxidant Tea Innovation in Functional Wellness Beverages, Backed by Early Momentum & Wefunder Launch
San Antonio, Texas — May 8, 2026 — Olia™ announces the launch of its Wefunder investment campaign, inviting everyday investors to back an innovative new good-for-you beverage brand built around the high antioxidant benefits of olive leaf extract, an ingredient not previously used in ready-to-drink (RTD) formats.
Olive leaf extract, long associated with the Mediterranean diet and its antioxidant, wellness-supporting properties, is the unique hero ingredient in Olia. This is the first RTD beverage to harness olive leaf extract for functional potency, positioning it as a category-defining innovation in the tea and functional beverage categories.
Rooted in ancient Mediterranean wellness and updated with modern nutrition science, Olia delivers a lightly sparkling, caffeine-free tea with 3 refreshing flavors and more to come. It is powered by single-origin olive leaf extract from olive trees grown in Spain, flavored with delicious real fruit, all crafted with low levels of natural sweetness. The result is a clean-label beverage that combines wellness benefits, great flavor, and convenience designed for easy, everyday, refreshing enjoyment.
“Often, functional beverages promise wellness benefits but fall short on true efficacy,” said founder and CEO Chris Cook. “Olia delivers a meaningful and measurable daily dose of antioxidants in a refreshing, ready-to-drink format. It's powered by olive leaf extract, rich in oleuropein, a potent polyphenol clinically shown to support immune health, cardiovascular function, and help protect against oxidative stress at the cellular level.”
Olia’s exceptional antioxidant power contains up to 14x the antioxidants of green tea, 13x that of black tea, 6x pomegranate juice, and 3–5x more than a typical serving of common antioxidant-rich fruits. This positions Olia as an appealing new choice that expands and complements beverages supporting whole-body wellness.
Each 12-ounce can contains 7 grams or less of sugar (from organic blue agave, organic cane sugar, and stevia leaf extract), fewer than 40 calories, no caffeine, and no artificial ingredients.
The ready-to-drink tea category is undergoing a major shift, driven by consumers seeking health and wellness benefits, especially among Gen Z and Millennials. While legacy brands continue to dominate shelf space, they are showing flat growth versus emerging brands, which are fueling category growth as consumers move toward better-for-you RTD tea options.
With its breakthrough hero ingredient and unique and important wellness benefits, the world’s first-ever ready-to-drink olive leaf tea, Olia, is poised to carve out new space and establish new drinkers and usage occasions among the rapidly growing ranks of health-conscious consumers.
Olia’s go-to-market strategy begins with a focused launch in its Texas home market. “Texas is where we established early retail availability and strong consumer traction. We intend to expand retail distribution, increase in-store velocity, and strengthen our brand visibility across key markets,” said founder and CEO Chris Cook. “In parallel, we are working closely with our ingredient and manufacturing partners to scale production capabilities to meet demand with a disciplined, high-impact regional rollout.”
Ahead of its public Wefunder crowdfunding campaign launch, Olia has already raised $203,500 in early funding, reflecting strong initial investor confidence and momentum behind this innovative new brand.
The Wefunder crowdfunding raise is structured as a convertible note with a $5 million valuation cap and is open to both everyday and accredited investors. Investments can range from as little as $100 to higher amounts, depending on investor eligibility and participation level. Funds will be used to expand and support retail distribution, increase brand awareness, and scale production.
More detailed information about the brand and our campaign can be found on Wefunder—search for Olia.
About Olia
Olia is a functional beverage company based in San Antonio, Texas, focused on ready-to-drink (RTD) tea powered by high-antioxidant olive leaf extract. Drawing on ancient Mediterranean wellness traditions and modern nutrition science, the company develops beverages designed to support everyday health and wellness.
About the Founder
Chris Cook is a seasoned culinary professional with extensive experience in high-performance kitchens across Texas, where he earned recognition for both his culinary innovation and operational leadership. The concept for Olia was born during a chef consulting engagement with an olive ranch, where he discovered the history of olive leaf tea and identified the untapped potential of olive leaf extract as a functional, ready-to-drink beverage. Since then, Chris has led the development of Olia from concept to market, driving the brand’s vision to modernize an ancient wellness ingredient into a scalable, consumer-ready product.
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