Reviews

Review: Madrina’s

Madrina’s, which is named after the Spanish word for “godmother”, is a line of beverages that were inspired by traditional Latin American products. While conceptually, that’s a strategy that might…

Review: Unity Vibration Kombucha

Despite new regulation pertaining to its natural alcohol content, the kombucha category has continued to see a large number of new brands popping up. One of the brands that has…

Review: Plan Tea

The ready to drink tea category is a crowded one, but new offerings are still popping up. Plan Tea is one of the better of those new entries, with a…

Review: Karma Wellness Water

The latest entry into the cap dispensed enhanced water category (if such a thing exists) is Karma Wellness Water, an “acai pomberry” flavored product.  The 18 oz. bottle starts out…

Review: Star Nectar

StarNectar resurrects a simple form of an ancient medical system known as Medical Astrology. Medical Astrologists based their treatments on the natural existing relationships between plants, planets, and the twelve…

Review: Stumptown “Cold Brew”

While most ready to drink coffee beverages use coffee, milk, sugar, and a bunch of other stuff in their formulations, few have really gone after the super-premium coffee consumer. Stumptown,…

Review: ToppLez Cafe 125

While you might not know it from the packaging, Topplez 125 is an iced coffee drink. What’s even more interesting are some of the ingredients that are used in this…

Review: TEAse

Sugar sweetened iced tea is one of those categories that we’d call “a safe bet” — people are always going to drink it and it’s a very big category to…

Review: ZUN Cans

ZUN, a an energy drink that is also enhanced with cognitive ingredients CoQ10 and choline, recently added a new, larger package to the line up. Specifically, both ZUN Original and…

Review: Real Beanz Nutrient Enhanced Iced Coffee

Ready to drink coffee is a very challenging category to go into, with Starbucks owned brands (distributed by Pepsi) holding a 98% share in the latest IRI report.  Still, there…

Review: CasCal Moves to Cans

CasCal, which is a line of fermented sodas from Coca-Cola’s Venturing and Emerging Brands division known as Nexstep Beverages, has recently moved its lineup from glass to cans.  And to…

Review: 50 Cent’s Street King Energy Shot

Announced only a few days ago, Street King Energy Shot is an energy shot that was created for rapper 50 Cent by Pure Growth Partners (you can read more about…

Review: Hint Fizz

Hint’s carbonated line known as “Fizz” is finally here — and we’ve had a chance to try all four flavors. They’ve done a great job of creating a product that…