Reviews

First introduced at BevNET’s New Beverage Showdown 5, Green Mustache is a new line of organic fruit and vegetable juice smoothies designed for kids. The brand, which recently gained distribution…

Beverly Hills 9OH2O is a “master crafted water” that appears to be trying to one up all other premium and “luxury” waters that have come before it. Developed by a Los Angeles-based “water sommelier” (yes, you read that right), this product was designed to deliver optimum flavor in a high-end glass bottle. Did the company succeed?

Victoria's Kitchen Almond Water has unveiled a new look, and it's a big upgrade for the brand. With a full wrap label that delivers a clean and appealing vintage look, the three SKUs look polished and appealing. The revamp also addresses one of the big concerns that we had with the original rendition of the brand - - that all three flavors looked almost identical.

'Tis the season (well, close enough), and we're beginning to see a number of new holiday-inspired line extensions roll onto the market. One of them, Califia Farms’ “Holiday Nog,” is certainly one of the more unique tasting holiday beverages that we’ve come across lately.

Hailing from Maine, Litl’ Squirts is a line of flavored enhanced water beverages designed for kids. All in all, we wouldn’t say that this is an overly innovative or unique product, but the flavor execution is good and should have pretty broad appeal. Unfortunately, however, the packaging is a bit of a different story...

Marketed as “a bubby probiotic tea,” Health-Ade, is a line of small-batch kombucha drinks that are currently distributed in the Los Angeles area. The company, which recently garnered an investment…

After sampling (and enjoying) the Mint variety of Limonitz' line-up of sparkling lemonades, we decided to take a look at two other flavors from the brand: Ginger and Strawberry. From our perspective, one of the varieties stood out as the best of the bunch... which one was it?

Despite Starbucks' utter domination of the RTD iced coffee category, we've been seeing a steady flow of new entries to the space, including the playfully-named Grumpy Cat Grumppuccino. The line which comes in Vanilla and Mocha varieties, delivers what is essentially a classic bottled RTD coffee drink, but at 320 calories, we wonder about the appeal of the products in comparison to lower calorie options.

Packaged in a 16 oz. bottle, Basic Beverages “Classic” Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate is designed to make four servings of coffee (the consumer mixes one part cold brew concentrate with two parts milk, water or dairy alternative). What’s unique about Basic's cold brew is that the product is made with pH 7.5+ water; the company claims that the water reduces the acidity of the final product. While we can’t speak to that claim, we can tell you that the product tastes extremely smooth...

The Caffe Latte variety of B’more Organic Skyr Smoothies is a new blend of the company's base skyr and coffee (delivered in the form of coffee extract and coffee flavor). Of the B’more flavors that we’ve sampled, this is definitely one of the more unique and enjoyable.

Having recently tweaked the formulation in its line of organic fruit drinks, we decided to give Wild Poppy, which we first reviewed in 2011, a second look. And while we were fans of the brand back then, we think that the updates have elevated Wild Poppy's flavor profile; the products taste (and look) really great.

Suja has released two new varieties to its recently launched Suja Elements line: Mango Fuego and Blutrients. As with the first round of Elements, the products are organic, cold-pressed and high-pressured processed, and, in our opinion, very well-executed in formulation and packaging.

A couple days ago, we reviewed a couple products from Found Beverage Co.'s line of juice drinks. Today, we take a the a few of the brand's sparkling water varieties. Packaged in the same sleek-looking 11.2 oz. glass bottles as its juice products, we like the attractive and polished look of the brand, although we wonder about the positioning of the drinks as “infused sparkling waters."

When it comes to brands introducing reduced and low-calorie line-extensions, ginger is one of those flavors that often struggles to make the transition. For Bruce Cost, a line of beverages that is exclusively ginger-based, that makes the stakes even higher.