Reviews

Review: Boxed Water 500ml

Boxed Water, which originally launched in 2009 in a quart sized container, has made a push into single serve with a 500ml carton with a screw top cap. The striking…

Review: Chia\Vie Moves to Larger PET Bottle

Chia\Vie, which launched last summer as “The world’s first ground chia seed smoothie,” has moved out of its 10 ounce aluminum bottle and into a 12 ounce PET bottle. It…

Review: GT’s Black Chia Kombucha

Here’s a look at GT’s Black Chia Kombucha, which was one of the other new chia enhanced flavors that was added to brand at the start of the summer. And…

Review: Arizona’s Cherry Lime Rickey

AriZona’s Cherry Lime Rickey is a flavor that was created by consumers (both the can design and the flavor were the result of a consumer contest) as part of the…

Review: Mamma Chia flavors

Earlier this Summer, Mamma Chia announced that several new flavors were being added to their successful line of chia based beverages. These three flavors, which includ Grapefruit Ginger, Guava Mamma,…

Review: Trevi Essence Water

Trevi Essence Water is an all natural flavored water made with water and natural flavors. This product appears to directly compete with brands such as Hint and Ayala’s, but with…

Review: Amp “Boost”

Amp’s revised energy drink line features a new can, new flavors, and a new approach to their functional offerings. It’s very much in line with what the rest of the…

Review: Vita Coco with Orange

Vita Coco has replaced their longstanding Tangerine flavor with Orange, which is a very lateral move both in terms of flavor and marketability. Most importantly, the product’s execution is very…

Review: Inko’s Tea in Cans

It was almost a decade ago that NYC-based Inko’s LLC came out with their line of ready to drink white teas. Now, they’ve made their first non-white tea beverages, opting…

Review: Mickies Slices

Mickies Slices were designed to be a “healthy alternative for the health conscious parent and the taste discriminating child.” Available in both 100% and flavored water varieties, the most noteworthy…

Review: Tumeric Alive

Tumeric Alive is a turmeric based beverage that is delivered in unpasteurized form. The product, which comes from New York based TumericALIVE, Inc., is currently available in a variety of…

Review: Kona Red Lite

Kona Red’s “Lite” variety is a reduced calorie (but not low calorie) version of their flagship coffee fruit based beverage. Like the flagship flavor, this product has stevia, but also…

Review: Coco Life Coconut Water

Coco Life Coconut Water is a not-from-concentrate coconut water that is produced in Thailand. The most noteworthy part about this product is its use of a glass bottle — most…

Review: Federal Coffee

Federal Coffee is a high caffeine content coffee that comes complete with a massive “WARNING” on the front of the label. The flavor is surprisingly enjoyable, with absolutely no caffeine…