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Sparkling + Unsweetened Tea

SPARKLING UNSWEETENED TEAS

Now Available AT ALL WHOLE FOODS Market MIDWEST LOCATIONS!

 

Starting a food a product is a labor of love. There's nothing quite like the process of dreaming up a concept, working for a couple of years to perfect the product, getting it into stores, and then dealing with the fact that sometimes people just don't like what you've created. That's what our life is right now and we love it! We're putting our everything to get our babies formulated exactly where we want them so that y'all can enjoy them. Thankfully we have an incredible production facility filled with people we trust to help us manufacture BESTeas! This weekend something terrible happened in the start up food community and our hearts go out to every single brand that was impacted by the abrupt closing of #pilotworks . Pilot Works was a company that helped small food businesses across the US manufacture products and on Saturday, they ceased operations without any warning. All of those brands are comprised of humans just like us pouring their everything into their products. We can only imagine how devastating this was and we want to lend a helping hand to all of the companies and entrepreneurs impacted by this. If it's help with networking to find a new production solution, a free case of tea, a hug, a pep talk, using our storage lockers here in Chicago, or even physical help moving, I'm more than happy to give my everything to help y'all. This is an incredibly small industry and we're all at our best when we're helping, encouraging and inspiring each other. Cheers to a weekend of sweet family moments that are are totally unsweetened ❤️📸 @cathrinstone’s Celebrate Your BESTeas x Be Your BEST Self! This past Sunday something awesome happened! My best friend Joshua Current (on the right) finished the @chicagomarathon alongside @joanbenoitsamuelson and her daughter! Joan Benoit Samuelson won the very first Women's Olympic Marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and held the American Record in the marathon for an astounding 18 years! She's a trailblazer, a legend of the sport and has inspired so many people to be their BEST self! To see my best friend finish alongside such a monumental figure in the sport reminded me of one of the phrases that our cross country coach always used to say: "It's not where you start, it's where you finish". This is something that Josh fully exemplifies. His first cross country race, he barely finished. He took dead last and being a year older than him, I thought for certain that he was going to quit before long. But Josh never got discouraged, he kept showing up, kept puffing his inhaler before our runs and in his final year of track, he was the conference champion in the 1600m. Since then, he's finished 5+ Chicago Marathons and was able to race the prestigious Boston Marathon in 2016! His ability to overcome and grow has astounded me over the years and has made me proud to call him my friend. If you've got a BESTea that has inspired you to like Josh has for me or if you've got a figure who's inspired you to be the BEST version of yourself please tag them below and tell them how! 💖 GIVEAWAY alert! We’re going loco for the coco 🤪🥥 because nothing goes better with an ice cold sparkling green tea than our favorite new vegan jerky from @coconut_jerky To enter: 1. Follow our account @wearebesteas & @coconut_jerky 2. Tell us your favorite afternoon snack combo 3. tag a friend or two for a bonus entry! US Only. Winner selected 10/12. Winner will receive a Coconut Jerky sample pack and case of BESTeas This giveaway is in no way endorsed or sponsored by Instagram and is open to US residents only - good luck! When @fortunefishco says there's a competition for the BEST photo from their #fortuneshow you immediately get on a knee and have your BESTea @cobraverdeclub pour some delicious Sparkling Unsweetened Hibiscus Tea right into your mouth and all over your shirt! 😎🤪🏆 Hibiscus & Lime has us feelin like this @blake_jones mural 😁 Spent the day cheering on the runners today at the 42nd Chicago Marathon. We so admire the toughness and resiliency that the runners showed on the course today. No matter what the circumstance we face in life, we do have power over how we react and nothing is more evident than that than seeing over 40k people push through a cold rainy day and 26.2 miles to accomplish their goal. Walking down this aisle there's so many options, nearly 700 to be exact (trust me, I counted!) but all but eleven products are either a sugary beverage or a water. Counting the products and realizing that there's still so few unsweetened beverages in this aisle reminds us how important our mission is and how far we have to go. People are drinking too much sugar and we're going to change this aisle up. The world needs more delicious unsweetened beverages and we're going to make them accessible and affordable for everybody. This is a big problem to solve but we can do it because of y'all, our BESTeas! You fuel and inspire us to reach new heights and we hope we can do the same for you! Have a great weekend y'all! It's not everyday @wholefoodschi opens a new store and it's sure as heck not everyday that you get to meet one of my all time favorite athletes! Bear Down @96abrown 🐻⬇️ Exciting news! We're up and running on Amazon Prime for $24/case with free shipping! Link in bio! 🗣️Cheers to the WEEKEND!🎊🎉🎊🎉 That skyline has us feeling extra special heading into the weekend! Y'all got anything big planned?! Looking for the perfect afternoon pick me up? Our Green Tea + Pomegranate has both 35mg of caffeine and L-theanine, an amino acid that has been proven to have a calming effect on the nervous system. Our mission is to help inspire all of you (our BESTeas) to be your BEST. There is a lot of excess sugar in what people drink these days but we're obsessed with creating the best tasting, unsweetened beverages on the planet and making them accessible and affordable to everyone. Thanks for the reminder @wrdsmth ! 💥CONTEST TIME💥 This pretty little pallet is shipping off to somewhere special and we want to celebrate with a little giveaway contest for our BESTeas! Winners will receive a case for both them and their BESTea! There's two ways to win: 1. Be the first to correct guess.📍 2. Have the funniest guess! 🤪🤣 For a valid entry comment below this post with your guesses and tag your BESTea. Also you must be following us for a valid entry. Winners will be announced on our story at 2PM CST! A little Monday morning motivation from @hellofears. Make it a great week, BESTeas! 👍👍 What are your intentions for the week? Not a bad haul by our BESTea @leanlassie ! How are you getting prepped for the week ahead? A little Saturday afternoon pick me up! Did you know that our Black Tea w/ Lemon is a perfect #microdosing solution with 40-50mg of caffeine and 0g of sugar. It's got everything you want and nothing ya don't! 🤤🤪 Our BESTea @bjoyski is killing it this #fridgefriday 🤤🥗🍋🍊🥝🥑🍅🌶️ ⚡FLASH SALE⚡ 🔥50% off BESTeas Sparkling Unsweetened Tea🔥 Are you not near a Midwest Whole Foods but want in on our big September sale? No problem! Click the link in our bio to get a case of BESTeas for half off! Sale ends midnight September 13th so hurry!!