Hard tea and hard seltzers are part of a booming beverage category ~ we’re pretty sure you (or your adult kids) have at least a few cans in the fridge. What you may not realize is that alcohol companies aren’t required to put nutrition labels or ingredient lists on their products. So when you’re enjoying that tasty can by the pool or bbq, you may be drinking up to 40g of sugar, along with ingredients like brewed malt (read:gluten), caffeine, artificial sweeteners, and random “distilled spirits”.
If you are counting calories, eat organic, are gluten-free, vegan, kosher, or just careful about what you consume, you know that knowing exactly what’s in that can is key.
Enter Crooked Tea. Brought to market by the founder of BAITM, Crooked Tea is a USDA Organic, bold, zero-sugar, 4% ABV hard iced tea crafted with a commitment to label transparency. The nutrition label is front and center, well actually back and center, on each can.
The base brew (i.e. where the alcohol comes from) is made from ingredients including quinoa, millet, amaranth, and cassava root. It’s blended with real brewed organic black tea and plant-based sweeteners. Crooked Teas have zero carbonation, less than 10mg of natural caffeine, and are GF, Kosher, Vegan, and Non-GMO. Available in Lemon, Peach, and Raspberry, Crooked Tea is branded as “fun on the outside, good on the inside.”
You can now buy Crooked Tea at your neighborhood Harris Teeter and other local retailers, and enjoy a tasty, low-cal drink, knowing exactly what you’re putting in your body.
Crooked Tea partner/owner Zac Brown is making an appearance in the QC on Thursday, August 14th at the Rea Farms HT at 11135 Golf Links Dr. from 1-2:30pm. It’s first in line, first to meet, and there will surely be more folks in line than he has time to greet. So get on over there and tell him we say hey!
