Collection: Beverages
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Dark Chocolate Almond Milk - Silk (1.89L)
DescriptionIntroducing the answer to all your sweet tooth-aches. Combining the sweetness of dark chocolate with the strength of calcium, our Silk Dark Chocolate Almond Beverage is fortified and irresistible in any form – whether in a cold glass or chugged straight from the carton.
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Ingredients
Almond base (filtered water, almonds), Cane sugar, Cocoa [processed with alkali], Vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin [B2], vitamin D2, vitamin B12), Sea salt, Locust bean gum, Sodium ascorbate, Sunflower lecithin, Gellan gum, Natural flavour.
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Vanilla Almond Milk - Silk (1.89L)
DescriptionThere’s nothing plain about this vanilla almond beverage. At 90 calories a serving, our Silk Vanilla Almond Beverage is light and creamy goodness carton-ified. Kissed with a hint of vanilla flavour, it’s delicious over cereal, mixed with coffee, added to favourite recipes or chugged straight from the carton. This one hits the (sweet) spot.
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Ingredients
Almond base (filtered water, almonds), Cane sugar, Vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin [B2], vitamin D2, vitamin B12), Sea salt, Natural flavour, Locust bean gum, Sunflower lecithin, Gellan gum.
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Original Almond Milk - Silk (1.89L)
DescriptionOur Silk Original Almond Beverage is as authentic as they come. How will you enjoy the smooth taste of plant-based Silk® Original Almond Beverage? Probably with a great big smile on your face! Pour it in cereal, use it in your favourite recipe or sip it from a glass – the world is your almond!
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Ingredients
Almond base (filtered water, almonds), Cane sugar, Vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin [B2], vitamin D2, vitamin B12), Sea salt, Locust bean gum, Gellan gum, Sunflower lecithin, Ascorbic acid, Natural flavour.
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Unsweetened Oat Milk - Silk (1.89L)
DescriptionWhat every oat wants to be when it grows up: rich, unsweetened goodness in a carton. Wave goodbye to added sugar and never look back. We’ve got you covered with our 0 g of sugar oat beverage that delivers on craveable taste and creamy texture.
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Ingredients
Oat base (filtered water, gluten-free oat flour), Sunflower oil, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin [B2], vitamin D2, vitamin B12), Dipotassium phosphate, Sea salt, Locust bean gum, Gellan gum, Natural flavour, Amylase, Ascorbic acid.
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Original Oat Milk - Silk (1.89L)
DescriptionReady to go on the ultimate oat-venture? We’ve taken the humble oat and turned it into a creamy, 80-calories classic for all four meals. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert!
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Ingredients
Oat base (filtered water, gluten-free oat flour, gluten-free oat concentrate), Sunflower oil, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin [B2], vitamin D2, vitamin B12), Dipotassium phosphate, Sea salt, Locust bean gum, Gellan gum, Amylase, Glucanase, Natural flavour, Ascorbic acid.
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Vanilla Oat Milk - Silk (1.89L)
DescriptionThe humble oat just got a vanilla flavour infused upgrade. The oat-my-goodness creamy taste is nothing less than transformative. Give your cereal, morning coffee or smoothie an instant upgrade.
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Ingredients
Oat base (filtered water, gluten-free oat flour, gluten-free oat concentrate), Cane sugar, Sunflower oil, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin [B2], vitamin D2, vitamin B12), Dipotassium phosphate, Sea salt, Locust bean gum, Natural flavour, Gellan gum, Amylase, Glucanase, Ascorbic acid.
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Unsweetened Original Organic Almond Milk - Earth's Own (1.75L)
DescriptionWe know there’s such a thing as too much of a good thing. So we add just a hint of vanilla to our unsweetened almond m*lk—so you get a little ooh-la-la on top of Canada’s best-tasting almond m*lk.
Every time you add our almond m*lk to your cereal, coffee or morning ritual, you’re making a heckuva delicious difference—because almonds use 16x less land to grow and half the water of dairy milk. Time for you to give you a high five.
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Ingredients
Organic almond base (filtered water, organic whole almonds), Sea salt, Organic locust bean gum, Gellan gum, Natural flavour, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, riboflavin, vitamin B12, zinc gluconate).
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Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk - Earth's Own (1.89L)
DescriptionWe know there’s such a thing as too much of a good thing. So we add just a hint of vanilla to our unsweetened almond m*lk—so you get a little ooh-la-la on top of Canada’s best-tasting almond m*lk.
Every time you add our almond m*lk to your cereal, coffee or morning ritual, you’re making a heckuva delicious difference—because almonds use 16x less land to grow and half the water of dairy milk. Time for you to give you a high five.
This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
Ingredients
Almond base (filtered water, almonds), Natural flavour, Sea salt, Gellan gum, Sunflower lecithin, Locust bean gum, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, riboflavin, vitamin B12, zinc gluconate).
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Vanilla Almond Milk - Earth's Own (1.89L)
DescriptionIt’s like almonds and vanilla had a meet-cute—and never let go. Our almond vanilla m*lk delivers the richness you crave, but goes easy on Mother Earth by only needing half the water of dairy milk.
BTW: did we mention that our almond m*lk was voted best-tasting in Canada? And that we’ve re-upped our shelf-stable recipe to be as delicious as our chilled drink? Or that almonds produce 4x less greenhouse gas than dairy milk? The more you know…
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Ingredients
Almond base (filtered water, almonds), Cane sugar, Natural flavour, Sea salt, Gellan gum, Sunflower lecithin, Locust bean gum, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, riboflavin, vitamin B12, zinc gluconate).
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Unsweetened Original Almond Milk - Earth's Own (1.75L)
DescriptionWe source organic almonds to build on our commitment to plant-based eating, ticking the boxes of being non-GMO, reducing demands on water and land, and making way less greenhouse gas than dairy.
This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
Ingredients
Organic almond base (filtered water, organic whole almonds), Sea salt, Gellan gum, Organic locust bean gum, Natural flavour, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, riboflavin, vitamin B12, zinc gluconate)
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Naked Original Oat Milk - Earth's Own (1.75L)
DescriptionLess is more everything: delicious, creamy, organic-y. But it does mean you’ll have to add a little shake to your morning routine, since fewer ingredients means a little settling. And like all our oats, these are grown using 7x less water than almond m*lk or cow’s milk.
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Ingredients
Filtered Water, Oats, Sea Salt And Amylase.
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Vanilla Oat Milk - Earth's Own (1.75L)
DescriptionOur Oat Vanilla was voted Canada’s best-tasting oat m*lk—plus it’s grown using seven times less water than almond or cow’s milk. So your feel-good drink is an all-around winner for any time you’d use milk: cooking, cereal, or just sippin’ away.
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Ingredients
Oat Base (Filtered Water, Oats), Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavour, Sea Salt, Gellan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Amylase, Vitamins And Minerals (Tricalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12, Zinc Gluconate)
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Chocolate Oat Milk - Earth's Own (1.75L)
DescriptionDelicious to a new degree, Earth's Own Oat Chocolate is Canada’s most loved oat m*lk, made with half the sugar of chocolate dairy milk and just the right balance of creaminess and chocolatey-ness. And like all their oat m*lks, it’s grown using 7x less water than almond m*lk or cow’s milk.
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Ingredients
Oat Base (Filtered Water, Oats), Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Powder, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Natural Flavour, Gellan Gum, Locust Bean Gum Amylase, Vitamins And Minerals (Tricalcium Phosphate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12, Zinc Gluconate)
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Original Oat Milk - Earth's Own (1.75L)
DescriptionMade of Canadian-grown oats, our Oat Original brings rich, delicious flavour to your cup, pours perfectly on cereal, and does everything that dairy milk does, only stacked with planet-hero vibes. Like being grown using seven times less water than almond or cow’s milk. NBD. Wait, that is a BD!
This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
Ingredients
Oat Base (Filtered Water, Oats), Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Gellan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Amylase, Vitamins And Minerals (Tricalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12, Zinc Gluconate).
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Sparkling Mineral Water Variety Pack - Spinnakers Soda Co. (8x473ml)
Regular price $16.97Regular priceUnit price / perQuench your thirst BIG with Spinnakers Soda Co.'s Sparkling Mineral Water Variety Pack! Drawn from an aquifer 225 feet below the Brewhouse at Spinnakers, this natural mineral water has been filtered and UV treated so as to not alter the essential constituents which give this local water its properties. Carbonation and natural flavours are added in stainless steel vessels, adding to the elements for life resulting in a bright, flavoured taste of Vancouver Island. Each flavour has just the right amount of natural flavour and fizz to make these Zero Sugar, Zero Sweetener sparkling beverages pop!
Each pack contains 8 flavours including:
- Tangerine
- Raspberry Lemon
- Blackberry
- Cucumber Lime
- Strawberry Basil
- Coconut
- Apricot
- Pineapple
*Bottle and eco fees applied at checkout ($0.88)
Tangerine Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural Tangerine Extract, Citric Acid
Raspberry Lemon Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural Lemon & Raspberry Extracts, Citric Acid
Blackberry Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural Blackberry Extract, Citric Acid
Cucumber Lime Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural and Artificial Flavour, Natural Calamansi Lime Flavour, Citric Acid
Strawberry Basil Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural Strawberry & Basil Extracts, Citric Acid
Coconut Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural Coconut Extract, Citric Acid
Apricot Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural Apricot Extract, Citric Acid
Pineapple Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Natural Pineapple Extract, Citric Acid
About Spinnakers
If you're familiar with Victoria, you're familiar with Spinnakers. Whether it be their Brewpub along the Songhee's Walkway in Vic West, their Spirit Merchant locations, their craft beers or, most recently, their sparkling mineral waters and sodas. Spinnakers is synonymous with Vancouver Island!
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Classic Dry Tonic Mix - Rootside Bitters & Mixers (250ml)
Regular price $12.98Regular priceUnit price / perThis tonic pairs incredibly with bold, flavourful new-world gins. It's the unexpected new usual at our house - Classic Dry Tonic is the elevated tonic of your dreams!
Directions
2 Tbsp. (30 mL) Tonic Water Mix, ice, your favourite spirit and top with sparkling water to taste. This is a classic tonic, made better. Pairs best with a bold local gin.
Ingredients
Water, cane sugar, orange peel, citric acid, malic acid, sea salt, sodium benzoate, natural quinine
About Rootside Provisions
Rootside began its life in 2015 in a small apartment in Vancouver after getting laid off, struggling to find a path in life and a desire to set off on our own - to make it in the world of food and drink. Beginning with a stockpot in that apartment kitchen, we have grown to having a wide variety of Bitters & Mixers sold across BC and a wee bit in the rest of Canada.
Rootside is all about flavour, tailored to your personal preference. It’s why everything we make is a concentrated syrup or botanical extract. It lets you choose how strong or light you want your drink to be, it lets you dose flavour into anything you want - be it bubbly water, a cocktail or even while cooking. Rootside is about versatility of flavour. You do you! -
Sparkling Mango - Wize Tea (355ml)
This new innovation will be the drink of the summer with clean, fizzy, and refreshing taste!
Featuring only 4g of real cane sugar, no fake sweeteners and a light caffeine, our new flavor will delight you with every taste sip.
Featuring our signature Coffee Leaf Tea as the tea base, each can boosts your immune system thanks to rare polyphenols and generates two minutes of work for coffee farmers in need.
Makes great cocktails or mocktails too!
Ingredients
Water, real brewed coffee
leaves, cane sugar, lemon juice,
natural mango flavors, carbon dioxideAbout Wize Tea
Driven by health, inspired by innovation, motivated by impact
When Max went to France for school in 2012, he overdosed on coffee during finals season and was ordered by his doctor to quit coffee and switch to tea. He never loved traditional green and black teas, so he started searching for alternatives that would be delicious, healthy, and ultimately sustainable for his body and the planet.
A month later, he and his French classmate Arnaud were starting a new entrepreneurship class project. That first day of class in January 2013, he came across a study about the coffee leaf that proved its strong health benefits, light caffeine, and long history of use as an herbal infusion in Ethiopia and Indonesia. It also became apparent that coffee farms are very seasonal and farmers suffer from extremely volatile market prices and a long off-season where they are trimming off extra leaves but not using them for anything.
They began to ask themselves “why hasn’t anyone tried to craft or ferment the coffee leaves before, like they do in the traditional tea industry?” They had a hunch that they could create very special flavors and varieties if they applied the same tea-style methodology to the coffee leaf.
Together, the two decided that this idea was worth pursuing for their class project.
Global problems call for global collaboration
At the end of the school year, they decided to put theory into practice and flew to Nicaragua to find some coffee farms. The first farmers didn’t even believe them, asking them why they were interested in the leaf to begin with. “It has no value,” farmers would say. Others were curious, but not enough to get involved.
During their search, they kept meeting other coffee importers and buyers. One of their new connections thought the coffee leaf idea was brilliant, and introduced them to Enrique Ferrufino, a third-generation coffee farmer who leads the country in ethics and innovation.
When they brought the idea to Enrique, his eyes lit up with inspiration as he started brainstorming different ways of cultivating, crafting, and ultimately creating a new delicious drink that has the potential to revolutionize the industry for the better.
One year later, Enrique joined Wize as an equal-equity founder and bolstered the team with decades of coffee-growing experience. This team-focused aspect makes Wize vertically integrated from the ground up, and ensures that the farmers and their workers’ have decision-making power for long-term growth and sustainability.
The Wize ethos
We can all be better and do better if we make wize choices. We’re realists; yes, we have a mountain to climb to solve global problems, but with small incremental action from everyone, we can write the future that we want. The pen is in our hands.
Wize is redefining wisdom for the new generation. Acknowledging the negatives, creating the positives, and relishing the challenge instead of shying away from it. Big things have small beginnings, and this is how we choose to live our lives; with purpose.
Think outside the bean and Wize up. -
Apple Juice - Sunrype (1L)
100% Apple
These 100% juices are purely delicious. Made with apples grown in the Pacific Northwest, they each have a fresh-picked taste you’re sure to enjoy.This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
About Sunrype
Back in 1946, we started making tasty, wholesome products from Okanagan fruit. Today, we’re still committed to making great things out of fruit, veggies and other simple ingredients.
We’re a proudly Canadian brand, based in Kelowna, BC. We try to capture a little bit of the sunny Okanagan in everything we do, from the products we make, to the communities and initiatives we support. -
Xocolatl Ancient Hot Chocolate - Taco Revolution (125g)
Regular price $10.00Regular priceUnit price / perXocolatl is far different from the typical local grocery store hot chocolate. We start with high-grade cocoa, and blend it with cocoa butter, toasted ancho chiles, sugar, almond, and Ceylon cinnamon to create a drink fit for Aztec gods! Lightly sweet and lightly spicy.
All Taco Revolution products are 100% Gluten free!
Ingredients
Cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar, almond, cinnamon, ancho chili
*Contains nuts
About Taco Revolution
Ixim was started as a passion project by Michelle Paez and PJ Frayne out of their small home kitchen on Gabriola Island in 2015. Having returned to Canada from living abroad in South America, they missed the wonderful tortillas and other fresh foods that they had become accustomed to. Searching grocery stores all over Vancouver Island, they couldn't find a corn tortilla that came close to what was commonly available in Mexico. So, they purchased a small tortilla press and started making their own.
Several members in their new Island community heard about the tortillas that PJ and Michelle were making, and invited the couple to set up a booth at the Gabriola Farmer's market. The tortillas were an instant hit, and the passion project quickly turned into a hobby business. Within a year, Ixim Foods Inc was incorporated and was selling tortillas from 4 different farmer's markets around the Island. But tortillas weren't enough. People wanted ready-to-eat tacos! Beginning in the second year, the Taco Revolution food truck was built and put into service. It was a huge hit and quickly attracted a large following. Ixim Foods was no longer a hobby business.
The building of a commissary kitchen quickly followed, and with it an expanded product line. Over the course of the last few years, Taco Revolution has grown to become a highly regarded and recognized brand of Mexican Food products on Vancouver Island. And we continue to grow. -
Mango - Wize Tea (355ml)
WIZDOM IS MEANT TO BE SHARED: When we discovered how to upcycle coffee leaves by crafting them into refreshing, healthy tea, we just had to share our creation with you. The coffee leaf is naturally sweet and never bitter and creates a tea similar to black tea, but with a far superior taste.
BETTER FOR YOU ICED TEA:Our Wize Mango Iced Tea is made with simple, clean ingredients and absolutely no artificial sweeteners. With only 10 calories per can, this indulgent, guilt-free iced tea is the perfect alternative to sweet tea, sodas or juice.
DELICIOUS & REMARKABLY REFRESHING: Our real brewed iced tea features a refreshing and balanced taste with a hint of sweetness from 4g of cane sugar to create an incredibly satisfying and thirst-quenching anytime drink.
LIGHTLY CAFFEINATED & ANTIOXIDANT RICH: Featuring rare antioxidants and light caffeine (35mg per can), Wize Tea provides steady energy and focus for clarity to fuel your healthy and active lifestyle and all of your creative endeavors.
EMPOWERING CONSUMERS & FARMERS: This game-changing beverage unlocks your potential while empowering coffee farmers to make a year-round living. Each can creates 2 minutes of employment for coffee farmers when they need it most. Wize people know life is better when everyone wins. #WizeUp.This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
Ingredients
Water, real brewed coffee
leaves, cane sugar, lemon juice,
natural mango flavorsAbout Wize Tea
Driven by health, inspired by innovation, motivated by impact
When Max went to France for school in 2012, he overdosed on coffee during finals season and was ordered by his doctor to quit coffee and switch to tea. He never loved traditional green and black teas, so he started searching for alternatives that would be delicious, healthy, and ultimately sustainable for his body and the planet.
A month later, he and his French classmate Arnaud were starting a new entrepreneurship class project. That first day of class in January 2013, he came across a study about the coffee leaf that proved its strong health benefits, light caffeine, and long history of use as an herbal infusion in Ethiopia and Indonesia. It also became apparent that coffee farms are very seasonal and farmers suffer from extremely volatile market prices and a long off-season where they are trimming off extra leaves but not using them for anything.
They began to ask themselves “why hasn’t anyone tried to craft or ferment the coffee leaves before, like they do in the traditional tea industry?” They had a hunch that they could create very special flavors and varieties if they applied the same tea-style methodology to the coffee leaf.
Together, the two decided that this idea was worth pursuing for their class project.
Global problems call for global collaboration
At the end of the school year, they decided to put theory into practice and flew to Nicaragua to find some coffee farms. The first farmers didn’t even believe them, asking them why they were interested in the leaf to begin with. “It has no value,” farmers would say. Others were curious, but not enough to get involved.
During their search, they kept meeting other coffee importers and buyers. One of their new connections thought the coffee leaf idea was brilliant, and introduced them to Enrique Ferrufino, a third-generation coffee farmer who leads the country in ethics and innovation.
When they brought the idea to Enrique, his eyes lit up with inspiration as he started brainstorming different ways of cultivating, crafting, and ultimately creating a new delicious drink that has the potential to revolutionize the industry for the better.
One year later, Enrique joined Wize as an equal-equity founder and bolstered the team with decades of coffee-growing experience. This team-focused aspect makes Wize vertically integrated from the ground up, and ensures that the farmers and their workers’ have decision-making power for long-term growth and sustainability.
The Wize ethos
We can all be better and do better if we make wize choices. We’re realists; yes, we have a mountain to climb to solve global problems, but with small incremental action from everyone, we can write the future that we want. The pen is in our hands.
Wize is redefining wisdom for the new generation. Acknowledging the negatives, creating the positives, and relishing the challenge instead of shying away from it. Big things have small beginnings, and this is how we choose to live our lives; with purpose.
Think outside the bean and Wize up. -
Grapefruit - Wize Tea (355ml)
WIZDOM IS MEANT TO BE SHARED: When we discovered how to upcycle coffee leaves by crafting them into refreshing, healthy tea, we just had to share our creation with you. The coffee leaf is naturally sweet and never bitter and creates a tea similar to black tea, but with a far superior taste.
BETTER FOR YOU ICED TEA: Our Wize Grapefruit Iced Tea is made with simple, clean ingredients and absolutely no artificial sweeteners. With only 10 calories per can, this indulgent, guilt-free iced tea is the perfect alternative to sweet tea, sodas or juice.
DELICIOUS & REMARKABLY REFRESHING: Our real brewed iced tea features a refreshing and balanced taste with a hint of sweetness from 1g of cane sugar to create an incredibly satisfying and thirst-quenching anytime drink.
LIGHTLY CAFFEINATED & ANTIOXIDANT RICH: Featuring rare antioxidants and light caffeine (35mg per can), Wize Tea provides steady energy and focus for clarity to fuel your healthy and active lifestyle and all of your creative endeavors.
EMPOWERING CONSUMERS & FARMERS: This game-changing beverage unlocks your potential while empowering coffee farmers to make a year-round living. Each can creates 2 minutes of employment for coffee farmers when they need it most. Wize people know life is better when everyone wins. #WizeUp.
This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
Ingredients
Water, real brewed coffee leaves, cane sugar, lemon juice, natural grapefruit flavor.
About Wize Tea
Driven by health, inspired by innovation, motivated by impact.
When Max went to France for school in 2012, he overdosed on coffee during finals season and was ordered by his doctor to quit coffee and switch to tea. He never loved traditional green and black teas, so he started searching for alternatives that would be delicious, healthy, and ultimately sustainable for his body and the planet.
A month later, he and his French classmate Arnaud were starting a new entrepreneurship class project. That first day of class in January 2013, he came across a study about the coffee leaf that proved its strong health benefits, light caffeine, and long history of use as an herbal infusion in Ethiopia and Indonesia. It also became apparent that coffee farms are very seasonal and farmers suffer from extremely volatile market prices and a long off-season where they are trimming off extra leaves but not using them for anything.
They began to ask themselves “why hasn’t anyone tried to craft or ferment the coffee leaves before, like they do in the traditional tea industry?” They had a hunch that they could create very special flavors and varieties if they applied the same tea-style methodology to the coffee leaf.
Together, the two decided that this idea was worth pursuing for their class project.
Global problems call for global collaboration
At the end of the school year, they decided to put theory into practice and flew to Nicaragua to find some coffee farms. The first farmers didn’t even believe them, asking them why they were interested in the leaf to begin with. “It has no value,” farmers would say. Others were curious, but not enough to get involved.
During their search, they kept meeting other coffee importers and buyers. One of their new connections thought the coffee leaf idea was brilliant, and introduced them to Enrique Ferrufino, a third-generation coffee farmer who leads the country in ethics and innovation.
When they brought the idea to Enrique, his eyes lit up with inspiration as he started brainstorming different ways of cultivating, crafting, and ultimately creating a new delicious drink that has the potential to revolutionize the industry for the better.
One year later, Enrique joined Wize as an equal-equity founder and bolstered the team with decades of coffee-growing experience. This team-focused aspect makes Wize vertically integrated from the ground up, and ensures that the farmers and their workers’ have decision-making power for long-term growth and sustainability.
The Wize ethos
We can all be better and do better if we make wize choices. We’re realists; yes, we have a mountain to climb to solve global problems, but with small incremental action from everyone, we can write the future that we want. The pen is in our hands.
Wize is redefining wisdom for the new generation. Acknowledging the negatives, creating the positives, and relishing the challenge instead of shying away from it. Big things have small beginnings, and this is how we choose to live our lives; with purpose.
Think outside the bean and Wize up. -
Sonic Water - Spinnakers Soda Co. (4x355ml)
Introducing Spinnaker's Sonic Water to the mix of fine beverages that Spinnakers has to offer. Sonic Water is a lighter in flavour version of a classic tonic. Their Tonic Waters are a delicate balance of natural quinine, cane sugar and Spinnakers own natural Mineral Water.
This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
About Spinnakers
If you're familiar with Victoria, you're familiar with Spinnakers. Whether it be their Brewpub along the Songhee's Walkway in Vic West, their Spirit Merchant locations, their craft beers or, most recently, their sparkling mineral waters and sodas. Spinnakers is synonymous with Vancouver Island!
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Classic Tonic Water - Spinnakers Soda Co. (4x355ml)
Regular price $5.69Regular priceUnit price / perIntroducing Spinnaker's Classic Tonic Water to the mix of fine beverages that Spinnakers has to offer. Their Tonic Waters are a delicate balance of natural quinine, cane sugar and Spinnakers own natural Mineral Water.
This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
About Spinnakers
If you're familiar with Victoria, you're familiar with Spinnakers. Whether it be their Brewpub along the Songhee's Walkway in Vic West, their Spirit Merchant locations, their craft beers or, most recently, their sparkling mineral waters and sodas. Spinnakers is synonymous with Vancouver Island!
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Black Cherry - Spinnakers Soda Co. (4x473ml)
Spinnakers Soda Co is the latest addition to the Spinnakers family. Reimagining classic soda flavours right here in Victoria.
This product is subject to a bottle deposit & eco fee. These fees will be automatically added to your cart.
Ingredients
Carbonated Natural Vancouver Island Mineral Water, Cane Sugar, Natural and Artificial Flavour, Caramel Colour, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate (Preserves Freshness).
About Spinnakers
If you're familiar with Victoria, you're familiar with Spinnakers. Whether it be their Brewpub along the Songhee's Walkway in Vic West, their Spirit Merchant locations, their craft beers or, most recently, their sparkling mineral waters and sodas. Spinnakers is synonymous with Vancouver Island!