IT’S OUR MISSION TO EMPOWER YOU WITH MOTIVATION, INSPIRATION, ENERGY AND CREATIVITY THROUGH NUTRITIONAL BEVERAGES. RELENTLESSLY PURSUE THE DREAMS YOU NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
WHO WE ARE
OUR VALUES
WE’RE ALL ABOUT HELPING YOU ACHIEVE MORE EVERY DAY, WHATEVER THAT MEANS TO YOU. UTILIZING SCIENCE-BACKED INGREDIENTS, WE FORMULATE STRAIGHT FORWARD DELICIOUS DRINKS WITH PURPOSE.
FUNCTIONALITY
WE DON’T CREATE BEVERAGES JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT. EACH ARTFULLY BLENDED DRINK IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT YOU IN A UNIQUE WAY, FROM BOOSTING YOUR MORNING ENERGY TO SUPPORTING RESTFUL SLEEP AT NIGHT.
PROVEN INGREDIENTS
EACH INGREDIENT IS SELECTED BY OUR NUTRITIONISTS FOR A SPECIFIC PROPERTY OR BENEFIT. WE USE THEM TO CREATE SCIENCE-BACKED FORMULAS WITHOUT ALL THE UNNECESSARY FILLER CRAP IN-BETWEEN.
BOLD FLAVORS
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO GET THE NUTRITIONAL FUEL YOU NEED WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON FLAVOR. IF IT’S NOT BOLD AND IT’S NOT TASTY, IT’S NOT FOR US. AFTER ALL, WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT A LITTLE ZEST?
CARPE ZEST
ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE WANT YOU TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. THAT’S WHAT OUR NUTRITIONAL BEVERAGES ARE DESIGNED FOR – DO MORE, LIVE HARDER, AND RELENTLESSLY PURSUE YOUR DREAMS.
FOUNDING STORY
ZEST TEA FOUNDER JAMES FAYAL HAS BEEN AN AVID TEA DRINKER SINCE HIS HIGH SCHOOL DAYS AS A COMPETITIVE SWIMMER. LONG HOURS IN THE POOL LED TO HEARTBURN AND DROVE HIM TO LOW ACID DRINKS LIKE TEA.
AFTER COLLEGE, WORKING LONG HOURS IN FINANCE, HE TURNED TO COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS TO STAY ALERT. JAMES SOON REALIZED HE WAS DRINKING THE BEVERAGE HE NEEDED, NOT THE BEVERAGE HE WANTED, SO HE SET OUT TO DEVELOP A HEALTHY, LIGHTER, TEA-BASED ENERGY BEVERAGE.
ZEST TEA LAUNCHED IN 2014 THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN. THE COMPANY QUICKLY DEVELOPED A FANATICAL FAN-BASE, WAS NAMED BEST NEW PRODUCT AT THE WORLD TEA EXPO AND BECAME A TOP 10 SELLING TEA BRAND ON AMAZON.
IN 2016, ZEST LAUNCHED ITS BAGGED TEAS INTO RETAIL AND QUICKLY FOLLOWED WITH A LINE OF TEA-BASED, READY-TO-DRINK ENERGY BEVERAGES IN 2018. THE LINE OF ENERGY DRINKS EXPANDED INTO 6 FLAVORS, INCLUDING SEVERAL ZERO SUGAR FLAVORS.
IN 2022, ZEST DEVELOPED A SELECTION OF FUNCTIONAL HOT TEAS WITH SLEEP, GUT HEALTH, AND IMMUNITY BLENDS, AND ALSO LAUNCHED A LINE OF HYDRATION POWDER PACKS, INCLUDING HYDRATION + ENERGY AS WELL AS HYDRATION + FOCUS FLAVORS.
THE TEAM CONTINUES TO WORK ON NEW LINES OF FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGES THAT GO BEYOND ZEST’S ORIGINAL ENERGY FOCUS, TO HELP ZEST DRINKERS IN NEW WAYS.