ABOUT YOOT

Yoot teas are carefully crafted from ancient, traditional recipes used for generations in family kitchens to promote and allow deep healing, vitality and joyful surrender to nature’s wisdom.  We are dedicated to offering a premium, organic, barely sweetened herbal energy tea that provides a natural rejuvenation to rival caffeinated drinks.

We will go to production in less than two months and due to our co-packers high minimums, we are calling on our health-conscious community to get behind our beverage start-up. Soon, you will be able to find our products in most natural grocers, but due to varying category reset schedules, this Indiegogo campaign will allow us to presell directly to our consumers and help carry us over the first year hump.

Co-founder Nansee Kim-Parker taps into her heritage for every brew. Her parents prepared homemade teas for her chronic gastrointestinal problems when she was a child. As an adult, Nansee consulted family recipes to support her husband's health after he lost his spleen in a motorcycle accident. After the birth of their first child, Nansee crafted her own teas to stay alert without copious amounts of caffeine and sugar.  Being mindful of the ingredients that would pass onto her newborn, she formulated the herbal teas using common food ingredients.

Co-founder Shawn Parker is a motorcycle enthusiast and foodie. Shawn helps to test out flavor profiles prior to formulation. Feeling much better thanks to her teas, he successfully launched a new motorcycle repair business in 2011.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE 

In the past two years, we have completed the commercial formulation, ingredient sourcing, branding, and trademark work. We’ve already produced our first sample batch of the three Yoot root tea brews with our contract manufacturer in the Midwest. We have already signed up with a major distributor for the Eastern region, which was brokered by a large retailer. We also have a local, regional distributor lined up for the Western region.  

WHY WE NEED THE FUNDING

Because our contract manufacturer requires a minimum run quantity of 30,000 per line and we have three lines, which is 30k x 3 = 90,000 bottles of Yoot! Making a premium herbal tea using only non-GMO, organic, and/or wild-crafted ingredients also comes at a price.  We will be using the funds to pay for the first production run, which includes:

·  contract manufacturing fee (production and packaging)

·  glass bottles and caps

·  labels

·  shipping/storage fees

·  last remaining ingredients

NOT JUST ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE

Yoot is a for-profit company, but we also want to incorporate a positive impact on society. We will contribute one percent of our profits to TeenForce, a self-sustaining non-profit organization that helps foster teens (ages 14-20) gain work experience in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

As we grow, we intend to hire teens through TeenForce. We agree that when teens become healthy, caring, and responsible young adults who have important roles in the community, the roots of the community become stronger.

As we expand we will also contribute to similar non-profit organizations that work with empowering youth across America.

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