Always looking to give our readers the best advice in fashion, food, health and beauty, we recently got to try out Vivid Drinks, a fab healthy green tea.
Vivid founder James discovered Matcha whilst working for a tea company and decided to create the brand. Matcha Green tea contains natural caffeine to give you a boost that improves concentration, while the natural L-Theanine keeps you calm and relaxed, but importantly alert! It can also assist in weight loss as it increases the metabolism which helps burn fat faster, making Vivid a great pre and post workout drink.
They also come in three flavours; Grape and Elderflower, Lime, Ginger and Honey and Pear and Rhubarb. Each drink contains all natural flavours and fruit juices, as well as 100% of your recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C for to protect cells from Oxidative Stress, reduce tiredness and fatigue and protect the nervous system.
We got a selection of the STYLEetc team and readers to try out the drinks and here’s what they said.
Charlotte,
“I loved the Grape and Elderflower one and I actually did feel more awake and refreshed after it. I wasn’t keen on the Lime, Ginger and Honey one as the smell put me off but it tastes so much better than I thought it would! The Pear and Rhubarb was a really good flavour and great for settling your stomach if you don’t feel well.”
Emily,
“I liked the Pear and Rhubarb drink the best, although as someone who eats with their eyes, I shouldn’t 
have poured it in a glass as it doesn’t look appealing so I used a straw for the others. I went to work feeling alert and ready to face the day!”
Anna,
“I loved them all! They are the perfect post-run drink and so refreshing!”
Louise,
“They taste just like fruit juices and it was great with breakfast!”
We also had a quick chat with the founder of Vivid, James and asked him a few questions about his great product.
From discovering Matcha whilst working for the tea company, what made you decide to create the brand?
I’ve always loved iced tea and it amazed me that Lipton was the only brand of any stature in the UK.
Nobody was bottling matcha in ready-to-go format and because it offers a significant point of difference to other iced teas on the market and has unrivalled health benefits matcha offered a great opportunity to create a new category of drinks in the UK.
Which i
s your favourite drink and why?
Of the 3 Vivid flavours lime, ginger and honey is the one that holds a special place in my heart because they are the first ingredients that I blended with matcha!
Where do you see Vivid in 5years?
The aim is to be a well known and admired brand in the UK, regularly putting on events to celebrate creativity and imagination. In 5 years time we’ll be trading all over Europe and starting to make an entry to the US – it’s about time a UK brand made waves over there rather than the other way round.
Are there any plans for new flavours?
Yes, but they’re top secret…we will be asking some of our regular customers to help us develop our new flavours.
How would you describe Vivid in 3 words?
Infused with inspiration!
Vivid Drinks are available from Waitrose, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and other stockist or online for £1.85 and www.vividdrinks.com
By Emily Parker
