ávitāe- n: 1. provides a new and better alternative to soft drinks and energy drinks: caffeinated water. 2. Smart cookie they are- water + caffeine + zero calories = me happy
How do you review a product like this? It’s water, with caffeine. It tastes, well, like water.
I was tweeting one day (Psst…If you don’t follow me already, I’m @kristiecranford) and a company offered to send me samples of their water with caffeine. Seconds later, the lovely @BritPR_avitae asked me for my address, she would send me samples of ávitāe.
Bonus point 1- eagle eye BritPR_avitae saw an opportunity.
Just a few short days later a beautiful blue box with these gems inside showed up (photo by EvolFeta Photography):
Bonus point 2- handwritten note from @BritPR_avitae, aka Brittany Wilson herself. In a time of impersonal computer generated “press 1 for this, 2 for that” service, this personal touch stood out to me.
My first impression, it had impact. Nice classy unexpected packaging. The bottles are stylish, sporty. The bottles are color coded for the amount of caffeine in each. The orange bottle has 45mg of caffeine. This one is equal to the amount of caffeine in a soda (or “pop” for you other regions). The red bottle has 90mg of caffeine. That one is equal to the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee. Easy to spot and recognize when going for a caffeine fix.
For one of my early long runs I mixed my electrolyte energy drink mix with ávitāe, it was nice having that extra caffeine boost. The ávitāe website has an online cookbook full of recipes on other ways you can use their product.
Taste? It’s water, clear, crisp, water. Reaction when drinking out in public? I was greatly surprised at how these bottles are magnets for unexpected conversation and questions from complete strangers. “Ooh what is that?” “I need that!” “Where can I get that?”
“Does it really taste like water?” <—this one got annoying. No, it tastes like pizza. Seriously?
“Do you come here often” <—that one was disturbing.
Bonus point 3- ávitāe gives back! ávitāe uses PET Recyclable Plastics in their bottles. They are the most recycled kind of plastic and are biodegradable. They highly encourage consumers to recycle the bottles on all packaging (labels, boxes, 24 pack plastic cases, etc). They use reverse osmosis to purify the water, but with a 1 to 1 output instead of a 3 to 1 output. When normal bottled water companies use reverse osmosis to purify their water, they have 3 gallons of wasted water filled with the chemicals taken out of the purified water, for every 1 gallon of purified water they can use. ávitāe only has 1 gallon of waste water for every 1 gallon of purified water. They do this to save the world’s water supply and get as much usable, purified water as possible.
Bonus point 4- when I contacted Brittany about wanting to gush about ávitāe on my blog her response was so quick my head spun.
My official opinion? I like it. I love the personal attention I received. Yes, I will buy ávitāe. I will use ávitāe to stay hydrated and awake while logging miles training for on upcoming race that has a start time of midnight.
Bonus point 5- PRODUCT GIVEAWAY!!!!
The lovely folks at ávitāe are giving away a box just like I received (2 each of the 45mg and 90mg bottles) to 4 lucky winners from my blog!
Here’s how you win. No jumping through hoops. Really, no hoops. You don’t have to click this, retweet that, like this, post that. Just comment below on why you want to try ávitāe. Only one comment per person please. Winners will be drawn at random on March 17th. I will notify winners by replying to their comment. You will provide your contact information to me and I will forward it to the folks of ávitāe who will in return send your prize directly to you.
Good luck. On your mark, get set…GO!
To learn more about ávitāe and place an order, check them out online at www.myavitae.com
Would love to be entered in the giveaway!
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If Kristie likes it…..it must be good! So i’ll give it a try. I especially liked Kristie’s suggestion in adding it to her electrolyte drink.
Thanks for the info Kristie!!
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Water with caffeine sounds just awesome!
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Boy where has this been with my schedule of maybe 3 hours of sleep taking care of kids school and trying to train coffee is my only vice now days but water with caffine what a god send might not fall asleep when wife is talking to me now ha ha
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Well, I think you of all people know I need loads of caffeine for my late night soccer games and spin sessions!
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That sounds so awesome! I’d love to try some. Thanks for writing the review!
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Wow, this sounds like a great thing for my long distance S2S relay team. We go 24 hours with very little sleep. Most of us do not drink pop, and we cannot brew coffee in the vans. I’d love to try it. Maybe ávitāe would sponsor our relay
Enjoyed the write-up, Coach.
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Sounds like an awesome product!! I am not a morning person and can use all the caffeine I can scare up…Where can you buy it?
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you are not a winner this time. Jackie you would love avitae. You can buy it at http://www.myavitae.com. Let’s get together soon! Thanks for reading my blog!
Sounds interesting!! Water that tastes like water but has caffeine in it. I’d definitely love to try it – for that reason. I’m not a big fan of coffee unless I put a ton of cream and sugar in it – not exactly healthy.
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This sounds like a great product that is a nice change/addition to using the energy gels! Great product and packaging = innovation! I would hope to be lucky enough to win the giveaway.
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WOW!! THANK YOU! I’m excited. I just emailed you my info.
Can I use it to make coffee?
Great Review Kristie. It looks very interesting, I’ll have to look for it up here in Canuckada.
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you are not a winner this time. YES! You can use it to make coffee, gives that extra punch! Thanks for reading my blog and taking time to reply.
Yes! You can absolutely use it to make coffee. The caffeine stays in tack when heated!
I’ve tried it and love it…I am a diet coke drinker and would like to give it up for Avitae – but – can’t find it locally (Michigan).
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Georgia – we are in Speedways in the front of the store in the coolers. I would love to get in contact with you about giving up your soda habit and possibly interviewing you (along with Kristie) for out blog. Please e-mail Avitae at bwilson@avitaeusa.com to set something up!
Why not try it. Always looking for something to help out in the Ultra’s anyhow! Sounds like it could be a useful product to try!
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I’ve recently started making “life changes” (I hate the word diet….) and eliminating soda has been the most difficult change yet. As a nurse I know soda is bad, water is good! I was in line at my local grocery store and there was a random bottle of avitae in the beverage cooler at the checkout. I thought it was a great idea since I’ve been drinking tea (yuck) for my caffeine fix. I drank it in line and was impressed that it was the water I want WITH the caffeine I missed! Unfortunetly, it didn’t belong in that cooler and there were not more to be found. I went back in the store and couldn’t find one ANYWHERE and neither could anyone who worked there! Who put this random avitae in that cooler??? I’m convinced it was just for me:) But now I’ve been on the hunt and would love a few bottles to tide me over until I track down a store that sells them! Please help!
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water, caffeine.. I need this!
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you are not a winner this time. Thank you for reading my blog and taking time to reply. I can’t say enough about avitae. I love it! http://www.myavitae.com
With a 6 month old I never get to finish my coffee while it’s hot. This sounds a lot better than cold coffee! I will have to give it a shot! Love reading your blogs and getting all your advice. thanks!
You have observed very interesting details! ps nice site.
Thank you. Much appreciated.
This product sounds really cool and functional. I wouldn’t mind trying a sample!
It is truly amazing. I am hooked! Thank you for taking the time to read my blog!