Hard Tea, a new trend after hard seltzers.
Welcome Tios Drinks, a hard tea from UK and Denmark, 2021.
Tea time? Cocktail time? Why not both? Tios Drinks puts the tea in cocktails.
We’ve created a sparkling hard tea (alcoholic tea) that combines our favourite cocktails with our love for tea for a not-so guilty pleasure. Created to be low calorie and zero sugar in three different flavours, Tios is the natural alternative to sugary, calorific, pre-mixed drinks and uninspiring hard seltzers. In our humble opinion.
Tios is a sparkling hard tea made with brewed organic white tea, premium spirits (tequila and white rum) and all natural flavours. It’s refreshing and offers a unique depth of flavour, with a subtle hint of herbal tea that we think you’ll love. It’s our go-to drink for any occasion, and with your help, we hope it can become yours too!
We’re so excited to present our Tios hard teas: the White Tea Margarita, the White Tea Mojito and the White Tea Light & Stormy.
Our White Tea Margarita is our sparkling hard tea twist on the classic Margarita cocktail made with premium tequila, a refreshing taste of lime with a hint of orange to mirror the flavours of triple sec (orange liquor, an essential ingredient in a Margarita).
Our White Tea Mojito
This is our sparkling hard tea twist on the classic Mojito made with premium white rum. Minty and limey. Just the right amount.
Tios White Tea Light & Stormy
This is our sparkling hard tea twist on our favourite ginger cocktail, with premium white rum, fiery ginger and a touch of lemon.
Our Story
Two sisters Cecilia and Segolenne, her fiancé Mark and a love for tea and cocktails.
Segolenne met Mark while working in Copenhagen, Denmark, where they both still live. In January 2020, they took 4 months off work to go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world together where they discovered alcoholic teas. Their trip was cut short due to Covid-19, so perfect opportunity to start their own drinks venture combining two of their favourite things, tea and cocktails. Or cocktails and tea in that order. Cecilia naturally joined the team.
Tios Drinks HQ is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the operations are based in England.
Tios is now our go-to drink for any occasion. It’s tasty, refreshing and a not-so guilty pleasure. Too early to get the shaker out? Not in the mood for a glass of wine or a beer but want something a bit more exciting than a hard seltzer? Just grab a Tios from the fridge. Tios is for the mindful pleasure-seeker, people like us who want to find a good balance in what we consume without compromising on taste. Low sugar, low calories and low alcohol content but high in flavour.
Why ‘Tios’? Tios (like ‘Tea-ose’) is inspired by our family, our travels, Danish minimalism and a British/French touch. The name inspiration comes from the Spanish ‘Tíos’ meaning ‘uncles’ and is in honour of our family tradition of Margarita night, started off by our aunt and uncle.
Sustainability
Our mission at Tios is sustainability with the least amount of waste without compromising on taste.
Fair Trade tea
Our white tea is ethically sourced from an approved fair trade supplier since 1994. It’s organically grown in China and supplied through a UK-based compiler.
Biodegradable tea bags
The tea bags used to store the tea are unbleached and biodegradable.
Recyclable cans
All our cans are made of 100% recyclable aluminium. We chose cans as they are much lighter than bottles, meaning a greatly reduced impact on transport with less need for fuel. Aluminium is also one of the easiest materials to recycle. In Denmark, producers like us pay an annual fee for their packaging to be recycled to their return system known as “pant” run by Dansk Retursystem, a non-profit organisation. When a customer purchases a can or bottle, the letter A, B or C indicates the cost of recycling. Cans can then be returned to vending machines in most supermarkets for a refund.
In 2019 in Denmark, 92% of cans and bottles were recycled. This is where Tios Drinks relies on you to help improve the recycling of our cans in the UK to hopefully one day reach the same target as Denmark. By recycling our cans, we can avoid mining for bauxite, the raw material used for aluminium cans.
Minimal packaging
It’s what’s inside that counts. Your unboxing experience might be a little simple but we’ve focused on keeping the outer packaging to a minimum. Our boxes are FSG certified (Forest Stewardship Council). The FSG aims to ensure that packaging material is made with, or contains, forest-based materials from FSC-certified forests or reclaimed sources.
Compostable labels
We consciously chose compostable can labels made of PLA to reduce waste and lower our carbon impact. These shrink labels are made from annually renewable plant-based sources and replace petroleum-based options for a more natural sustainable packaging. When disposed of, these films composte into safe, natural and organic substances. PLA film significantly reduces material used in packaging. It offers the highest shrink at the lowest temperature which translates to less energy used.
We think you’re going to love it.
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