Learn
Your resource for becoming an educated and responsible user of these wonderful and transformative plants. We encourage everyone to read through our learn page before making New Brew a part of their lives.
ABOUT
We started New Brew with the mission of reintroducing plants into the ceremony of drinking here in the US. Our first beverage features two of them – kratom leaf and kava root. We believe both of them have a place in that ceremony. Kratom and kava are powerful plants with real effects, which is why they have found a place in human cultures for thousands of years. But they are new to most Americans.
Kratom LEAF
Kratom leaf grows on a tropical evergreen tree that is native to a few different countries in Southeast Asia. The plant has a long history of traditional use in its native regions where it has been used for various purposes, including as an energy booster, mood enhancer, and productivity tool. In this traditional setting, kratom leaf is typically brewed into a tea or chewed.
Kava ROOT
Kava root is native to the South Pacific islands. Kava has a long history of traditional use in this region in ceremonies, rituals, and social gatherings for its ability to increase sociability and positively alter one’s mood. “You cannot hate with kava in you, so it is used in the making up of quarrels, and in peacemaking,” remarked one anthropologist in an early 1930’s look into the plant's role in the culture of Vanuatu.
Kratom Leaf
Kratom is a tropical evergreen tree in the coffee family of plants that is native to mainland Southeast Asia. The leaves of the kratom plant contain a broad spectrum of 40+ alkaloids, of which mitragynine is the most prominent and well known.
Kava Root
Kava is a shrub in the pepper family native to Vanuatu and islands in Polynesia. Its roots contains lactones responsible for its unique effects. Of the 15 lactones isolated from kava, 6 major lactones (kavalactones) are known to provide psychoactive activity: kawain, methysticin, demethoxy-yangonin, dihydrokawain, dihydomethysicin, & yongonin.
How To Drink Responsibly
FAQ
New Brew produces a non-inebriating bliss, with a symphony of effects that include a positive attitude shift and a balanced feeling of calm, clarity and connection. Please take care when trying New Brew for the first time. Kratom and kava are new to most people and affect everyone differently, so listen carefully to your body when you try New Brew and decide whether more is the right call. Sip to assess your tolerance.
New Brew can be enjoyed at any time of the day, morning through evening. The most common time to enjoy New Brew is in the afternoon and early evening as you transition to another phase of the day - before a workout, after work, in lieu of a cocktail or another cup of coffee.
New Brew is an adult beverage. New Brew employs two primary active ingredients: kratom leaf and kava root, which are the keys to the formula’s unique potency. While kratom is currently unregulated by the FDA, there is an emerging scientific and legal consensus that kratom leaf should only be used by adults 21+ and over. New Brew strongly supports emerging standards stipulating that kratom only be used by responsible adults.
Yes, but we recommend starting with one to see how you feel. One of the best parts of New Brew is that unlike drinks with alcohol and sugar, a small serving produces a sense of satisfied contentment. You might find yourself without the urge to keep consuming. Sip it slow to assess your tolerance, as everyone metabolizes New Brew differently, based on a range of physical and circumstantial factors. Most people will feel the effects after one serving.
- Common short-term side effects for kratom and kava include nausea, constipation and loss of appetite.
- Each can of New Brew contains a serving of 25mg of kratom leaf extract and 125mg of kava root extract, which fall on the low end of commercially available products containing these ingredients.
- That being said, New Brew is a potent beverage for adults and these ingredients are likely to have effects even at New Brew’s small serving size.
Definitely. But to be clear, New Brew’s 30mg serving of caffeine is not a 1-1 replacement for the energy jolt you get from coffee – it’s really apples and oranges. New Brew’s ingredients produce a more balanced, connected and focused state of mind than coffee, without the jitters and crash.
Yes, but not the same kind of energy you get from coffee or energy drinks. There is 30mg caffeine in a single serving - about a quarter of a cup of coffee - which is primarily from the natural tea used in our formula.
It really depends on the individual. The formula for New Brew is not designed to help with sleep and for some people the small amount of caffeine in the product may make falling asleep more difficult.
Anything that makes you feel good can become habit-forming, including caffeine, sugar and New Brew. Only use New Brew in the recommended quantities, and be thoughtful about your consumption.
Those in recovery or practicing strict abstinence may want to avoid New Brew because of its genuine mood-altering effects.
The primary active ingredients are kratom leaf extract and kava root extract.
Kava is a root from Polynesia and has long been used there in drinks that are often consumed in social settings. Kava produces mild to moderate sedative effects and a light sense of bliss.
Kratom is an evergreen tree from Southeast Asia. Traditionally, the plant is brewed into a tea and consumed for productivity and pain-relief. Kratom produces a mild to moderate sense of bliss alongside a calm and crash-free energy.
Kava is legal for sale and use in all 50 states.
Kratom is legal in the United States at a federal level. It is not covered by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). That said, specific states and counties have banned the sale of kratom within their jurisdictions.
In 2016, the DEA threatened to prohibit kratom’s sale and use; advocates and lawmakers subsequently pushed back, the DEA reversed course 2 months later in response to congressional pushback and mounting clinical evidence showing its safety, and the stricter scheduling of kratom that would have prompted that sort of ban never occurred.
Kratom is not regulated by the FDA (see The FDA and Kratom from the FDA site). Unfortunately, the absence of clear guidance from the FDA has suppressed investment in the industry and allowed unsafe products onto the market, many of which have led to some bad headlines and a broad misunderstanding about the plant.
New Brew supports the passage of the Kratom Consumer Protection Act (KCPA), and the broader efforts of the American Kratom Association to introduce common sense standards for the sale and use of kratom by adults.
It’s safest to avoid drinking New Brew if you are pregnant, trying to conceive or breastfeeding.
Please contact your physician, midwife or other appropriate medical professional before using New Brew.
New Brew’s active ingredients are locally sourced from their native habitats through a single GMP-certified supplier who owns and manages their own plots of land where the plants are grown. New Brew’s kratom currently comes from Indonesia and New Brew’s kava currently comes from Vanuatu.
- Organic cane sugar
- Monkfruit extract
- Agave
- Stevia
Yes. New Brew’s active ingredients are all 3rd party lab tested, in compliance with the standards set forth by the American Kratom Association (AKA). Each batch of New Brew is then lab tested for safety after production by our GMP-certified manufacturing partner.