We made a better tea.
Then we made a better way to drink it.
Whole leaf tea from Germany's finest tea house — reimagined for cold water. One sachet. Fifteen minutes. That's ZIIVENA.
What is ZIIVENA?
ZIIVENA is a word we made up — because the feeling it describes didn't have one yet.
It's that moment when you choose to slow down. When you hold a cold glass of tea and feel the day's noise fade. When you realize that doing nothing, even for 15 seconds, is doing something important.
The II in our name isn't just a design. It's a pause button — two pillars of stillness in the middle of motion. One sage green, one terracotta. Nature meeting warmth. Balance, in a single breath.
In a world that never stops, ZIIVENA is your permission to pause. Not to disconnect. Not to escape. But to breathe — and begin again.
Nearly Two Centuries of Craft
Since 1836, one of Germany's most respected tea houses has been selecting, blending, and perfecting teas with a standard that only time can teach. We chose them as our partner — not for their name, but for their uncompromising commitment to quality. Every ingredient meets EU food safety standards, among the strictest in the world.
We brought that heritage to America — and reimagined it for cold water. Inside each sachet, you'll find whole tea leaves, complete dried fruit, and intact botanicals. Never dust, never fillers, never shortcuts.
Highest Rating
Critical Control Points
Regulation Compliant
Certified Organic
Certified Sustainable Farms
German Tea Heritage
All ingredients are sourced from an IFS Food-certified and HACCP-compliant facility operating under EU food safety regulations. Select ingredients are sourced from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms and EU Organic-certified origins. View certificates →
What We Promise
Every sachet, every time.
Zero Added Sugar
The only sweetness comes from real fruit and botanicals — never from added sugar, artificial sweeteners, or flavor enhancers.
No Artificial Colors
Greens, ambers, pinks, deep reds — every color in your glass is extracted naturally from the ingredients themselves.
Whole Ingredients Only
Open a sachet and look inside. You'll see complete tea leaves, intact dried fruit, and whole botanicals. No dust, no fillers, no shortcuts.
Plant-Based Sachets
Our sachets are made from corn-fiber PLA — plant-based material that won't leach microplastics into your drink.
Ready to Try?
Cold water. One sachet. Fifteen minutes. That's all it takes.
Three Series, One Philosophy
Different needs, different ingredients, same ritual — cold water, one sachet, fifteen minutes.
Bloom
Fruit & Botanical Infusion
Not tea. Bloom is made with real dried fruit and botanicals — no tea leaves at all. It's for people who want vibrant, flavorful drinks without caffeine, without sugar, and without anything artificial. Perfect for evenings, for pregnancy, for kids, for anyone who wants taste without compromise.
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Steep
Cold Steep Green Tea & Oolong
Whole leaf green tea and oolong, blended with real flowers and fruit for layers of flavor. Cold steeping means zero bitterness — the smooth taste that makes people who "don't like tea" change their minds. Natural caffeine for a clean morning lift without the coffee jitters.
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Ritual
Herbal Day & Night Blend
The first yerba mate you can cold steep in a bottle. Ritual Day gives you steady, jitter-free energy from natural caffeine. Ritual Night — with rooibos and calming herbs — helps you wind down without any caffeine at all. One series, full daily rhythm. And yes, one of them tastes exactly like cola.
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Behind every sachet is a supply chain built on transparency, expertise, and nearly two centuries of uncompromising standards.
Rigorous Quality Control
Every batch of ingredients is tested in a dedicated quality laboratory before it reaches our blends. Our supply partner operates a full HACCP-based quality management system with IFS Food certification at the highest rating — ensuring food safety from raw material intake through final packaging.
Direct Origin Sourcing
Our ingredients are sourced through long-standing, direct relationships with tea gardens and farms across the world's finest growing regions. Professional buyers personally visit origins to select and evaluate crops, ensuring only the highest-grade whole leaves, dried fruits, and botanicals make it into our sachets.
Sustainability & Ethics
We partner with suppliers who are committed to responsible practices — from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms to EU Organic-certified origins. Our plant-based corn-fiber sachets contain zero microplastics, and our packaging is designed with minimal environmental impact in mind.
Expert Blending Heritage
Our blends are crafted by a team of professional tea tasters and blenders with generations of expertise — working within a tradition that stretches back to 1836. Each of our 15 flavors is developed through extensive tasting rounds, balancing aroma, body, and color for a cold steep experience that no one else offers.
What We Put In. What We Leave Out.
Material
Plant-Based
Sachets
Corn-fiber PLA
Zero microplastics
Ingredients
No Added
Sugar
Naturally sweet from real fruit
Never sweeteners
Purity
No Artificial
Colors
No Red 40, no Tartrazine
True natural hues only
Quality
Whole
Ingredients
Complete leaves & real fruit
No dust, no fillers
Pause.
Put the phone down. Hold something cold.
Chill.
Let the tea steep. Let yourself steep, too.
Repeat.
Because one pause is never enough.