Posted by Julia on May 30th 2025
Understanding NA Beverage Categories: What They Really Mean
In today’s post, we’re breaking down the different categories of NA drinks to help you sip with confidence. Plus, we’re introducing some exciting new sampler packs so you can explore a variety without the guesswork. Fair warning: you just might find your next summer obsession!
Adaptogenic and Functional Beverages
These beverages contain nootropics or guayusa which can help with things like boosting energy, improving focus, supporting digestion, reducing stress and staying balanced.
Nootropics, often referred to as “smart drugs” or “cognitive enhancers,” are substances that may improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions like memory, creativity, focus, or motivation. Examples of nootropics include:
- L-theanine (from green tea) – promotes calm focus
- Caffeine – enhances alertness and energy
- Lion’s Mane mushroom – supports brain health and neurogenesis
- Rhodiola rosea – helps with mental fatigue and stress
Guayusa (pronounced gwhy-you-sa) is a naturally caffeinated leaf from the Amazon rainforest, traditionally brewed like tea by indigenous communities in Ecuador.
TC Farm brand offerings in this category include the following:
De Soi – a non-alcoholic sparkling beverage inspired by the French aperitif, with adaptogens and no added sugar
Parch – distinctive beverages inspired by flavors of the Southwest and Mexico, containing sustainably sourced adaptogens that include ashwagandha and American ginseng.
Three Spirit – functional elixirs and wine alternatives designed to make you feel good without the hangover
Recess Mood – designed to help you unwind and feel calm, with adaptogens and magnesium
Kin Euphorics – adaptogenic beverages designed to reduce stress & promote mental clarity
Mor Kombucha - a fermented tea beverage that contains probiotics to support gut health; available in several refreshing flavors
Wildwonder – a good-for-your-gut pre & probiotic soda that’s refreshingly crisp & satisfying
Three Spirit -Non-alcoholic Botanical Elixirs & Blurred Vines designed by plant scientists and bartenders to enhance your mood, rhythm and mind throughout the day and into the night.
Mocktails, NA Beers and Ciders
These are beverages created to taste like the alcoholic version but without the hangover! Benefits include a healthier lifestyle, no negative impacts on sleep patterns and social responsibility.
TC Farm offers these brands:
- Hoplark – what happens when you brew tea like a craft beer- without sugars, additives or any fermentation
- Sober Carpenter – Canadian NA craft beer so good that you won’t have to compromise on taste if you’re also wanting a healthier lifestyle
- Bauhaus Brew Lab – LOCAL NE Minneapolis brewery
- Milk & Honey Cider – LOCAL - produces fine American cider from heirloom and traditional cider apple cultivars in St. Joseph, MN.
- Original Sin Cider - The White Widow is a low-calorie blackberry cider made with 25% fruit juice, monk fruit (as a natural sweetener) and apple cider vinegar.
- Mocktails - mixology-inspired drinks with the taste and experience one expects from a proper cocktail, without the hassle or harmful chemicals or alcohol. Nitro infused for that just-shaken cocktail mouthfeel.
- Lapo’s - perfectly bittersweet cocktail, with notes of juniper and bright citrus. All natural ingredients only.
- St. Agrestis – Phony Negroni, Mezcal, and Amaro Falso. At St. Agrestis we're Negroni obsessed. From the iconic cocktail's history to its many variations, we believe the Negroni is the world’s greatest cocktail. Made with 30 real, raw, non-GMO organic ingredients.
NA Wine and Bubbly Alternatives
These are beverages that have been dealcoholized through a filtering process, such as reverse osmosis or vacuum distillation, resulting in a beverage with minimal alcohol content but similar health benefits such as antioxidants.
TC Farm offers these brands:
- Proxies - blends grapes, fruits, teas, spices and complex ferments to capture everything that makes wine a great pairing with food - acidity, body and tannin- without the alcohol!
- NON - an intricate balancing act of flavor built from the ground up with key notes of floral, tannin, salinity, and acidity.
- Dry Wit (local) - LOCAL - No added sugar or caffeine. Offers 3 key varieties: a champagne-inspired stand-in, a full-bodied white wine and a red wine alternative.
- Vinada - glamorous sparkling wines with a bubble and no alcohol. The vacuum extrtaction of alcohol ensures that wines maintain their original aromoas and taste.
- Prima Pave - an award-winning line of alcohol and sugar free wines handcrafted in Italy.
- Tost - a substantive beverage that is alcohol free yet all-natural and low calorie, great as a social beverage or paired with fine dining.
- Oddbird - quality wines, made with traditional methods and matured for up to 12 months, and then gently liberated from alcohol in order to preserve the flavors
- and more!
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Mixers, Shrubs, and Elixirs
You can use any beverage in this category to customize a drink and become a mixologist in your own right!
Mixers are non-alcoholic ingredients used to create flavorful,cocktail-style drinks, such as juices, syrups, sodas & flavored waters.
Shrubs are a type of mixer that contain a 1:1:1 proportion of vinegar, sugar, and fruit.
Elixirs are intended as a base for crafting NA cocktails, similar to how alcoholic spirits are used in traditional cocktails.
TC Farm offers these brands:
- Sharab Shrubs (local)
- Three Spirit
- Wilderton
- Q-Mixers
- Spindrift
- Nixie’s
- De La Calle
- Zevia
Remember to share your favorite custom NA drink with us, including a recipe! @TcFarmMn on Instagram.