![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m kind of a health freak,” said Passantino. They also developed a product with less sugar than most packaged cold brew drinks. The two partnered with Drink Labs, a custom beverage development company, and sourced 75 pounds of beans and 200 variations of roasts from Oakland’s Peerless Coffee, varying time, temperature and additives, until they came up with something that delivered the jolt without the jitters. “Neither of us had a very strong coffee background, so we had to figure out how coffee works,” said Arush. Ofek Arush (left) and George Passantino, co-founders of Quokka Brew. ![]() At present, Passantino is set to graduate in December with a degree in environmental economics, while Arush will graduate in May with a degree in business administration from Haas School of Business. The two went to Quartz Hill High School together in Southern California, and as teenagers had partnered running a pop-up muffin company that took in around a $1000 a month. Passantino brought the idea to Ofek Arush, a longtime friend and erstwhile business partner. Which got him wondering, why isn’t there a healthy, jitterless alternative to coffee? If there was a way to take the caffeine out of coffee, could there also be a way to counteract the anxiety some people experience from drip? Their product, Quokka Brew is a fully caffeinated cold brew which, they claim, comes without the jumpiness of a traditional cup of drip.Ĭal senior George Passantino came up with the idea in November 2018, while simultaneously pounding research and caffeine for impending finals. Two UC Berkeley undergrads believe they’ve cracked the code to brewing coffee without the jitters. Quokka Brew is a cold brew coffee product that adds green tea leaf extract, L-theanine and blueberry leaf extract to counterbalance the jittery effects of caffeine. ![]()
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