Diversity in wellness from seed to shelf!
We're an immigrant, woman owned company making delicious, easy feel good lattes with ingredients directly sourced from farmers in South Asia
Project Description
Our mission: representation from seed to shelf
At Kola Goodies, we make delicious, easy, superfood and tea lattes, that are inspired by our South Asian heritage, made modern. We work directly with farmers in South Asia to source all our ingredients, enabling us to put 30-40% more money to the hands of the farmers, ensuring today's wellness trends also benefit the communities and cultures they originate from. Our mission is to build more cultural representation from seed to shelf in the wellness industry,
Here’s the problem, there is no diversity or cultural representation in wellness. Although many of today’s wellness trends stem from South Asia, the profits and mindshare doesn’t go back to the communities and cultures they originate from. That’s what we’re changing, one delicious sip at a time.
Born and raised in Sri Lanka
Hi, I'm Sajani and this is my Amma (mom), Sujatha! I was born and raised in Sri Lanka and came to America at 18 for college, far away from home. I was working long hours in tech and stressed. I was looking for natural ways to nourish myself and be balanced, the way my Amma did for me when I was growing up in Sri Lanka. The quest to solve today's wellness needs naturally, and the opportunity to increase cultural representation in this industry, evolved into our super yummy, ethically-sourced goodies you see today.
Goodies that benefit you - and the communities they come from
We partner with farmers to source our ingredients directly, a game-changer in the wellness industry. Directly sourcing from our roots enables us to:
💚 Get super high quality, fresh AF ingredients - not ingredients sitting in middleman warehouses for months
💚 Pay our farmers more, by eliminating intermediaries from our supply chain
💚 Give back to the communities and cultures these ingredients come from, increase equity, and increase representation
Every sip creates a ripple of goodness around the world - that's what you do when you support us.
By supporting us in this campaign, you are helping us further our mission of increasing cultural representation from seed to shelf.
- 50% of funds = Make holiday season sales goals come true by helping us fund upfront cost of inventory of ingredients needed to have a successful Q4!
- 50% of funds = Our team is small, mighty and diverse with 100% WOC. We are setting aside half of the campaign money to give an opportunity for a young bay area student to come in and get hands on experience with us. Creating good jobs is the future.
Thank you, let's build that cultural representation and make this world more inclusive together !
Updates
The Campaign FAQs
- How will we get access to Holiday Tins and Bundles?
- We will reach out to you via email to confirm your choices, get addresses and hold your reservations for the tins
- How can I reach you about any questions or concerns regarding any of the rewards
- You can slide in to our Instagram DM's @kolagoodies OR email [email protected]
- Where are you based?
- We are based in San Francisco!
- Where the products made?
- While all our ingredients are sourced from Sri Lanka, we blend and pack our products in the US in FDA approved, GMP certified facilities.
- I'd like to discuss becoming an investor. Who should I contact?
- We are honored, please email us at [email protected]
Just Because I Care
Thank you for sending us even more strength and inreturn we will send your our muse of stregth!
- 3 stickers of Kola Goodies Muse
- Thank you note from us!
For helping us fund manufacturing our Holiday Tins, you get exclusive free access to it! With this reward you get
- 1 Holiday Tin of your choice - Milk Tea Latte or Masala Chai Latte which includes
- 10 servings of your choice of latte
- Kola Goodies, custom gold strainer
Yes that's right, we will send you a totally customized cap with YOUR NAME on it! What you will get:
- A custom CHAI Cap
- Your name will appear either on the side or the back, your choice!
You will get our custom "Got it from my Amma" sweatshirt with a tad bit more customized and made special for you!
- "Got it from my Amma" sweatshirt
- YOUR NAME embroidered to the sweatshirt!
As a backer who will directly influence the viability of us getting our Holiday Tins done, you will get:
- First Access to our Holiday Tin Bundle: Which is a set of each of our custom designs for the holidays
- 10 servings of Milk Tea Latte and 10 servings of Masala Chai Latte
- Kola Goodies, custom, gold strainer
- A special edition, limited print, custom art done by Chamathka Dissanayake, a female, Sri Lankan artist.
Be the first to gift our holiday tin! Give us the addresses of who you want to be the lucky recipients of these beautiful gifts and we will pack and ship them to your friends!
- First access to reserve the Holiday Gift Tins
- Concierge service to pack, ship and write a custom note for 5 of your friends
- 5 limited edition prints for your friends + 1 for you of a custom art done by Chamathka Dissanayake, a Sri Lankan female artist
We will roll out the tea carpets for you! What you will get:
- A tasting of different teas from varied terroirs from Sri Lanka
- A masterclass on how to make a Masala Chai and a Sri Lankan Milk Tea!
- Smell and Taste directly sourced spices (IRL only)
- Story sharing from our Founder
Please note ideally this would be taking place in person in the bay area or surrounding area. If not, we will be able to do this virtually!
Rewards
Just Because I Care
Thank you for sending us even more strength and inreturn we will send your our muse of stregth!
- 3 stickers of Kola Goodies Muse
- Thank you note from us!
For helping us fund manufacturing our Holiday Tins, you get exclusive free access to it! With this reward you get
- 1 Holiday Tin of your choice - Milk Tea Latte or Masala Chai Latte which includes
- 10 servings of your choice of latte
- Kola Goodies, custom gold strainer
Yes that's right, we will send you a totally customized cap with YOUR NAME on it! What you will get:
- A custom CHAI Cap
- Your name will appear either on the side or the back, your choice!
You will get our custom "Got it from my Amma" sweatshirt with a tad bit more customized and made special for you!
- "Got it from my Amma" sweatshirt
- YOUR NAME embroidered to the sweatshirt!
As a backer who will directly influence the viability of us getting our Holiday Tins done, you will get:
- First Access to our Holiday Tin Bundle: Which is a set of each of our custom designs for the holidays
- 10 servings of Milk Tea Latte and 10 servings of Masala Chai Latte
- Kola Goodies, custom, gold strainer
- A special edition, limited print, custom art done by Chamathka Dissanayake, a female, Sri Lankan artist.
Be the first to gift our holiday tin! Give us the addresses of who you want to be the lucky recipients of these beautiful gifts and we will pack and ship them to your friends!
- First access to reserve the Holiday Gift Tins
- Concierge service to pack, ship and write a custom note for 5 of your friends
- 5 limited edition prints for your friends + 1 for you of a custom art done by Chamathka Dissanayake, a Sri Lankan female artist
We will roll out the tea carpets for you! What you will get:
- A tasting of different teas from varied terroirs from Sri Lanka
- A masterclass on how to make a Masala Chai and a Sri Lankan Milk Tea!
- Smell and Taste directly sourced spices (IRL only)
- Story sharing from our Founder
Please note ideally this would be taking place in person in the bay area or surrounding area. If not, we will be able to do this virtually!