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“WE BELIEVE IN MAKING PREMIUM QUALITY PUNCHES, MADE WITH FRESHLY PRESSED JUICES”
An amazing achievement and feeling
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hree friends from North West London (Harlesden), had a vision to take freshly squeezed fruits, blend them with exciting Caribbean flavours and package them in recyclable plastic bottles. No doubt that it sounds pretty straightforward? – Well the creators of Drip Punch will tell you that so far it has been anything but!. Yet the best part about the Drip Punch story is that when first made available to the public, the product sold a record 200 bottles in 23 minutes, approximately one bottle every
11.5 seconds, wow that’s some going. Drip Punch is a small beverage manufacturing company that aims to make a big impact making artisanal cold pressed fruit punches. When Joshua (16), Jonathan (15) and Kevon (14) were in secondary school, they worked over the summer of 2018 to create their own fruit punch. Based on Josh-
ua’s Grandmothers authentic recipe, the three boys wanted to manufacture a quality drinks product for their friends and family to enjoy. “We believe in making premium quality punches, made with freshly pressed juices for unique freshness and real flavour; whilst paying homage to our Caribbean herit-
age” Josh, Drip Punch CEO. The boys immediately started to manufacture Drip Punch drinks during their summer holidays from a commercial kitchen, donated in – kind by the City Mission Youth Club. The boys then began to sell the drinks at local food markets and pre-Carnival events in the summer of 2018 and it was at one of these pre carnival events that the sale of just over 200 bottles in 23 minutes took place, it was an amazing achievement and feeling. n https://drippunch.com