An open state of being
A sparkling kanna drink.
Coming, slowly.
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02 · Story
Open State is a sparkling drink for the hour the working day ends. Built around kanna — a small succulent native to southern Africa — and a tight set of botanicals chosen for taste, it is alcohol-free, poured slowly, served in a glass with ice.
It is what we drink at five o'clock. The pour, the pause, the felt drop of the shoulders. We built it because nothing else we tried asked anything of us — and we missed being asked.
— Leigh-Anne, founder
03 · The plant
Kanna — Sceletium tortuosum — is a small succulent that grows wild in the arid Cape provinces of South Africa. Its natural range runs from Namaqualand in the northwest to the Klein Karoo in the south, including a region named, literally, for the plant: Kannaland.
It is one of the country's most celebrated native botanicals, with a long history of traditional use stretching back centuries. We pair it with carefully chosen citrus and herbs to make a sparkling, alcohol-free drink for the hour the working day ends.
Where it begins. Kannaland in bloom.
04 · To begin
Yuzu · blood orange · kanna
Our first sparkling botanical. Bright Japanese yuzu, warm blood orange, and kanna at the heart. For the first hour of arrival — the drink we set down on the counter when we walk in the door.
More editions are in the slow work. Each one a different door into the same hour. We release them when they're ready — never before.
Sparkling. Alcohol-free. 250 ml.
05 · The quiet list
No fixed launch date. No noise. We'll write rarely — perhaps once every six to eight weeks — to tell you what has changed.
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