Botanical Vivant Concentrate / Durham, NC
Refined vivants for the modern, mindful drinker. Inspired by Epicurean simplicity. Designed for presence.
The Vivants
Outside the city walls. Open to anyone. Women, slaves, foreigners — people the existing schools had no interest in serving. He called it a place for friends. What he meant was: a place for people the system forgot.
His philosophy was practical. A complete alternative to how human beings should live — grounded in nature, reason, and the pursuit of a very specific kind of happiness. Philosophy as liberation. As therapy. As a method for achieving tranquility in a chaotic world.
That garden is the lineage of Epicur.ist. An Epicurist chooses flavor over excess. Depth over distraction. Company over consumption.
The alcohol industry was not built for everyone.
For a long time, opting out meant being handed a soda water with lime and a vague sense of apology. Nobody was building something worth choosing.
When we stopped drinking, we went looking for something worth drinking. What we found wasn't it.
So we made something. For ourselves, first. Using flavor science, botanical extraction, and real ingredients. A drink that asked something of the person holding it.
Then we realized how many people were looking for the same thing.