Connection is at the heart of what it means to be human and drinking often defines these moments. You know that sensation when your first drink hits that sweet spot, where conversations broaden and connections deepen? SENTIA was developed to capture that moment - and let you hold it. A next generation of feel-good drinks, designed for conscious drinkers, coming together.
ABOUT SENTIA
GABA Red, Black, & Gold have a strong botanical flavour, as they are made from pure plant matter and include natural sediment. Some of our drinkers find they enjoy theirs on the rocks, but SENTIA Spirits are made to be mixed. Red is rich with a herbal, berry taste and we recommend this with tonic for a delicious and dry drink.
Black is earthy and spicy, with a hint of black pepper. We recommend this with a splash of soda or a ginger ale. For those with a sweet tooth, we recommend mixing with sweet mixers like cola or in a sweet cocktail. Gold is warm, zesty with a citrus taste. We recommend mixing with an elderflower tonic or kombucha or with a lime soda.
GABA (or gamma-aminobutyric acid) is a compound found in nearly all life on earth. Whilst GABA has many roles in the human body, in the brain it functions as a neurotransmitter. GABA acts as a natural break on brain and central nervous system activity, causing feelings of relaxation and calmness, opening the door to a sense of ease in social situations and all the positive benefits these moments can bring.
GABA Spirits are designed to increase the effectiveness of the calming effects GABA provides.
GABA Spirits do not raise your GABA levels, nor do they contain GABA itself as an active ingredient.
We do not use GABA as an active ingredient because ingested GABA cannot pass from your bloodstream through what is known as the blood brain barrier (BBB), and then on into your brain. Instead, GABA Spirits contain active ingredients that can pass the BBB and modulate the effectiveness of the GABA naturally produced by your brain.
SENTIA Spirits contain an all-natural “GABA blend” that has two major components. “GABA enhancers,” which increase the effectiveness of your brain’s natural GABA and “bio-enhancers,” which help absorption of GABA enhancers from your gut, into your bloodstream, and then across the blood brain barrier.
The SENTIA Spirits GABA blend is the result of extensive bioprospecting, investigative, and pharmacological research. Selected ingredients are combined, proportioned, and extracted for optimal absorption, bioavailability (the proportion of a substance entering the bloodstream when entering the body) and efficacy.
Whilst there is GABA in SENTIA Spirits (because GABA is found in all plants), GABA is not an active ingredient, because orally ingested GABA is not known to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB). Instead, the SENTIA Spirits GABA blend enhances the effectiveness of the GABA naturally produced in the brain.
The ingredients in SENTIA Spirits do not cause an increase in GABA levels, they modulate the efficacy of the GABA naturally produced in the brain.
Drinking SENTIA Spirits is not like taking a GABA supplement. SENTIA Spirits contain two types of substance that improve the efficacy of the GABA already existing in your brain: bio-enhancers and GABA enhancers. The bio-enhancers assist the uptake of the neuromodulators from your gut to your brain and the GABA enhancers increase the efficacy of the GABA produced naturally in the brain.
SENTIA Spirits are not designed make you drunk, they are designed to give you the feeling of relaxation and increased sociability you would feel after having 1 or 2 drinks. SENTIA Spirits are purely botanical drinks, designed through understanding the GABA system and its relationship to the positive effects people seek from drinking. SENTIA Spirits are made from all-natural ingredients to enhance your brain's naturally occurring GABA.
Because this is the recommended daily allowance for some of the individual herbs in SENTIA Spirits, a recommendation set by regulators.
SENTIA Spirits are made with ingredients categorised as ‘food-grade’ & ‘food supplement’ in amounts that have been approved as safe. There have not been any recorded cases of unexpected effects in people with medical conditions, however, we cannot guarantee that the current combinations in the drink will be free of interactions with medicines or pre-existent conditions. People who have a pre-existing medical condition and/or taking medications should use with caution and check with their healthcare professional.
Though SENTIA Spirits do not impede on executive function, but the feeling of relaxation can be elevated for some, and we recommend you do not drive for 45 minutes after consuming SENTIA Spirits, until the effect has worn off.
We do not recommend SENTIA Spirits during pregnancy or whilst breastfeeding as they contain some ingredients (albeit in tiny amounts) that are contraindicated for pregnancy.
SENTIA Spirits currently ship to the United Kingdom, United States, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Isle of Man, Jersey, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Shipping rates are calculated at checkout and vary depending on location and order weight.
