Gingerella__v1_straw_flat1A lot of people I know, myself included, have had a rough couple of weeks, so let’s talk about nice things instead! Spe­cific­ally, let’s talk about Karma Cola and Ginger­ella.

The good people at All Good Organ­ics (they lit­er­ally are good people!) dropped some off for us to try, and they were deli­cious. The Karma Cola was kind of cin­na­mony and pleas­antly caf­feine free. Court­ney at Gather&Hunt called it creamy, and I think I agree. The Ginger­ella ginger ale (*) was deli­ciously spicy (“This ginger ale’s sassy mouth comes from a rather frisky blend of Fairtrade organ­ic ginger, lem­on, vanilla, sug­ar and spice”) and went down a treat with some was­abi peas.  Both are made with fair trade ingredi­ents which sup­port com­munit­ies in Sierra Leone, Pap­ua New Guinea and Paraguay. Also, import­antly, the bottles are GORGEOUS.

Now here’s where the karma stuff kicks in. We have a car­ton of Ginger­ella and a Karma Cola tshirt to give away. All you have to do to win is tell us about someone in Wel­ling­ton who is doing some­thing good – wheth­er it’s the great barista at Flight Cof­fee who reads a home­less guy his horo­scope each morn­ing, or some­thing amaz­ing your friend has done for you. We’ll draw a win­ner at ran­dom next Sunday.

Even if you don’t win this com­pet­i­tion, a num­ber of cafes around town are stock­ing Karma Cola and Ginger­ella, so you can still buy it and win in your mouth. Hur­rah!

* Here is a piece of trivia for you, cour­tesy of the inter­net. Ginger beer is actu­ally brewed and fer­men­ted while ginger ale is essen­tially a car­bon­ated bever­age made from water and ginger. The more you know!