Kola Nut

Support for Your Body's Vibrant Energy

Kola Nut is the original 'social stimulant,' providing a unique form of energy that is smooth, invigorating, and perfect for sharing. Here’s how it works:

• Promotes Smooth, Conversational Energy:*
  Contains a unique blend of alkaloids, including caffeine and theobromine, that delivers a famously smooth and sociable energy lift without the jarring intensity of other stimulants.
• Supports Stamina & a Healthy Libido:*
  For centuries, Kola Nut has been prized as a sacred nut. By supporting the body's stamina, circulation, and vital energy, it provides the essential physical foundation for a healthy, active libido.
• Aids in Healthy Digestion & Metabolism:*
  Traditionally chewed to ease hunger and support digestion, Kola Nut contains compounds that support the body’s natural metabolic processes, making it a great ally for an active life.
• Enhances Alertness & Mental Clarity:*
  The synergistic action of its natural compounds helps to sharpen focus and promote clear-headed alertness, making it ideal for work, sport, or meaningful conversation.

Is Your Energy Built for Work... or for Life?

Many of us fuel ourselves for tasks—a coffee to get through the work day, a pre-workout to get through the gym. But what about energy for connection, celebration, and joy? Too often, by the end of the day, our tank is empty for the people and passions that matter most. Kola Nut comes from a culture that views energy differently. It's a tool for community. Traditionally chewed in ceremonies and shared among friends, it creates a unique state of warm, expansive alertness. It’s the perfect tonic for fueling not just what you *have* to do, but everything you *love* to do.*

Kola Nut Extract is Ideal For:

• The Socially Active Individual: For a clean energy lift before celebrations, parties, and festivals.*
• The Partner Seeking Enhanced Vitality: To support the stamina and drive that are foundational to a healthy libido and connection.*
• The Athlete or Dancer: Who wants to tap into a smooth, enduring source of physical and mental energy.*
• Anyone looking for a 'kinder' stimulant: Who wants the benefits of caffeine without the edgy, isolating feeling of coffee.*

The Heartbeat of West African Tradition

Long before its name graced the world’s most famous soda, the Kola Nut held a sacred place at the very heart of West African culture. To share a Kola Nut is an act of friendship, respect, and community. It is chewed in ceremonies, offered to guests, and used by elders to open conversation. It is a symbol of life itself.

Energy for Connection

The secret to Kola Nut's enduring power lies in its unique chemistry. It contains caffeine for alertness, but also a significant amount of theobromine—the same cherished compound found in cacao. Theobromine is a heart-opener and smooth muscle relaxant. This beautiful synergy is what makes the energy from Kola Nut feel so different.

Instead of a sharp, isolated focus, it promotes a warm, expansive, and sociable energy. It's a vitality that makes you want to talk, laugh, dance, and connect. This profound effect on circulation and stamina is the very reason it is prized in African culture as a powerful tonic for supporting a healthy libido—an extension of its ability to foster connection and joy.*

Batch Specs

Kola Nut Is A Classic Energy Tonic †

Tonic Tinctures formulates using the classic single step extraction method for a traditional and potent tincture:

• Artisan-formulated for Wholistic Effects and Benefits
• Organically Grown Kola Nut
• All Active Parts of the Nut (Seed) Extracted and Preserved
• Sweetened with Stevia Leaf Extract for a Tasty Tincture
• Dual Solvent: Water and Alcohol for 99.9% constituent content
• Stabilized for Natural Preservation - No Preservatives
• Moderate-low alcohol, 30% by volume, so that the extract may easily taken.

See our homepage for more about our methods.

Ingredients

• Kola Nut (Cola acuminata) Organic, Africa
• Stevia Leaf Extract (Stevia rebaudiana) Organic, China
• Structured Distilled Water
• Triple Filtered USP Grade Organic Alcohol (30% by volume)

Dosage*

Recommended Dosage: 10-90 drops @ 1-3 times a day*

To find a functional dose, start with a minimum dose of 10 drops and work up to a functional dose.* Many people will find 1 dropper (30 drops) of Kola Nut tincture to suffice for the benefits.*

Kola Nut dropper:

• 30 1ml droppers in a 1oz (30ml) bottle

Kola Nut drops:

• 30 drops in a 1ml dropper

Approximate Caffeine Content:*

Kola nut contains an approximate amount, on average, of 2% caffeine by weight; therefore caffeine content will vary by batch, but an approximate amount may be deduced.

Estimated caffeine in one (1) dropper:

• ~ 10mg (milligrams) of caffeine per dropper

Estimated caffeine in one (1) drop:

• ~ 0.33mg (milligrams) of caffeine per drop

Suggested Timing:

How to Incorporate Kola Nut into Your Routine:

• During the Day: Kola Nut can be taken during the day, particularly in the morning or early afternoon, to support your body's natural energy levels and alertness.*
• Before Activity: Consider taking Kola Nut before work, exercise, or other physically demanding activities to support stamina and energy.*
• With Meals: Incorporate Kola Nut with meals to help support healthy digestion and nutrient absorption.*

Take as desired: Consume on a continuous basis to develop the natural tonic and adaptogenic benefits that build over time.* Some benefits are immediate and some results require consumption over several days and weeks to accomplish.* 

Shake gently: Secure the lid and turn the bottle over back-and-forth 3-5 times to evenly distribute the tincture. Do not over-shake.

By mouth: Hold the liquid under the tongue for 60-90 seconds and then swallow the rest of extract.*

Mix with water: Squirt the drops or entire droppers into 2-4 oz of water that is under 120*F. Cool to lukewarm water is best.* Sip slowly to allow absorption in the mouth and throat.*

Further dosage reference: How to Take a Tonic Tincture