About Sipping Black Only

About
Sipping Black Only

Sipping Black Only provides a platform for Black-owned beverage brands and their founders to be uplifted while shifting popular culture to prefer products reflective of Black culture. We accomplish this through promotion, celebration, and community.

The Team

"Have a vision. Be demanding." – Lieutenant Colonel Colin Powell

We envision a day when Black-owned brands aren't limited to endcaps and retail promotion only during Black History Month. Black-owned beverage brands deserve shelf space, investment, and commercial success.

That is our vision. That is what we're demanding.

Brandi Neloms
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Demetra A. Harris
Founder & CEO, Co-Owner | The Plug
My favorite Black-owned beverages are: our Limitless loose-leaf tea blend, Davidson Wine Company's Carnival and Almond Sparkling varietals, Hella Cocktail Co.'s Habanero Margarita premium mixer, and A. Genae Tea Co.‘s SereniTEA blend -- just to name a few. These are some of my favorites because on any given day you’ll see me having tea and or wine. And the margarita mixer with a Black-owned tequila is my girls' night go-to!

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Brandi Neloms
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Brandi Neloms
Chief Strategy Officer, Co-Owner | The Mouthpiece
My favorite Black-owned beverages are hard to narrow down, but let me walk you through a typical day. I start my morning with either BLK & Bold coffee (to which I might add a little LS Cream Liqueur) or our Dope loose-leaf tea blend. At some point in the afternoon I'll have a bottle of The Jugo Bar's Pineapple Jalapeno Cilantro juice. To unwind in the evening, I'll sip on a smooth, full-bodied red wine like Brown Estate's Chaos Theory.

Julian Harris
Chief Operating Officer | The Janitor
My favorite Black-owned beverage is... all of 'em! Seriously, there are so many that I love. If I have to name a few, our Chill loose-leaf tea blend tops the list. Then it's right to the spirits for me, including Uncle Nearest's 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey, SweetBeat Vodka, Redd Rose Vodka, and Deleon Reposado. Like I said, all of 'em!

Intentionally elevating Blackness one cork, one pour, and one sip at a time.

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#SipBlack Emerging Entrepreneur grant

Sipping Black Only pledges 5% of its annual profits to be given as a cash grant to an emerging Black beverage brand owner who exhibits the potential to grow into a sustaining brand. Nominate a brand owner to be the recipient of Sipping Black Only's inaugural #SipBlack Emerging Entrepreneur Grant.