Why We CREATED Ceybon
THE ORIGINS OF THE FUNCTIONAL COCKTAIL WELLNESS MOVEMENT
Ceybon AF
In 2021, after 20 years in healthcare private practice, Giulietta Octavio, doctor of integrative Chinese medicine and clinical herbalism founded Ceybon AF. Located in San Francisco, California, Ceybon AF is on a mission to put wellness at the center of happy hour and social celebrations and bring the luxury of health into our everyday moments. Ceybon AF’s philosophy is to use ancient plant and fungi wisdom to create a modern wellness cocktail that tastes better than alcohol, gives a gentle plant buzz and is good for us and the planet.
Mushrooms are Magic
What’s in Ceybon that makes everything good? The aha element that opens our doors of perception? Plants! As in mushrooms, adaptogens, nootropics, nervines, all the kinds. Plants teach. Plants share. Plants heal. They enlighten and ground us. The organic compounds in plants are the basis for pharmacology. But when we take the whole plant, we receive its benefits in ways science is only starting to understand.
Ceybon AF Mushroom Wellness Drinks and Ceybon elixirs are the confluence of scientific study and ephemeral magic. They are sustainably grown and thoughtfully combined, high potency, wildcrafted and organic and blended with honey. They are a gift beverage. The alchemical transformation of life’s raw data into receivable wisdom, helpful for our every day.
The Birth of Ceybon
During the Spring of 2020, I couldn’t see my patients for a few months, but we would talk on Zoom. Turns out, we were all drinking too much alcohol to deal with our anxiety and panic! I spent a lot of time hiking in the woods of Northern California and noticed so many medicinal plants and mushrooms in the wild. So I gathered a few, combined them with Chinese herbs, and made these elixirs to help us all feel better. Each little bottle became like a love letter of ease and healing in a time of crisis. Turns out, they worked really well.
By that Winter, my patients started asking for bottles of my elixirs to send to their Mom, brother, and friends. It was then I realized I was onto something. And I better get a label and a name for this stuff. That’s how Euphoria Found was born. Then came Fungi Focus, Panther Energy. In the fall of 2023, I decided to go one step further and create a collection of adaptogenic, non-alcoholic aperitifs to help put wellness at the center of our happy hour and social celebrations. The collection includes mezcal-inspired Happy AF, the Pimm’s cup-like Chill AF, and the zesty Moscow mule Bright AF.
Ceybon AF is made in a local third-generation Napa winery free of pesticides, each aperitif celebrates the Napa terroir. An artisanal blend of wildcrafted functional reishi mushrooms, damiana, which creates a euphoric feeling, chaparral bush, and other botanicals, creates the mouth burn, viscosity, and bitterness associated with a great-tasting cocktail. The aperitifs are gluten-free, have only 25 calories per serving, and have 6g of sugar from low-glycemic agave syrup, minimizing the impact on blood sugar levels for sensitive individuals and diabetics.
Ceybon AF aperitifs are perfect for the regular wine drinker on a school night, for someone who doesn't drink or for someone who wants a wellness drink that actually tastes like a real cocktail. Ceybon AF is sold at restaurants, bars, luxury hotels, and specialty grocers in California, Florida, Hawaii and Massachusetts.
Whether you choose to try and elixir or an aperitif, Ceybon offers ease and healing in each sip.
Explore our Alcohol-Free Healing mushroom drinks and Elixirs
How to Ceybon
Ceybon Elixirs
To brighten up any beverage, try 1-2 dropperfuls in your drink of choice.
Ceybon AF
Drink straight, no chaser.
"A la piscine" with sparkling water over ice.
As a mixer in your favorite drink.
Mindfulness Is Key
It’s nice to come into Ceybon with a deep breath, a quiet moment of gratitude and the words: “All is well, or will be.“
LEAF TO LEAF, ROOT TO ROOT, SEED TO SEED,
MAY ALL WE HAVE BE ALL WE NEED.
LEAF TO LEAF, ROOT TO ROOT, SEED TO SEED,
MAY ALL WE HAVE BE ALL WE NEED.
