We started Althea after noticing a pattern. Heart racing, irritability, and that wired feeling where our thoughts were loud but focus was gone. Other solutions out there wanted us to change our coffee - swap it for mushroom powders or energy drinks, something that wasn't us. We didn't want a new routine. We just wanted our coffee to feel how it should.

So we started adding L-Theanine to our coffee every morning. Then something shifted. Not dramatically. Just quietly, consistently, noticeably better.

For a while, a bulk tub on the kitchen counter was enough. But coffee isn't just a kitchen ritual. We wanted it at the office, at our favourite café on a slow morning walk, wherever the day actually happened. Measuring out powder with a scoop wasn't something you could take with you. It needed to be as portable as the habit itself.

We started what we wished existed. One packet per cup. Tear, stir, done. Nothing about your coffee changes, except how it feels.