Jon's water had one problem.He didn't want to drink it.
Coconut water for years, and he never got used to the taste. One sip, set it down, forget it was there. Some 2 PM slumps start with a bottle like that. Now it's one stick of electrolytes and real prickly pear in cold water. It tastes like juice, and there's no caffeine in it.
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Water that doesn't just sit there.
Jon could never stay hydrated on anything he'd actually drink. Five electrolytes help your body hold onto the water you do drink. The prickly pear is why there's a second glass.
Sugar bomb or caffeine.
Jon wanted neither.
Every sports drink Jon tried was one or the other. Then he found a prickly pear drink at a grocery store in Utah, loved the taste, and started spending real money keeping the fridge stocked. Now it's one stick stirred into cold water. It turns pink on its own and tastes like watermelon with a bubblegum finish.
Watermelon
Bubblegum
Berry
Citrus
A little sugar. Not a soda's worth.
Allulose and monk fruit carry most of the sweet, which keeps a stick at 20 calories. The 3 grams of added sugar, from dextrose, are there on purpose. A little sugar goes along with the sodium, because the body absorbs the two together. Three grams felt right. The rest can stay in the can.
- 3g added sugar, from dextrose
- Plus allulose and monk fruit
- 20 calories a stick
The cactus Jon wouldn't stop talking about.
The nopal cactus lives on whatever rain the desert sends and still grows fruit. Nobody waters it, and people have celebrated it for generations. We took the hint: drink the water you've got. Its fruit is in every stick.
Some 2 PM drinks
Artificially dyed.
Desert Drip
Naturally pink.
Prickly pear, not dye. Third on the label.
One round of golf.
One good question.
In 2024, Jon brought prickly pear drinks to a round of golf, and his buddy gave him a hard time about the pink in his glass. Around hole 10, Jon started wondering why a plant people have celebrated for generations was missing from an aisle full of synthetic powders.
That August, he and his sister headed to Moab to figure out why so few people drink it. Then Michael, a PhD chemical engineer, built it into a stick. Electrolytes for the hydrating, prickly pear for the taste. No caffeine, no artificial sweeteners.
Jon & MichaelCo-founders of Desert Drip
Cactus Fruit Hydration Powder
The 2 PM glass. Electrolytes, real prickly pear, no caffeine.
- Real prickly pear and aloe vera inner leaf
- Five electrolytes, named
- 20 calories · 3g added sugar · no caffeine
Dye-Free · No Artificial Sweeteners
Flavor
Original Nopal / Prickly Pear
Made with premium ingredients. More flavors coming soon.
The hardest taste test isn't in a lab. It's getting an empty glass back. Backed by our 60-day money-back guarantee.
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Give it 60 afternoons.
Jon didn't trust what was in anything else, so we put 60 days behind every order. Mix it into your afternoons for a while. If Desert Drip isn't for you, email us within 60 days of delivery and we refund your order. No return shipping. Keep the box.
How the guarantee worksStraight answers about 2 PM.
When do I drink it?
We reach for it around 2, right when the third coffee starts calling. Any time of day works. One stick in 14 to 20 oz of cold water.
Is this an energy drink?
No. There's no caffeine and no stimulants in it. It's five electrolytes and prickly pear in cold water. If your afternoon is short on water, this is the easy fix for that part. If it's short on sleep, we can't help with that one, and we'd rather say so.
What will I notice?
First, an empty glass, which is more than the water bottle on the desk ever managed. Past that, every afternoon is different and we won't promise a feeling we can't put on the label. Around here we'd call it feeling more like ourselves by 3.
Does the cactus give me energy?
No, and we'll be straight about it. The prickly pear, the magenta fruit of the nopal, is there for the taste and the color. The electrolytes do the hydrating. There's no caffeine anywhere in the stick.
Survive the desert.
Thrive anywhere.
Restocks and new flavors land here first. That's all we send. (Drink your water.)