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Cold brew concentrate launch

US · UK·Content for your channels·$12,000 budgetExample · view only

DirectionsProposals 8BudgetVersions 2Without Qloo?

No good match for: specialty coffee drinkers. You left out: Juniper Coffee.

Does Qloo make the result better? We run your brief twice, the same way each time, except one run gets Qloo's data and the other doesn't. You see them side by side as A and B without knowing which is which. Decide which you prefer, then reveal the answer.

4 of 11 creators were picked in both.Show which is which

Result A

4 directions · 8 proposals · 7 creators · budget options $2,500 – $11,600

The kitchen between courses
Could reach specialty coffee drinkers who may enjoy cooking and hosting, in the stretch of an evening when guests are arriving and a quick dessert is wanted.

Where the product fits: Could position the concentrate as a fast base for a coffee dessert that keeps the host near the table rather than at the counter.

Mood: convivial, warm, unhurried

  • The hosting assumption could give the kitchen a social function, where a minute-long step reads as a way of staying with guests rather than leaving them.
  • The Bear is mentioned in customer interviews, and its kitchen-under-pressure warmth may suggest an interest in cooking scenes that feel fast and generous at once.

Maya L., Portland · Dessert that waits for the table$1,400

A host pours cold brew concentrate over ice and assembles a coffee dessert in under a minute while guests call from the doorway, then sits down with them.

Tests: Testing whether a hosting-centred dessert moment filmed in a small kitchen gives the brand a clearer read on which creative world to scale in the US and UK.

Grace Kim, New York · One cake, poured for the table$1,300

A single-portion cake is served beside cold brew poured over ice as guests gather, with the host moving quickly from the oven to the table.

Tests: Testing whether a single-portion, carefully plated dessert beside cold brew gives the brand a clearer read on the creative world it may scale in the US and UK.

Slow groove on a weekday afternoon
Could reach listening-minded specialty drinkers who may gravitate toward globally textured, unhurried music and treat a home coffee as a small pause.

Where the product fits: Could frame the concentrate as the easy start to a slower moment, with the pour setting a relaxed pace for the video.

Mood: easy, nostalgic, loose

  • Khruangbin is mentioned in customer interviews, which could suggest an affinity for music that feels loose and globally textured, and that tone may translate into a video where the pour sets the rhythm.
  • A listener in the late twenties to thirties may treat a home coffee as a short break beside the working day, suggesting an interest in ritual that sits alongside a busy schedule rather than inside it.

Theo Okafor, New York · Late light, one pour$1,800

Theo moves through a living room with a crowded record shelf in late afternoon sun, then pours the concentrate over ice on the balcony with no dialogue.

Tests: Tests whether a wordless afternoon pour, built around a record shelf and window light, reads as a distinct creative world the team could scale across the US and UK.

Aisha Mensah, New York · Pour before the evening$1,000

Aisha pours concentrate over ice in a living room in late light while a slow bassline carries the video without any spoken words.

The specialty counter, brought home
Could reach specialty coffee drinkers who may value coffee as a crafted object and who follow brands with a strong sense of origin and method.

Where the product fits: Could present the concentrate as a considered home tool, with the creator showing ratio, ice and taste as a careful craft rather than a shortcut.

Mood: precise, tactile, considered

  • Mentions of Blue Bottle and Stumptown could suggest an interest in coffee as a crafted object, where precision and method matter, so a concentrate may be framed as a thoughtful home tool.
  • This world could give the one-minute promise a craft lens, letting the creator demonstrate dilution and adjustment rather than speed alone, which may suit the learning goal of the test.

Priya Raman, Austin · The ratio, honestly$2,100

Priya makes Juniper cold brew at home across a three-part series, narrating each measurement, pour and taste adjustment as it happens.

Tests: Testing whether a narrated, adjustment-led process reads as considered home craft in both markets, and which opening framing the team carries into the wider creative direction.

Jonah Weiss, Chicago · Same concentrate, three glasses$1,500

Jonah pours the same concentrate over clear ice at three dilution ratios in a white kitchen, tasting each glass side by side and explaining what changes in plain language.

The minute between tasks
Could reach specialty coffee drinkers whose days are full and who may look for small resets inside a working routine.

Where the product fits: Could show the concentrate as something that fits into a gap in the day, with the one-minute preparation as the visible point of the video.

Mood: brisk, clear, contained

  • Preparation under a minute could read as a pause within a working day, suggesting a world where the product fits between tasks rather than in a dedicated ritual slot.
  • The Bear is mentioned by customers, and its kitchen-in-motion energy may pair with a creator who moves quickly through an ordinary weekday moment.

Hannah Brooks, Austin · Sixty Seconds Before the School Run$1,100

A parent at the home counter during a morning rush times one minute from concentrate to first sip, between packing lunchboxes and finding car keys.

Tests: Testing whether a timed, hands-only morning sequence in a busy household kitchen helps the brand learn which creative direction to scale.

Maya L., Portland · A Minute Between Guests$1,400

Between two hosting tasks in a small apartment kitchen, Maya builds a make-ahead iced coffee in under a minute and hands it across the counter to a friend.

Tests: Testing whether a hands-only, make-ahead sequence framed around a short hosting pause helps the brand learn which creative direction to scale in the US and GB.

Result B

4 directions · 8 proposals · 8 creators · budget options $2,700 – $11,978

The Sunday counter
Could reach specialty coffee drinkers in the US and UK in the unhurried hours at home, when cooking, baking and having people over feel like the point of the day. Hosting is a team assumption, not a research finding.

Where the product fits: Juniper could earn its place as the quick ingredient behind both the iced coffee in the glass and the coffee dessert on the table, so the concentrate reads as part of the cooking and not as a shortcut around it.

Mood: Warm, Busy, Generous, Handmade

  • Cooking and baking both sit among the hobbies linked to this taste cluster, which suggests a kitchen setting could feel natural and not forced for a coffee concentrate.
  • Family-oriented and family-friendly tones appear alongside craftsmanship, which could point to a warm, shared-table mood where care in making things is visible.
  • Kitchenware, deli and food-media references such as Le Creuset, Russ & Daughters and Eater suggest food culture may be a comfortable shared language, in line with the interview mention of The Bear.

Maya L., Portland · The Calm Before the Table$1,400

Maya pulls together a small-kitchen dinner for friends, and the concentrate quietly makes both the affogato-style dessert and a tray of iced coffees while the rest of the meal comes together.

Tests: Tests whether a wordless pour set in late light, rather than a voiceover-led routine, reads as a clear creative direction the team could scale in both markets.

Tests: Testing whether a side-by-side ratio tasting, explained without jargon, reads as careful home craft in both markets, and which framing the team carries into the wider creative direction.

Tests: If the dessert (affogato-style recipe step) and the iced coffee (the calm moment before guests sit down) each get their own cut, we can learn which of the two roles for the concentrate is the stronger creative world to scale in paid social across the US and GB.

Grace Kim, New York · One Pour, Overhead$1,300

Grace builds an alcohol-free coffee-cream bake in a single overhead take, with the Juniper concentrate poured in as a clearly named recipe step, then serves a slice beside a glass of iced coffee made from the same bottle.

Tests: If a precise, achievable recipe is the entire video, we can learn whether a baking-led, hands-only creative world is worth scaling against a more social, hosting-led one.

City errands, iced in hand
Could reach city-dwelling coffee drinkers in New York, London and similar places in the in-between moments of a busy day, such as before a run, after a workout or on the way out the door.

Where the product fits: Juniper could act as the fast, ready-in-a-minute fuel that fits a moving, energetic routine, shown as an easy home upgrade on a café habit.

Mood: Kinetic, Quick, Street-level, Sharp

  • Urban, streetwear and athleisure aesthetics cluster with energetic qualities, which suggests a fast, style-aware city rhythm could suit the product.
  • Running and boxing appear among the hobbies, which could open a before-and-after-movement angle where a quick iced coffee is part of the routine.
  • City-based references such as High Maintenance, Frances Ha, Café Integral in New York and Prufrock in London suggest a shared sense of neighborhood life that could be set in both markets.

Jonah Weiss, Chicago · Queue vs. Counter$1,500

Jonah shoots a timed overhead split screen of a café queue and his own entryway counter, showing a glass of Juniper concentrate, water and ice done before the queue reaches the register.

Tests: Does a clear, explainer-led demo that contrasts a café queue with a home counter give viewers a reason to try the concentrate, compared with a more kinetic, movement-led creative world?

Marcus Bell, Atlanta · Laces, Glass, Go$2,400

Marcus makes a glass of Juniper concentrate over ice in one continuous take by the apartment door, laces up, runs a city route, and returns to the empty glass on his windowsill.

Tests: Does placing the concentrate inside a kinetic, pre-run routine give viewers a more natural reason to engage with the product than a static kitchen demo?

Liner notes at the kitchen table
Could reach creatively minded coffee drinkers during focused making time at home, such as writing, editing, composing or sketching, where a good drink keeps a session going.

Where the product fits: Juniper could be a small, craft-minded ritual that sits beside the creative work, shown as a simple step that takes seconds so attention stays on the project.

Mood: Absorbed, Analog, Intimate, Textured

  • Creative lifestyle and creativity concepts appear alongside writing, filmmaking and piano, which suggests a maker-at-home world could resonate.
  • Song Exploder, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Tame Impala and Lady Bird point to a taste for work with visible process and personality, which could inspire behind-the-scenes storytelling that fits the Khruangbin link from interviews.
  • A thread of craftsmanship could allow the concentrate to be framed as a tool within a creative routine, not a lifestyle statement.

Theo Okafor, New York · Contact Sheet, Kitchen Table$1,800

Theo spreads a week of prints from one storefront across his kitchen table at night, sequencing them into a final series, with a glass of iced coffee appearing at each work session.

Tests: If a quiet, image-led story of making something at a kitchen table introduces the concentrate as a seconds-long pour beside the work, then paid social viewers may respond to an analog, light-focused creative world more than to a how-to world. We will test this through the hook variations.

Owen Fischer, Portland · Liner Notes: One Stool, Three Sessions$1,600

Owen narrates, in voiceover liner notes, how a single stool went from kitchen-table drafts to a finished piece in the woodshop, with a glass of iced coffee marking each work session.

Tests: If the product appears as a small ritual inside a process-led story told in liner notes, then paid social viewers may respond to a craft-narration creative world more than to a quick recipe demo. We will test this through the hook variations.

Slow weekend, somewhere green
Could reach coffee drinkers when they step away from the city, on weekend trips, hikes or quiet mornings, and want something simple that travels with them.

Where the product fits: Juniper could appear as an easy, low-fuss way to bring good iced coffee into a getaway, with the product positioned as a calm companion and not a performance tool.

Mood: Unhurried, Sunlit, Grounded, Open-air

  • Outdoors, rustic and serene qualities sit together with calm and yoga, which suggests a restorative, unhurried mood could be a distinct territory.
  • Ojai, Santa Barbara and Sonoma recur as destinations, and Khruangbin was the main input behind some of them, so a warm, sun-soaked, West Coast getaway feel could echo what interviews mention.
  • Outdoor-gear retailer Huckberry in the brand mix may suggest that practical, well-made travel items fit this world.

Nina Castillo, Austin · Tailgate Sunrise, Poured Slow$2,000

Nina drives out before dawn, makes iced coffee from Juniper concentrate in under a minute at a trailhead tailgate, and shares it with friends before a morning hike.

Tests: We are testing whether a calm, open-air getaway world, with coffee as an easy travelling companion, gives paid social a creative direction worth scaling in both the US and UK, compared with other worlds the brand might explore later.

Felix Grant, London · Before the City Wakes, Somewhere Green£1,400

Felix films a quiet dawn ritual in which Juniper concentrate is stirred over ice at a park bench and then at a rented cottage kitchen window, showing coffee as a calm pause that travels out of the city.

Tests: We are testing whether a restrained, design-led treatment of the slow-weekend idea, carried by stillness and the move from city to green, could resonate with a different group of viewers than a more adventurous, outdoors-led world.