Our Story
Born in the Mountains.
Built to Make Your Morning.
"It's more than just another mug, or cup... it's an experience."
It started with Dee getting eye-to-eye with real black bears in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Real photos. Real encounters. That feeling — the surprise, the story you can't help but tell — is what Sip Encounters is built on. We put that energy in a mug.
Every design connects to a daily content stream: bears doing ridiculous things, fitness pushes that actually hit, comedy that ruins your coffee in the best way possible. Same QR code, different hit every morning. No app. No account. Just your mug and something to look forward to.
We print and assemble everything ourselves right here in Columbus, NC — in the foothills of the Blue Ridge, where the bears are real and mornings are worth getting up for.