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Where Is Y'all Sweet Tea From Shark Tank Today? By Alexa Valme Sept. 9, 2025 2:09 pm EST

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Before "Shark Tank" viewers ever saw Darien Craig and Brandon Echols step onto the soundstage, they were already steeped in sweet tea and childhood friendship. The two had grown up together in Hayden, Alabama, bonded by summer afternoons, driveways, and gallons of home-brewed tea. Craig started with just $300 and a bootleg brewing setup — a scrappy response to getting fired that wound up laying the foundation for Y'all Sweet Tea.

In the beginning, their sweet tea traveled in the back of a truck and got poured from mayo jars. They spent their first few years crisscrossing Alabama with coolers of tea and jars packed in the back, setting up shop anywhere tha

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