SipIt

Terms of Service

Effective Date: September 16, 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the SipIt mobile application and related services, collectively referred to as the “Service.”

SipIt is an independently developed beverage recipe-sharing application operated from Michigan, United States.

By accessing or using SipIt, you agree to these Terms, the SipIt Community Guidelines, and the SipIt Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree, do not access or use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use SipIt.

You must also meet any age rating, parental-control, regional availability, or other age-related requirement that applies through the app store or platform where you download SipIt.

If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, you may use SipIt only with the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

By allowing a minor to use SipIt, the parent or legal guardian agrees to be responsible for the minor’s use of the Service.

You may not use SipIt if applicable law prohibits you from receiving or using the Service.

2. Description of the Service

SipIt is a platform that allows users to discover, create, organize, and share beverage recipes.

SipIt may allow users to:

• create homemade and franchise beverage recipes and choose whether they are public or private;
• upload recipe and profile photos;
• browse, search, filter, save, and organize recipes;
• like recipes;
• select beverage interests and receive personalized recommendations;
• request that franchise menu items or customization options be added;
• report recipes or user accounts and block user accounts; and
• use other beverage-related features.

SipIt may maintain a database of menu items and customization options associated with third-party beverage brands, including Starbucks and Dunkin’, to make it easier for users to create and share customized beverage recipes.

SipIt may use automated services to moderate submitted text and generate descriptive recipe metadata.

We may add, remove, change, or discontinue features at any time, subject to applicable law.

3. Accounts and Sign-In

3.1 Account Requirements

Certain SipIt features require an authenticated account.

Features that may require sign-in include:

• uploading recipes;
• uploading images;
• liking recipes;
• saving recipes;
• managing a profile; and
• accessing personalized features.

SipIt may support authentication through:

• Google; and
• Apple.

You agree to provide information that is accurate and not misleading.

3.2 Account Security

You are responsible for:

• maintaining the security of your device;
• maintaining the security of your third-party login accounts;
• controlling access to your SipIt account;
• not allowing unauthorized persons to use your account; and
• promptly notifying us if you suspect unauthorized access.

SipIt is not responsible for losses caused by your failure to reasonably secure your device or third-party account, except where responsibility cannot legally be excluded.

3.3 Browsing Without an Account

SipIt may allow you to browse public recipes, feeds, and search results without creating or signing in to an account.

Browsing without an account is read-only and does not create a Firebase Authentication user or a SipIt database account. Posting, liking, saving, reporting, blocking, profile management, and other personalized features require sign-in.

Because no account is created for this browsing mode, it has no account profile, posted content, saved recipes, or other account data to recover or delete.

3.4 Usernames and Profiles

You may not use a username, display name, or profile image that:

• impersonates another person or organization;
• falsely suggests an affiliation or endorsement;
• infringes another person’s rights;
• contains another person’s private information without permission;
• is threatening, hateful, sexually explicit, or unlawfully discriminatory;
• promotes illegal or harmful activity; or
• is otherwise inappropriate or disruptive.

We may remove or require changes to profile information that violates these Terms or the Community Guidelines.

4. User Content

“User Content” means profile information, recipes, recipe text, franchise customizations, and photos that you submit through SipIt. Reports, support messages, and feedback are communications to SipIt and are not licensed for public display under this section.

4.1 Ownership

As between you and SipIt, you retain ownership of the original User Content you create.

Uploading User Content does not transfer ownership of that content to SipIt.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the rights and permissions necessary to submit and share your User Content.

If we receive a valid rights complaint, we may remove or disable access to the reported content and may disable accounts that repeatedly infringe others’ rights.

4.2 License Granted to SipIt

When you submit User Content, you grant SipIt a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, format, resize, compress, create thumbnails from, organize, moderate, and display that content only as reasonably necessary to operate and secure the Service, provide search and recommendations, comply with law, and enforce these Terms. SipIt may allow its service providers to process User Content for those same limited purposes.

Public User Content may be displayed to other users. Private recipes and their photos are displayed only to you unless you change them to public, although SipIt and its service providers may still store and process them to provide the private-recipe feature.

This license continues while your User Content remains available through SipIt.

The license ends within a commercially reasonable period after you delete the content or your account, except where:

• temporary backup copies remain;
• retention is legally required;
• retention is necessary for security, fraud prevention, enforcement, or dispute resolution;
• another user has copied or shared the content outside SipIt; or
• the content has been de-identified or included in aggregated information.

4.3 Your Responsibilities

By submitting User Content, you represent and warrant that:

• you created it or have permission to use and share it;
• you have permission from identifiable people shown in uploaded photos;
• it does not violate intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights;
• it is not unlawful, fraudulent, or materially misleading;
• it does not disclose confidential or private information without permission;
• it complies with these Terms and the Community Guidelines; and
• SipIt’s permitted use of it will not violate another person’s rights.

5. Prohibited Content

You may not upload, publish, transmit, promote, or request content that:

• violates applicable law;
• promotes or facilitates illegal activity;
• threatens, harasses, stalks, bullies, or intimidates another person;
• promotes hatred or violence against a person or protected group;
• contains unlawful discrimination;
• is sexually explicit, exploitative, or abusive;
• sexualizes or exploits a minor;
• encourages suicide, self-harm, or eating-disorder behavior;
• contains graphic or gratuitous violence;
• promotes dangerous consumption of toxic or non-food substances;
• intentionally provides unsafe food or beverage instructions;
• contains alcohol or instructs users to prepare alcoholic beverages;
• promotes dangerous drug, alcohol, or caffeine consumption;
• is fraudulent, deceptive, or materially misleading;
• defames another person;
• infringes intellectual property rights;
• violates privacy or publicity rights;
• includes another person’s personal information without permission;
• contains malicious code or harmful software;
• consists of spam, scams, or unauthorized advertising;
• impersonates another person, company, organization, or brand;
• falsely suggests endorsement by SipIt or a third-party brand;
• attempts to manipulate likes, saves, reports, rankings, or recommendations; or
• otherwise creates a safety, legal, or security risk.

6. Prohibited Conduct

You may not:

• access another user’s account without permission;
• attempt to bypass authentication or security controls;
• interfere with the operation of SipIt;
• overload, disrupt, or damage the Service;
• introduce malicious code;
• collect personal information without authorization;
• scrape, crawl, copy, or systematically extract SipIt content without permission;
• use bots or automated systems to create accounts or interact with SipIt;
• manipulate likes, saves, reports, or recommendation systems;
• submit knowingly false or abusive reports;
• evade disabled or terminated account access;
• reverse engineer SipIt except where applicable law expressly permits it;
• use SipIt’s database to create a competing service;
• use SipIt for unlawful commercial solicitation;
• use another person’s content without authorization; or
• assist another person in violating these Terms.

7. Recipes, Ingredients, and Safety

SipIt is an information-sharing platform. Recipes and customization instructions may be submitted by users or based on third-party information.

SipIt does not independently test, verify, approve, or guarantee recipes, ingredients, quantities, preparation instructions, customizations, or ingredient and safety claims.

You are responsible for verifying that a recipe and its ingredients are safe and appropriate for you.

Before preparing or consuming a beverage, independently check ingredients, allergies or intolerances, dietary and medical needs, caffeine, ingredient freshness, and safe preparation practices.

SipIt is intended for non-alcoholic beverage recipes. Recipes that contain alcohol or instruct users to prepare alcoholic beverages are not permitted.

Never consume an ingredient merely because it appears in a SipIt recipe.

Do not follow a recipe if an ingredient or instruction appears unsafe, unclear, or inappropriate.

Information provided through SipIt is not medical, nutritional, dietary, or other professional advice.

8. AI-Generated Information

For public recipes, SipIt may use an automated service to generate categories, related search terms, and tags used for search and organization.

Automated or AI-generated information may be:

• inaccurate;
• incomplete;
• outdated;
• inconsistent; or
• inappropriate for your circumstances.

You should not rely on generated information as a substitute for professional advice, official product information, ingredient labels, or your own safety assessment.

SipIt may modify, regenerate, reject, or remove generated information at any time.

9. Franchise Recipes and Third-Party Brands

SipIt may display or allow users to select menu items, products, ingredients, and customization options associated with third-party brands, including Starbucks and Dunkin’.

This information is provided for identification, reference, compatibility, and recipe-sharing purposes.

Menus and customization options may:

• change without notice;
• vary by store, region, or country;
• be seasonal;
• be temporarily unavailable;
• contain different ingredients; or
• be prepared differently at different locations.

SipIt does not guarantee that:

• a listed item is currently available;
• a location will accept a customization;
• a customization will produce the same result at every store;
• pricing is accurate;
• ingredient or allergen information is complete; or
• an employee will recognize SipIt terminology.

Before ordering or consuming a beverage, you should verify current menu availability, ingredients, allergens, pricing, and preparation details directly with the applicable store or official brand source.

Starbucks and its related names and marks are owned by Starbucks Corporation or its affiliates. Dunkin’ and its related names and marks are owned by Dunkin’ Brands or its affiliates. All other marks belong to their respective owners.

SipIt is an independent, user-generated recipe app. It is not affiliated with, authorized by, endorsed by, sponsored by, operated by, or supported by Starbucks, Dunkin’, or their owners or affiliates. Those companies do not review, approve, verify, or support SipIt, its menu data, recipes, customizations, or User Content.

See the Third-Party Brand Disclaimer for more information.

Users may not falsely state or imply that their content has been approved, sponsored, or endorsed by SipIt or a third-party brand.

10. Likes, Saves, Recommendations, and Rankings

SipIt may allow users to like, save, search, filter, rank, or receive recommendations for recipes.

A recipe’s likes, saves, ranking, popularity, recommendation status, or trending status does not mean that SipIt has:

• tested the recipe;
• verified its accuracy;
• confirmed its safety;
• approved its ingredients; or
• endorsed the user who submitted it.

SipIt may change how likes, saves, recommendations, rankings, and engagement counts are calculated or displayed.

We may remove fraudulent, automated, manipulated, or abusive engagement.

11. Reporting Recipes and Users

SipIt allows users to report recipes and user accounts that they reasonably believe violate:

• these Terms;
• the SipIt Community Guidelines;
• applicable law; or
• the safety of the SipIt community.

Users may submit:

• a recipe report concerning content that may be unsafe, inappropriate, misleading, infringing, or otherwise prohibited; or
• a user report concerning account activity or behavior that may violate SipIt’s rules.

When submitting a report, you should select the most relevant reason and provide accurate information where additional details are requested.

You may not use SipIt’s reporting tools to:

• harass another user;
• retaliate after a disagreement;
• submit knowingly false or misleading claims;
• manipulate recipe visibility;
• coordinate abusive or fraudulent reports; or
• interfere with the normal operation of SipIt.

SipIt has no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users.

Reports are reviewed by SipIt as promptly as reasonably practicable. SipIt may reject or hide content, require profile changes, or disable account access when a violation is confirmed or reasonably suspected.

Submitting a report does not guarantee that content will be hidden or that an account will be disabled.

When reviewing a report, SipIt may consider:

• the reported content;
• the surrounding context;
• the reported user’s activity;
• previous violations;
• the seriousness of the alleged conduct;
• available technical information; and
• other information reasonably relevant to the review.

SipIt may not provide the reporting user with detailed information about the investigation or any action taken against another user.

12. Content Moderation and Manual Review

SipIt may use automated text-moderation systems and manual review to identify content that may violate these Terms or the Community Guidelines.

Before a recipe is published, or when a private recipe is made public, SipIt reviews its text using the process described in the Privacy Policy. If the text is flagged, the recipe is not published until you edit it. Usernames are checked against SipIt’s list of blocked and reserved terms.

Automated moderation systems may make mistakes. Content may be incorrectly flagged, rejected, allowed, or restricted.

Automated moderation results may be considered together with user reports, contextual information, and manual review.

SipIt makes enforcement decisions based on the information reasonably available at the time.

SipIt has no obligation to monitor all User Content, and any monitoring we choose to perform does not create a duty to monitor other content or detect every violation.

SipIt does not guarantee that every prohibited item of content will be detected or removed immediately.

13. Enforcement

If SipIt determines that content or conduct violates these Terms, the Community Guidelines, applicable law, or community safety requirements, SipIt may:

• reject a recipe before publication;
• hide or remove a recipe;
• remove or require changes to profile information;
• disable an account’s access to the Service;
• preserve information relevant to an investigation;
• refer serious conduct to appropriate authorities; or
• take other reasonable action necessary to protect SipIt and its users.

Not every report will result in enforcement.

Content or an account may remain available if SipIt determines that:

• there is insufficient evidence of a violation;
• the reported activity does not violate SipIt’s rules; or
• no enforcement action is reasonably necessary.

When determining the appropriate action, SipIt may consider:

• the seriousness of the violation;
• whether the conduct was intentional;
• whether actual or potential harm occurred;
• whether the user has committed previous violations;
• whether the user corrected the issue;
• the context in which the content was posted; and
• applicable legal obligations.

SipIt may take immediate action without prior warning when content or conduct presents a serious legal, security, or safety risk.

14. Review Requests

You may ask SipIt to review a moderation decision by emailing sipit.app.official@gmail.com with the affected content or account, the decision you dispute, and relevant context. A request does not guarantee reversal.

15. Blocking Users

SipIt allows signed-in users to block other user accounts where the feature is available.

When you block a user, SipIt may hide that user’s recipes and related content from your feed, search results, saved-recipe views, and other areas of the Service where blocked-user filtering is supported.

Blocking a user does not notify that user, does not necessarily remove the user’s content for other people, and does not by itself report the user to SipIt.

If you believe a user or recipe violates these Terms, the Community Guidelines, or applicable law, you should submit a report in addition to blocking the user.

16. Intellectual Property Complaints

SipIt respects intellectual property rights.

If you believe content available through SipIt infringes your copyright, trademark, or another intellectual property right, contact: sipit.app.official@gmail.com

You may also use the in-app copyright or brand misuse report reason. An email complaint should include:

• the work, mark, or other right involved;
• the SipIt content at issue and enough information to locate it;
• your contact information;
• why you believe the use is unauthorized; and
• a statement that the information you provide is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for that person.

We may hide or remove content that we reasonably believe infringes another person’s rights. We may notify the user who posted it and consider that user’s response.

We may disable accounts that repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights.

Knowingly submitting a materially false complaint may result in legal liability.

17. SipIt’s Intellectual Property

Except for User Content and third-party materials, the Service and its components are owned by or licensed to SipIt.

This may include:

• SipIt’s software;
• source code;
• application design;
• interface;
• graphics;
• branding;
• logos;
• original text;
• database organization;
• recommendation systems; and
• other proprietary materials.

Subject to these Terms, SipIt grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, and nontransferable license to access and use the Service for lawful personal use.

This license does not permit you to:

• copy or redistribute substantial portions of SipIt;
• sell or sublicense access to SipIt;
• commercially exploit SipIt without permission;
• remove ownership notices;
• use SipIt’s branding without authorization;
• systematically extract SipIt’s database;
• create a competing database using SipIt content; or
• reverse engineer the Service except where applicable law expressly permits it.

18. Feedback

If you voluntarily provide ideas, suggestions, feedback, or feature requests concerning SipIt, you grant us permission to use that feedback without restriction or compensation.

This does not transfer ownership of your recipes, photos, or other User Content to SipIt.

19. Third-Party Services

SipIt may use or connect to third-party services for functions needed to operate the Service. Third-party services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. The providers SipIt uses and the information they process are described in the Privacy Policy.

SipIt does not control and is not responsible for a third party’s independent:

• availability;
• security;
• content;
• account decisions; or
• data-processing practices.

20. Changes to the Service

We may add, change, or discontinue all or part of SipIt.

We do not guarantee that any particular feature, recipe, user account, franchise menu item, customization option, recommendation, integration, or item of User Content will always remain available.

Where reasonably practicable, we may provide notice before discontinuing a significant feature. Immediate changes may be necessary for legal, security, operational, or technical reasons.

21. Account Deletion

You may stop using SipIt at any time.

You may delete your account through the account settings within the application or by contacting: sipit.app.official@gmail.com

To delete your account in the app, you must sign in again with the same Google or Apple account linked to your SipIt account. Once the request is accepted, access to the account is blocked immediately and deletion begins.

Deleting your SipIt account deletes, subject to the limited retention described in the Privacy Policy:

• your profile;
• your recipes;
• your uploaded photos;
• your likes;
• your saved recipes; and
• other information associated with your account.

Certain information may remain temporarily in backups or be retained where reasonably necessary for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, investigation of violations, dispute resolution, or enforcement.

Deleting your SipIt account does not delete your Google or Apple account. SipIt disconnects its access to your Google account or revokes its Sign in with Apple authorization as part of in-app deletion.

22. Disabling Account Access

We may disable or terminate your access to SipIt if we reasonably determine that:

• you violated these Terms or the Community Guidelines;
• your account is involved in fraud or abuse;
• you attempted unauthorized access;
• your conduct creates legal, security, or safety risk;
• your content infringes another person’s rights;
• termination is required by law; or
• continued access could harm SipIt, its users, or others.

You may request review of a decision as described in Section 14.

We may take immediate action without notice when reasonably necessary to protect users, the Service, or another person.

After access is disabled or terminated, you must not evade the decision by creating another account.

Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will remain effective, including provisions concerning ownership, licenses, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution.

23. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SIPIT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”

SIPIT DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF:

• MERCHANTABILITY;
• FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE;
• TITLE;
• NON-INFRINGEMENT;
• ACCURACY;
• AVAILABILITY;
• SECURITY; AND
• RELIABILITY.

SIPIT DOES NOT WARRANT THAT:

• THE SERVICE WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE;
• THE SERVICE WILL BE ERROR-FREE;
• ALL DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED;
• USER CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE OR SAFE;
• RECIPES WILL PRODUCE A PARTICULAR RESULT;
• CONTENT WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE;
• RECOMMENDATIONS WILL MATCH YOUR PREFERENCES;
• FRANCHISE INFORMATION WILL BE CURRENT; OR
• A CUSTOMIZATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions. In those jurisdictions, exclusions apply only to the extent permitted by law.

24. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SIPIT AND ITS DEVELOPER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

THIS INCLUDES DAMAGES ARISING FROM:

• YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SIPIT;
• USER CONTENT;
• RECIPES OR INGREDIENTS;
• ALLERGIC REACTIONS;
• FOOD OR BEVERAGE PREPARATION;
• NUTRITION OR CAFFEINE INFORMATION;
• THIRD-PARTY MENU INFORMATION;
• THIRD-PARTY SERVICES;
• LOSS OF CONTENT OR DATA;
• UNAUTHORIZED ACCOUNT ACCESS;
• SERVICE INTERRUPTION;
• MODERATION DECISIONS;
• CONTENT REMOVAL; OR
• RELIANCE ON INFORMATION DISPLAYED THROUGH SIPIT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SIPIT’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF:

1. THE AMOUNT YOU PAID DIRECTLY TO SIPIT DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; OR
2. FIFTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

25. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SipIt and its developer from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising out of or relating to:

• your User Content;
• your misuse of SipIt;
• your violation of these Terms or the Community Guidelines;
• your violation of applicable law;
• your violation of another person’s rights; or
• your fraudulent or harmful conduct.

This section does not require indemnification for conduct for which indemnification cannot legally be required.

26. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable consumer-protection law requires otherwise.

Before initiating a formal legal proceeding, you and SipIt agree to make a reasonable, good-faith effort to resolve the dispute informally.

You may initiate informal resolution by sending a description of the issue and your requested resolution to: sipit.app.official@gmail.com

Unless applicable law provides otherwise, legal proceedings arising from these Terms or SipIt may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Michigan.

Nothing in these Terms limits rights or remedies that cannot be waived under applicable law.

27. Apple-Specific Terms

If you download SipIt through Apple’s App Store, you acknowledge and agree that:

• these Terms are between you and SipIt, not Apple;
• SipIt, not Apple, is solely responsible for the Service and its content;
• SipIt, not Apple, is responsible for providing any maintenance or support for the Service, and Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support;
• if the Service fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price for the Service, if any, as required by applicable App Store terms; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the Service;
• SipIt, not Apple, is responsible for addressing claims relating to the Service, including product-liability, regulatory, consumer-protection, intellectual-property, or other legal claims;
• you must comply with applicable third-party terms when using the Service, including any terms that apply to your device, network, app-store account, authentication provider, or other services you use with SipIt;
• you represent and warrant that you are not located in a country or region subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a terrorist-supporting country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
• your use of SipIt must comply with applicable App Store usage rules; and
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce the Apple-specific provisions against you.

For developer questions or notices regarding SipIt, contact SipIt at the contact information listed at the end of these Terms.

Nothing in this section imposes responsibility on Apple beyond obligations that cannot legally be excluded.

28. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to:

• SipIt’s features;
• our practices;
• applicable law;
• our service providers; or
• security and operational needs.

When these Terms are updated, we will revise the Effective Date at the top.

If a change is material, we may provide additional notice through SipIt or another reasonable method.

Your continued use of SipIt after updated Terms become effective means that you accept the updated Terms.

If you do not agree to updated Terms, you must stop using SipIt and may delete your account.

29. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The remaining provisions will remain in effect.

30. No Waiver

Our failure to enforce a provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce that provision later.

A waiver is effective only if provided in writing by SipIt.

31. Assignment

You may not transfer or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written permission.

We may assign these Terms as part of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, asset transfer, or similar transaction, subject to applicable law.

32. Entire Agreement

These Terms, the SipIt Privacy Policy, and the SipIt Community Guidelines constitute the entire agreement between you and SipIt regarding the Service.

They replace any prior agreements or understandings concerning the same subject matter.

33. Contact Us

For questions, notices, reports, review requests, or concerns regarding these Terms, contact:

SipIt
Michigan, United States
Email: sipit.app.official@gmail.com