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Guest Post: Fermented Tea Leaves, by Kirsten K. Shockey

Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey are the coauthors of award-winning The Big Book of Cidermaking, Fiery Ferments, best-selling Fermented Vegetables and award-winning Miso, Tempeh, Natto and other Tasty Ferments. Kirsten is the author of Hombrewed Vinegar. Kirsten is a...

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UK consumers embrace kombucha

The UK publication KamCity (“News, tools and tips for Key Account Managers”) reports that Carlsberg Britvic’s Soft Drinks Review for 2025 highlights an increase in soft drink sales, with further opportunities (including for kombucha) ahead. The report sees opportunity in...

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Gen Z: Sober curious or just broke?

Brewers Association CEO Bart Watson is championing a report by Bourcard Nesin, Senior Beverage Analyst at Rabobank and host of the Liquid Assets podcast. Watson proclaims: The next time you see one of those “Gen Z is Killing the Alcohol...

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Shropshire Kombucha: In Person

While visiting family in Cheshire, England, I was delighted to meet up with Charlotte, the founder of Shropshire Kombucha. We’d not been able to connect when I was last in Nantwich. But this time around, she was at the bustling...

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Kombucha at 37,000 feet

Kudos to Duff McDonald for having his Audible audiobook Kombucha Curious: How A Drink Transformed my Life featured on the American Airlines playlist. I spent the last week in New York visiting my daughter, and caught a flight to London...

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Study: Survey of Kombucha Microbial Communities

The journal FEMS Yeast Research, from the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, published an article by researchers at the University of Strasbourg on February 4, 2025, titled Comprehensive survey of kombucha microbial communities of diverse origins and fermentation practices. It...