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Profile: Tea’Space, Saigon

Vietnam has, understandably, stronger associations with coffee than tea. The country exports more coffee than any other country, except Brazil, and cà phê sữa đá (iced milk coffee) is available everywhere, from street corner vendors to 5-star hotels. However, not...

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Gen Z re-discovers alcohol?

A report in today’s Financial Times (Thursday, July 3) headlined “Gen Z raises a toast in test to industry nar­rat­ive” notes that a recent study chal­lenges the view that big alcohol brands’ decline is driven by abstin­ence among the young....

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Studies: The Health Benefits of Fermented Teas

Two studies highlight the varied health benefits of different types of teas used to make kombucha. White, Green, and Black teas Scientific Reports published a report by Thai researchers titled Functional metabolites and inhibitory efficacy of kombucha beverage on pathogenic...

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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...