Celebrating World Kombucha Day In Song!
February 21 is World Kombucha Day! Celebrate kombucha in song!
Our Fermented Future (cover), by Mara Marin
Americana folk singer Mara Marin celebrates World Kombucha Day in a free concert at the Mt. Tamalpais Amphitheater high above Mill Valley, California. Her cover version of the now-popular song, first performed by The Hollow Pines, reaches new audiences.
Baby sit a little closer, sip some ‘booch with me
I brewed this batch with the SCOBY my grandma gave to me.
On the back porch swing at twilight, watching fireflies dance
Your hand in mine, kombucha fine, the sweetest sweet romance.They say that wine and roses are the way to win the heart
But your kombucha warmed me right up from the start.
Fermentation makes the heart grow fonder, truer words they ain’t been said
Your SCOBY’s got a place forever — in my heart, and in my bed.Let’s share our SCOBYs, baby, merge our ferments into one
Like cultures in a crock jar dancing, underneath the sun.
The tang of your Lactobacillus is exactly what I’m missing
Your Brettanomyces bacteria got this country girl reminiscing.Oh yeah, let’s share those SCOBYs, baby, merge our ferments into one
Your yeasts and my bacteria working till the magic’s done
You’ve got the acetic acid honey, I’ve got the patience and the time
Let’s bubble up together, let our cultures intertwine.I’ve got that symbiotic feeling, something wild and something true
Your SCOBY’s in my heart, right there next to you
The way your Acetobacter turns sugar into gold
Is how you turned my lonely life into a hand to hold.We’ve got the acetic acid and the glucuronic too
We’ve got that symbiotic feeling, so righteous and so true
One sip of your sweet ‘booch, Lord, and you had me from the start,
It’s our fermented future, that no-one can tear apart.It’s our fermented future…
It’s our fermented future…
It’s our fermented future…
The Hollow Pines’ original version is considered a classic by many.
While the Brazilian cover version by Dandara Sereia adds a Latin beat.
Check out the complete playlist of fermented songs on the Booch News playlist.
[To download songs, right-click on the play bar and ‘Save Audio as…’]
Lyrics ©2025 Booch News, music generated with the assistance of Suno. Images via Midjourney.
