At the end of Day One of the Conference, after listening to more than a dozen experts offer insights into everything from the ways red ants are used as a traditional yogurt starter in rural Turkey, to why gastrophagy was...
Next Thursday and Friday, September 4-5, I’ll be at a Fermented Food Conference, at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California. I heard about the event from Jo Webster in the UK, who will be showcasing her...
A food scientist unscrews the lid on astonishing new research that suggests everybody should be eating three portions of fermented food a day. Yesterday’s London Sunday Times carried a long article by fermentation expert Tim Spector. In Tim Spector’s fermented...
This post originally appeared in Aneta’s Journal, 221BC Kombucha, Sarasota, Florida. It is reposted with their express permission. I. That “Kombucha Face” There’s a certain look that’s unmistakable. You offer someone a sip of kombucha, and within seconds, eyebrows arch,...
Kombucha connoisseur Susanna Danieli recently visited her native Italy and reported on the thriving kombucha scene there. She added a number of reviews of Italian brands to her excellent Instagram channel. The new brands that she discovered have been added...
Twisted Kombucha founder Lou Dillon recently posted a report on LinkedIn about an year-long scientific study of the microbial activity of over 100 European kombucha brands. The content from LinkedIn with additional details supplied by Lou is re-posted here with...
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...
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...
Curro Polo is currently pursuing a PhD under the Basque Culinary Center program, with the academic guidance of Harvard University The research project will take place at Ama Brewery, exploring the fascinating world of microbiology applied to beverages. We’d met...
Science Blog reports that scientists at Seoul National University in Korea have developed a new tissue engineering method that uses a bioink derived from kombucha SCOBY. A biopen enables precise wound repair. The study describes a new bioink composed of...
