I’m delighted to announce the inaugural edition of SYMBIOSIS, the Official Journal of Kombucha Brewers International. I’ve collaborated as editor-in-chief with publisher Hannah Crum and the KBI team to create this new Journal — the only trade publication for the...
Brewing commercial quantities of kombucha is a challenge. To produce ‘booch with consistent taste, that meets customers’ expectations and passes inspection, a number of parameters need to be carefully measured and controlled. Accurate measurement enables better control of the fermentation...
Twitter is a distant third behind Instagram and Facebook. Over 90% of brands promote themselves on Instagram, and 80% on Facebook. But only 18% of the brands in our Worldwide Directory have a presence on Twitter. Nevertheless, we believe Twitter...
Facebook is the second most popular social platform for kombucha brands after Instagram. Well over 90% of brands promote themselves on Instagram, while 80% have a Facebook page. Twitter is a distant third, with only 18% of brands in our...
At the end of 2018, we published the results of an informal survey of kombucha brands on social media. We reviewed the stats for the number of posts and followers, or likes, on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram from 140 brands....
Plans are underway for a two-day Kombucha Summit in Berlin, Germany. This gathering of over 200 commercial kombucha producers will help people develop their products and scale their businesses. It is Europe’s first conference for commercial kombucha producers. The Summit...
Booch News is able to reveal that category leader GTs Kombucha will soon be available in Europe. In an exclusive interview, Peter Groverman, CEO of international wellness-products distributor Grovara, detailed plans for GTs Kombucha to made available in Iceland, Britain...
This interview follows on from the April 13 guest posting by Stout Tanks on the equipment options and costs available to home brewers who are thinking of scaling up their operation. We were in the room at KombuchaKon in Long...
Jonny Wilkinson is not the only sporting legend with a kombucha company. Big wave surfer Laird Hamilton has launched on-tap kombucha aimed at the corporate market. Food Navigator USA reports that Laird Superfood, funded by co-working tech company WeWork, is...
On the final day of KombuchaKon 2019 we visited a random selection of vendors exhibiting at the event and asked for a quick summary of their offerings. We spoke with American Beer Equipment, Lincoln, Nebraska; Vitbot, Barcelona, Spain; In-line Packaging...
