John Holl at Beer Edge has a fascinating hour-long interview with Pete Halupka, founder of Harvest Roots Ferments in Birmingham, Alabama. In a wide-ranging conversation, Pete shares his decade-long experience with fermented and foraged foods that led to a focus...
Measuring the growth in the worldwide kombucha market isn’t easy. However, in preparation for the year-end analysis of brands launched three years ago, we’ve recently updated the Booch News Worldwide Directory and now have over 2,000 brands listed. This is...
Serial re-brander KÖE, the Los Angeles-based purveyor of the “easiest drinking kombucha on the market” who debuted a rebranded website in 2019 “reflective of the marque’s refreshed image,” is, according to BevNET, preparing another “colorful rebrand” in the Spring of...
Britain’s heritage of seaside piers dates from the boom in seaside resorts during the Victorian era. Constructed as simple wooden landing stages for boat trips, piers became complex entertainment venues with ornate pavilions, exotic lighting, and a plethora of fast...
In Life by the Cup: Inspiration for a Purpose-Filled Life, Zhena Muzyka tells the story of her journey to build a multimillion-dollar fair trade tea company, Zhena’s Gypsy Tea. Incorporating the wisdom of her Roma Gypsy grandmother’s teachings on botanicals...
The Fall 2021 edition SYMBIOSIS magazine is out now. This is the official Journal of Kombucha Brewers International, a trade publication for the kombucha industry. The first edition came out in June 2020, the second edition in September 2020, and...
Aqua ViTea (rhymes with Mighty) Kombucha was founded in 2007 by Jeff Weaber who had relocated from Oregon where he’d first brewed kombucha at home in 2002 at the dawn of the commercial kombucha age. He bootstrapped the business from...
Becca Schepps was an athlete who was diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic while in her twenties. This, together with an obsession with the video game Mortal Kombat, led her to choose the brand name Mortal Kombucha and the tongue-in-cheek...
Siddhi Tamby started Kultur’d while still in college. When the COVID pandemic hit, she returned from studying in Singapore to her home in Japiur, India, to brew her favorite probiotic beverages: kombucha, kefir and jun. Following an intensive period of...
There is still time to enter your kombucha in the 2021 Aurora International Taste Challenge, being held in South Africa. This event was established to recognize and award food and drink excellence. The Drinks Award category includes entries from under both...
