Stephen Lee first tasted kombucha in his hometown of Fremont, California, in 2008. After meeting his English fiancee, he settled in the English spa town of Cheltenham, the gateway to the Cotswolds. He’d been brewing kombucha at home for the...
Plans are underway for a week-long Virtual Kombucha Summit hosted in Berlin, Germany. This will replace the event originally scheduled for this weekend that was canceled due to the pandemic. It will now be a virtual event that replicates the...
Following Day 1 of the conference, the second day of the Virtual Kombucha Conference started with a members-only meeting. Hannah Crum then welcomed all attendees for a review and discussion of the KBI Code of Practice. Kombucha Code of Practice...
The Virtual KombuchaKon 2020 replaced the canceled in-person meeting scheduled for Long Beach last April. On Day One, KBI President Hannah Crum welcomed over 70 brewers from around the world with an appreciation of the resilience it takes to bounce-back...
The Fall 2020 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. All editions have an ‘evergreen’ lifespan and live...
The Virtual KombuchaKon 2020 that replaces the canceled in-person meeting scheduled for Long Beach last April kicks off on Zoom next week. Registration is open to KBI members and non-members alike. You can save $50 off the already reasonable fee...
A 30-page report released by the British Columbia Center for Disease Control (BCCDC) in March highlights the risks to consumers posed by elevated levels of alcohol in some commercial kombucha. The BCCDC collected samples of 53 brands from 142 premises,...
The August 20, 2020 Business Insider (subscription required) profiles Health-Ade co-founder Daina Trout. With a headline that many who’ve bootstrapped a small business can relate to Daina Trout was living on $7 a day — now, her drinks brand brings...
A Code of Practice for the kombucha industry We interviewed Hannah Crum, the president of Kombucha Brewers International (KBI), the trade association committed to promoting and protecting commercial kombucha brewers around the world. On Monday of this week, KBI released...
Home town kombucha #4 This is the fourth in a series of posts featuring kombucha companies based in North West England. So far I’ve posted an interview with Emma of Booch & Brew in Altrincham, Mark Young of Brew Loka...
