I met Andrew Mills online at the recent virtual Kombucha Summit. He held an impromptu Zoom tour of his facility, showcasing his compact production area in a barn on his property in Buckinghamshire, England. He built it for just £12,000...
Olga Sorzano was introduced to kombucha in Siberia by her grandmother, Baba, who kept a jar of continuous brew fermenting on top of her refrigerator year-round. “I would visit her and use any excuse to have a chance to taste...
Artizen Kombucha was co-founded by Russian immigrant Daria (Dasha) Konstantinovna Smolentseva and her husband Sebastien Armand. It’s a thriving small-batch kombucha company rooted in the Ontario landscape, its community, and seasonal local ingredients. Their typical customers are young families interested...
It was Liz Mclaughlin’s dream to start New Life Force Kombucha. Quite literally, she had a dream of Saint Patrick – the patron saint of Ireland – gaining ‘new life force’ from a sustaining drink. Liz writes: … he became...
I recently interviewed Mannanova Solutions‘ founder and president Sébastien Bureau. He spent several years as VP of R&D for Rise Kombucha, the biggest Kombucha company in Canada, and played a critical role in its growth. He left in 2014 to...
Kombucha brewers understand the importance of tracking their data, whether in a spreadsheet, paper logs, or an electronic brewery management system. However, most of the data ends up sitting in a binder or locked in a spreadsheet. The main reason?...
Kombucha Town is a successful Seattle-area kombucha brand with sales up from $1.1m to $1.4m over the last year. They were the first brand to sell kombucha in recyclable cans. Since 2011, they’ve sold a cumulative one million cans —...
CommuniTea Kombucha looking for investors Chris Joyner, the owner of CommuniTea Kombucha in Seattle, is looking for a business partner. Chris started making kombucha for sale in Ohio in 1993. In 2008, he started Seattle’s first kombucha business, creating CommuniTea...
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...
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