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...
We first reported on Keg Outlet in our February 2020 post Growing Beyond Home Brewing where we referenced three informative videos they had produced: These are among the 90+ informative videos that Keg Outlet have posted to their YouTube channel....
The UK publication KamCity (“News, tools and tips for Key Account Managers”) reports that Carlsberg Britvic’s Soft Drinks Review for 2025 highlights an increase in soft drink sales, with further opportunities (including for kombucha) ahead. The report sees opportunity in...
While visiting family in Cheshire, England, I was delighted to meet up with Charlotte, the founder of Shropshire Kombucha. We’d not been able to connect when I was last in Nantwich. But this time around, she was at the bustling...
A couple of weeks ago, the San Francisco-based NPR radio station KQED broadcast an interview with Scott Norton and Mark Ramadan, the founders of Sir Kensington’s, a condiment company. The interview was actually an older episode of the How I...
Sambucha Kombucha is located in Pangbourne, near Reading, England on the banks of the River Thames. It is a “hobby turned full-time job” for Sam May, who moved from California to the UK. The commercial operation started during lockdown and...
Three years ago, I visited the KC Kombucha taproom in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento. News broke last week that the taproom was closing. Courtney, the founder, had sold the business to her long-time partner Michelle Grubbs. A time...
Jean-Pierre Parent, a yoga teacher in Portland, Oregon, noticed that, even though people often go to yoga studios for the community, many students would shyly slink away after class. In response, he began bringing his home-brew kombucha to enjoy after...
This article is re-posted from the GO Kombucha blog, February 28, 2025. It follows on from another post by Gary on The Risks of Packaging Kombucha in Aluminium Cans (February 3, 2024). On February 4, 2024 we posted The Case...
On a recent trip to Mexico City, I met with the founders of Umani Fermentos. Our 20-minute discussion provided insights into the company’s origins, production, and distribution. Origins Umani was started as a side project in 2018 by three friends—Ixchel,...
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