Ami Bhansali is the Founder & CEO at Chai Diaries based in Mission Viejo, California. Chai manufactures and co-pack teas for food service, white label and retail. In a recent post on LinkedIn, she asked: Here’s a question for small...
Daniela Guilbert founded Bruja Sana Kombucha in 2015 after discovering the drink while living in Vancouver and visiting Northern California. On returning to Mexico, she was dismayed that kombucha was largely unavailable. A friend suggested that she start making it,...
On Tuesday evening, entrepreneur Patrick Switzer presented nÿcha kombucha to investors on the Swiss version of the UK’s Dragon’s Den (aka USA’s Shark Tank) show — Die Höhle der Löwen Schweiz. Switzer received an offer from Aargau surgeon Dr. Felix...
Jordan Buckner is a startup advisor helping food and beverage companies grow from startup to scale. He founded FoodBevy, which carries CPG news and the Startup to Scale podcast series. In a recent post on LinkedIn, he asked: He admits...
Jo Webster and Caroline Gilmartin are fermentation experts from England. They are active on Instagram as @jo.webster-health and @every.good.thing. They recently posted the results of a fascinating experiment where they tested a range of commercial brands, as well as home-brew,...
I first reported on the Kombucha Warehouse in May 2023 and was able to visit in person this May when I met brothers Jack and Jordan at their Potters Bar, London, facility. They stocked the UK’s largest online selection of...
Thierry Tran authored a 3-part series in SYMBIOSIS Magazine: (Back copies are available to order.) He now offers independent consulting via Transverse Consulting, contact Thierry by messaging him on his LinkedIn profile. He has published over 20 research papers on...
Commercial kombucha falls into two main categories: shelf-stable brands that can be stored at room temperature and “raw” kombucha that must be kept cool. The former has been processed or formulated to remain stable and safe to drink without requiring...
On the last day of a two-week road trip from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area to Portland and back, I was fortunate to arrive in Fort Bragg when the Wednesday Farmers’ Market was on. I came across...
It’s Alive Kombucha is located on the far north coast of California in the remote college town of Arcata. For the past 11 years, the family-owned business has supplied regular and hard kombucha to the region. They now distribute from...
