Next Thursday and Friday, September 4-5, I’ll be at a Fermented Food Conference, at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California. I heard about the event from Jo Webster in the UK, who will be showcasing her...
A food scientist unscrews the lid on astonishing new research that suggests everybody should be eating three portions of fermented food a day. Yesterday’s London Sunday Times carried a long article by fermentation expert Tim Spector. In Tim Spector’s fermented...
James Huddle is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Two Boys Brew Kombucha, Victoria, Australia. This post from their blog of October 10, 2024 appears here with his express permission. Those who know me well are probably aware of my...
An intriguing study by scientists at the University of Bonn, Germany suggests that altering the gut microbiome with pro- and prebiotics could make people more attuned to fairness, even when it means earning less money themselves. The researchers recruited 101...
In this guest posting, Tadeusz reviews the health benefits of kombucha. He has previously written a five-part series on the importance of the individual ingredients and processes that are traditionally used to make kombucha. Kombucha Health Benefits. Are there any?...
Hard on the heels of the February 2023 study by scientists at Sydney University that drinking living kombucha with a meal reduces postprandial glucose spikes, a new study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University’s School of Health, the University of...
Thanks to Lou Dillon of Twisted Kombucha for sharing news about a significant human study conducted at the Australia Institute, exploring the intriguing world of kombucha nutrition. In the first controlled clinical trial in humans, results showed that living kombucha...
The good folks at Mei-Leaf tea are back with an interview with Adam from Jarr Kombucha discussing the health effects of kombucha. This follows on from their informative brewery tour that we included in our February video listing. This time...
Sarah Pope, founder of The Healthy Home Economist, has raised concerns about the sugar content of some brands of kombucha. She notes that, since the drink has become popular, some brands sweeten with fruit juice and even sugar added post-fermentation....
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Update: Kova Kombucha, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
February 3, 2026
