Kudos to Duff McDonald for having his Audible audiobook Kombucha Curious: How A Drink Transformed my Life featured on the American Airlines playlist. I spent the last week in New York visiting my daughter, and caught a flight to London...
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...
On October 26, 2024, the Casino Theater in Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, hosted the 2nd edition of the World Kombucha Awards, an event led by Jordi Canet, Director of the WKA. The ceremony included distinguished guests such as Kendra Sepulveda,...
The London Financial Times published an editorial on August 24 reporting that “Abstemious Generation Z is helping to boost no- and low-alcohol drinks.” They note that, globally, sales of alcoholic drinks have fallen, and that no-alcohol beverages are where much...
An article in the May 20 edition of the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper headlined ‘How to tell if your kombucha has been stripped of its good bacteria and filled with sugar – and how to find the ones that really...
In the Fall 2021 edition of SYMBIOSIS Magazine, KBI celebrated Women of Kombucha: Despite the fact that women were the first alewives and brewsters in many societies, craft beverages have long been dominated by men. With the rise of the...
I was interviewed by Hannah Crum as part of the World Kombucha day celebrations. We talk about how I first discovered kombucha, the reason I started Booch News, editing SYMBIOSIS Magazine, and my predictions for the future of the industry....
Since the days of the dot-com boom, high-tech companies looking to attract talented workers have offered campus benefits such as state-of-the-art gyms, napping pods, ping-pong tables, and gourmet meals in the company cafeteria. Free kombucha was often seen as the...
Thanks ROY Kombucha head Fabio Carlucci for posting about the cover story on Gambero Rosso, Italy’s leading food and beverage publisher, kicking off 2024 by featuring kombucha on its cover with the headline “The year of kombucha – Are you...
Duff McDonald — the philosopher of kombucha — interviewed me for his How to Tickle Yourself podcast in January. His podcast ranges over a variety of topics: politics, spirituality, inspiration, and, yes, kombucha. He has interviewed Adam Benziger, the founder...
