Category: Tasting Notes

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Commercial Kombucha vs. Homemade: Can Store-Bought Brands Pass the Fermentation Test?

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,...

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The Kombucha Tube Flavor Map

London’s Underground (Tube) map, designed in 1931 by Harry Beck, is a classic. His map dispensed with conventional geographical accuracy, simplifying the network and helping passengers understand it more quickly. It used only horizontal, vertical, and 45º lines, with different...

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The Kombucha Flavor Map

In the Fall 2021 edition of SYMBIOSIS Magazine, KBI introduced a beautifully designed, comprehensive Kombucha Flavor Flower. Copies are available for purchase. Wheels on Fire This was the first flavor wheel for kombucha. Color-coded, adjective-rich flavor wheel circles convey the...

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Pairing Kombucha with Food

Kombucha’s complex flavor profile offers a sober alternative to alcohol in cocktails. There’s a growing list of ‘mocktails’ that offer non-alcoholic alternative refreshments. Beyond this, many brands are taking on wine by promoting kombucha as a drink to pair with...

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Eric Brown: Kombucha Reviewer

I came across a young man who is an enthusiastic kombucha reviewer. He’s collected dozens of brands from local stores and plans to publish reviews of them on his Kold Kombucha Instagram and YouTube channels. Eric Brown first tasted kombucha...

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Kombucha Reviewers

An unexpected benefit of researching the Worldwide Directory of commercial kombucha brewers has been finding the folks out there who post ‘booch reviews on Instagram. Here’s an updated list of 76 reviewers. Not all of the 5,090 posts are reviews,...

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Guest Posting: The Kombucha Kween

By way of introduction, I’m @kombucha_kween and I’m a kombucha konnoisseur based in London, UK. After trying countless brands in countless cities around the globe I decided that others may benefit from the adventures of my palate. My mandate is...