Two studies highlight the varied health benefits of different types of teas used to make kombucha. White, Green, and Black teas Scientific Reports published a report by Thai researchers titled Functional metabolites and inhibitory efficacy of kombucha beverage on pathogenic...
Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey are the coauthors of award-winning The Big Book of Cidermaking, Fiery Ferments, best-selling Fermented Vegetables and award-winning Miso, Tempeh, Natto and other Tasty Ferments. Kirsten is the author of Hombrewed Vinegar. Kirsten is a...
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...
Brewers Association CEO Bart Watson is championing a report by Bourcard Nesin, Senior Beverage Analyst at Rabobank and host of the Liquid Assets podcast. Watson proclaims: The next time you see one of those “Gen Z is Killing the Alcohol...
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...
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...
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...
The journal FEMS Yeast Research, from the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, published an article by researchers at the University of Strasbourg on February 4, 2025, titled Comprehensive survey of kombucha microbial communities of diverse origins and fermentation practices. It...
