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...
This podcast is the result of an experiment with Google’s new generative A.I. tool NotebookLM — created “to help you make sense of complex information. When you upload your sources, it instantly becomes an expert, grounding its responses in your...
Last week I posted a report on a fermentation test of commercial kombucha that fermentation experts Jo Webster and Caroline Gilmartin conducted in England. This was preceded by an hour-long video on their substack channel [subscription required – low £20...
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,...
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...
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...
