In preparing for my presentation on AI at the upcoming KKON23 event in Long Beach, I tried out some fun prompts to demo the capabilities of generative AI programs like ChatGPT and Midjourney. These are more elaborate than the usual...
This is the sixth in the series of Booch News posts telling the stories behind new commercial kombucha brands. The inspiration for ‘Starting Out’ was NPR’s ‘How I Built This‘. Every kombucha company launched their brand in a unique way,...
The kombucha market in the USA has reached critical mass! A TV ad for the Intuit Quickbooks accounting software features a fictional kombucha company. The owner of Teddy’s Kombucha says: When I started my new kombucha business I thought there...
Most small businesses understand the importance of having an online presence. In 2018 Booch News published an initial, informal survey of kombucha brands’ presence on social media. At the time, we reviewed the stats for the number of posts and...
This is the fifth in the series of Booch News posts telling the stories behind new commercial kombucha brands. The inspiration for ‘Starting Out’ was NPR’s ‘How I Built This‘. Every kombucha company launched their brand in a unique way,...
Another of the larger kombucha companies in the US has jumped on the rebranding bandwagon. Portland, Oregon-based Brew Dr has embraced a new design and renamed some of their flavors. Our bottles have changed and grown over the years, with...
Founder Brian Igersheim has used his food science background to brew kombucha since 2000. After years of his friends and family enjoying his unique and palatable fermented tea, he finally decided to give it a try (with a push from...
In the Great Kombucha Withdrawal of 2010, every brand in the US was removed from store shelves. Unity Vibration founders Tarek & Rachel Kanaan were already producing kombucha tea when theirs was flagged as being over the 0.5% ABV limit....
The full Agenda for the 2023 Kombucha Conference (KKON23) has been published by Kombucha Brewers International. The event takes place April 18 -20 at the Westin Long Beach. It’s the 9th of the annual events. Tickets are still available. In...
Back in February 2022 we profiled Fernie Alpine Springs Kombucha, located high in the Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. At the time owner Simon Lefrancois had established a successful kombucha brewery in this small, four-season vacation town of 7,000. Now,...
