As shown on the Booch News Instagram, I recently spent a month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and visiting Lake Chapala near Guadalajara. As is typical for tourists, I could only stumble on random outlets for kombucha. This was especially true...
The Kombucha Summit held in Berlin, Germany, from Nov 17-18, culminated with a compelling ‘Live Kombucha Industry Survey’ led by presenter Denis Kelleher, CEO of Good Culture Kombucha. Dennis asked me to summarize the results of an attendee survey. This...
A recent question posed in the Craft Beer Professionals Facebook Group asked ‘What is currently surprising you most about our industry?’ It generated over 250 responses. Craft beer is, in many ways, the “big brother” of our industry (it started...
Following Thursday’s post on Instagram, I have broken out results for the top three brands by number of Followers for regions and countries. This was easy enough to track when tallying up the numbers. I don’t give results for 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...
Two weeks after the surprise announcement that long-time KBI Director Hannah Crum was moving on, the organization announced a replacement. Casa de la Kombucha CEO, and KBI Board Member, Kendra Sepulveda sent her welcome letter to members today: Dear Esteemed...
This is the sixth in the series of our annual summary of social media stats for kombucha brands. Facebook is the second most popular platform for kombucha brands after Instagram. At the end of 2018, we published our initial informal...
This is the sixth annual report on the social media statistics of leading kombucha brands. At the end of 2018, we published an initial, informal survey of kombucha brands’ presence on social media. At the time, we reviewed the stats...
Here’s news about another kombucha brewery facing and overcoming challenges. Corey Wood, the CEO of Elixir Kombucha writes a postscript to their Year in Review on LinkedIn, noting challenges they overcame in 2023: This is an addition to their main...
A seasonal newsletter from the UK’s Happy Kombucha highlights the challenges of commercial kombucha production. In addition to what they call “ready made kombucha” Happy Kombucha sell home brew supplies, including all-important SCOBYs. They report how what seemed like insignificant...
