Kombucha showing signs of search recovery in the Golden State This is the first in a series of posts looking at the kombucha category and consumers in California. In this industry, high-quality data on the kombucha category is difficult to...
In June 2020, we published A Statistical Analysis of Kombucha Brands in the USA, when there were 1,626 brands in the Booch News Worldwide Directory. Now, three-and-a-half years later, there are an additional 1,100 worldwide. During that time, there was...
Kombucha industry insiders are well aware of alternative production techniques that are often transparent to the average consumer. Many brands, with roots in home-brewed ‘booch, modify their production as they scale up to commercial levels. This is not just a...
Following the October 31 report in Spain’s El Pais newspaper which contained a pointed critique of Manna-K, we were eager to interview Denis Kelleher, the founder and CEO of Good Culture Kombucha — the foremost international distributors of the product....
Stacy Jurich learned how to brew kombucha while living in Hawaii and continued once she was back in Toledo. Before long, she was delivering her home brew by bicycle to friends, in gradually increasing quantities. In 2014, on a visit to...
When Shelley, the founder of All About the Booch, located in Glendale, Arizona, decided to close her business after five years, she did us all a favor by posting a series of Instagram Reels explaining why. These are useful lessons...
Gord McDougall is a Canadian investor who addresses the struggles small and medium-sized businesses experience — from attracting equity partners to surviving business setbacks. Gord highlights the importance of a financial plan as a necessary starting point when launching a...
Regional identity Shropshire Kombucha is based in the English market town of Shrewsbury, 30 miles to the west and a world away from the industrial cities of Wolverhampton and Birmingham. It’s a delightful rural area (close to the mythic county...
El Pais, Spain’s main daily newspaper and “the most influential online medium in the Spanish-speaking world” published a report today (Oct 31, 2023) headlined Kombucha is not what it appears to be: How to avoid being deceived. Subtitled A lack...
Gary Leigh, the owner of Go Kombucha is the founder of England’s original commercial kombucha business. Part One covered the company’s origins and the direct-to-consumer varieties sold. In Part Two, he shares his views on the risks he sees in...
