Tania Góngora (a food scientist) and Fernanda (‘Fer’) Iturbide (a sociologist and marketing expert) founded Simbiótica Fermentación in Mexico City in 2017. They divide responsibility between the fermentation science and marketing of their eight-year-old company, which now employs 18 people....
The news out of the UK is dire warnings of an unprecedented heatwave July 18 & 19 for a country not accustomed to high temperatures. For the first time temperatures of 40°C have been forecast in the UK and the...
In this Kombucha 101 series, Tadeusz writes about the importance of all of the individual ingredients that are traditionally used to make kombucha. The first part discussed tea. The second part described the varieties of sweeteners. The third part discussed...
In this Kombucha 101 series, Tadeusz writes about the importance of all individual ingredients that are traditionally used to make kombucha. The first part discussed tea. The second part described the varieties of sweeteners. In this third part he discusses...
The Fall 2021 edition SYMBIOSIS magazine is out now. This is the official Journal of Kombucha Brewers International, a trade publication for the kombucha industry. The first edition came out in June 2020, the second edition in September 2020, and...
Following the overview of Instagram analytics and the analysis of trends in the kombucha industry, this third and final post in the series on the Dunroe analytics tool examines ways to use it for competitive analysis. For illustration purposes, we’ll...
This article follows on from Part One posted last month. Continuing with kombucha history, we move into the second time span which covers the time from 1913 till about 1995. The reason that I have used these cut-off dates is...
Following Day 1 of the conference, the second day of the Virtual Kombucha Conference started with a members-only meeting. Hannah Crum then welcomed all attendees for a review and discussion of the KBI Code of Practice. Kombucha Code of Practice...
The Virtual KombuchaKon 2020 replaced the canceled in-person meeting scheduled for Long Beach last April. On Day One, KBI President Hannah Crum welcomed over 70 brewers from around the world with an appreciation of the resilience it takes to bounce-back...
Craft Beer, Rebranded (and the companion workbook) is a newly published step-by-step guide to help map out a successful strategy for rebranding a brewery. While written for the craft beer industry, it’s equally applicable to kombucha brands. Subtitled Evolution, revolution...
