Corey Wood, Danielle Wood, and Ryan Cheong, ELIXIR Kombucha, Louisville, KY, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? ELIXIR is a 3 person outfit based in Louisville, KY. Husband (Corey), wife (Danielle) and best friend (Ryan). In 2013, we were introduced to kombucha by Corey’s aunt and uncle. After tasting their blueberry homebrew and […]
Lauren Miller and Olivia Wolff, UpDog Kombucha, Winston Salem, NC USA Q: When do you first discover kombucha? Lauren: I first discovered kombucha after a yoga class in 2010. One friends had been talking about it after class and offered me a sip of his. From then on, I started drinking after my yoga practice […]
Jay Penev and Jodine West, Fine Feathers Kombucha Co, Long Beach, CA, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? Jodine: We discovered it around 2009 while living in Portland, Oregon, which is an amazing place to discover such things. We are very DIY, hands-on type people, so we started brewing it ourselves soon after. […]
Misako Kashima, Kobo Tea, Japan Q: When did you first discover kombucha? When I was working at farmer’s market in Oakland, CA. My friend was selling her “Tamascal Kombucha” so I tried it and I’m hooked. Q: Why did you start your own Kombucha company? First, I wanted to try making with Japanese tea, and […]
William Davis, VitaliTea Kombucha, Maui, HI, USA Q: When did you first discover Kombucha? About 4-5 years ago Q: Why did you start your own Kombucha company? As a serious (beer) home brewer, living in very health-conscious Maui, I would keep kombucha on tap for “balance”. I liked to share my kombucha and beer […]
Pete Halupka and Lindsay Whiteaker, Harvest Roots Ferments, Mentone, AL, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? Pete discovered Kombucha at some random Brooklyn bodega when he was hungover. Lindsay discovered kombucha pretty much the same way. Q: Why did you start your own Kombucha company? We didn’t. We started a fermentation company together […]
Ivaylo Panayotov, Kombucha Life, Sofia, Bulgaria Q: When did you first discover kombucha? In the year 2010 Q: Why did you start your own Kombucha company? We started first as a homemade kombucha, 2 years later we decided to introduce this drink to Bulgarian market. Q: What is your former/current other life or career? I […]
KBI’s Kombucha Village at the Green Festival Expo in Washington, DC was a great experience for the brands and attendees! The Kombucha Village atmosphere brings brands together to share responsibilities, promote each the category as a whole, and sample and sell, sell, sell! Rather than being spread throughout the conference floor, several brands band together to demonstrate […]
KBI is delighted to report a wildly successful first webinar in our “Ask Us Anything” series – “Fast Track to Distribution” (May 18, 2016). All of the attendees enjoyed the detailed and Kombucha-specific advice offered by our expert speakers. “Thank you so much for the webinar today! It was packed full of great information. The panel […]
As the kombucha industry continues to grow, so too do the needs of the membership. Poised to crest $1.8 billion dollars in gross sales by 2020 according to some projections, our industry has consistently demonstrated rapid growth, stimulated by the stability brought to the marketplace through the formation and actions of Kombucha Brewers International. Since 2014, KBI […]