GT Dave, GT’s Living Foods, Beverly Hills, CA, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? A: I discovered it in 1993 when my parents started making it at our Los Angeles home. Q: Why did you start your own kombucha company? A: I started bottling my organic, raw kombucha because I wanted to make […]
Joe Sheehan, John “Griff” Griffith, and Henri Pellerin, Dean’s Zesty Booch, Bozeman, MT, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? J: My hippie roommates in college turned me on to Wonder Drink in 2009-2010 and at the time I was willing to tolerate the somewhat strange taste for the purported benefits. I grew […]
Matthew Lancor, Kombuchade, Plainfield, IL, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? I first discovered Kombucha in Seattle at the 2014 USA Rugby Championships. I drank 3 bottles over the weekend at my Rugby Tournament and I felt like a champion. We only finished 4th place, but I came out a winner. […]
Ben Calkins, Happy Mountain Kombucha, Portland, OR, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? Just like most, I had that one friend who introduced me to the funky brew they made in their garage in college. First try wasn’t great, but for some reason I wanted more. Q: Why did you start your […]
Chad Huniu, Fermensch Kombucha, Huntington Beach, CA, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? I first discovered kombucha in Eugene, Oregon where I went to college. My first taste of booch was actually some homemade jun a friend had brought to a house party. However, I don’t think I quite understood the concept of fermentation, let alone […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2018 Hannah Crum, President Kombucha Brewers International 424-245-5867 president@kombuchabrewers.org Inspirational Beverage Entrepreneur Tyler Gage to Deliver Keynote at KombuchaKon 2019 Los Angeles, CA: Kombucha Brewers International (KBI) is delighted to announce that Tyler Gage, co-founder of RUNA and Managing Director at Terrafertil, will […]
Paul Seelhorst and Leon Benedens, Fairment, Berlin, Germany Q: When did you first discover kombucha? 5 years ago, when we started our Health Journey. We found that an evolutionary perspective on health helped us both to regain our own health. We started out with a Paleo Blog and founded the Paleo Convention, Europe’s biggest Paleo […]
Shannon Kamins, Booch Organic Kombucha, London, ON, Canada Q: When did you first discover kombucha? I first discovered kombucha about 10 years ago, and it was love at first sip. Q: Why did you start your own kombucha company? I healed my own gut by consuming a variety of fermented foods, but it […]
Brett Nobile, Ninja Kombucha, Richmond, VA, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? We discovered kombucha in the late Quaternary period, I believe it was the Holocene epoch. Q: Why did you start your own Kombucha company? I developed an interest in herbalism from working in the field with Outward Bound. We learned […]
Nicolas Adam, The Buch Brothers, Amsterdam, Netherlands Q: When did you first discover kombucha? 12 years ago in France, from a friend. At the beginning I understood the process but hadn’t been attracted by it at all because of the acidity of it, it was really far into the vinegary phase. At that time I […]