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 Kaye van der Straten, K4 Kombucha & Cultured Foods, Paihia, Northland, New Zealand Q: When did you first discover kombucha? In 2013, when I began my journey to address autoimmune disease. I first found Kefir, then quickly discovered Kombucha and the depth of flavours and probiotic qualities. It was love from the first mouthful. Q: […]

Hope Bigler, Undone Kombucha, Greencastle, PA, USA   Q: When did you first discover kombucha? I first tried kombucha in 2014 from a friend who home-brewed. Q: Why did you start your own kombucha company? It was completely God-inspired in the summer of 2015. I never even made kombucha before I had the vision, and […]

Webinar Wednesdays: DNA & Analyte Sequencing Study #2 Results DATE: 2/20/19 1 pm on Zoom WHO: Keisha Harrison & Dr. Chris Curtin COST: Free for DNA/Analyte study participants, $20 KBI Non-Members WEBINAR SUMMARY:  As part of the KBI-Oregon State University Genomic and Analyte Study [Summer 2018], Keisha Rose Harrison will be hosting a webinar review to […]

Beyers Analytical Brewing Sciences & KBI Sour Units Study – Part 1   Kombucha Brewers International & Beyers Analytical Brewing Sciences, LLC (BABS) are partnering to build a library of information correlating analytically measured sourness and sweetness to perceived sourness and sweetness of Kombucha. The goal of the study is to create a standardized sour/sweet […]

  Chris McCoy, Kombucha Town, Bellingham, WA, USA Q: When did you first discover kombucha? I first discovered Kombucha back in 2007 from my room mate in college while I was studying environmental studies and economics at Western Washington University. Q: Why did you start your own kombucha company? I started a Kombucha company to […]

Pedro Reis, Vida Kombucha, San Diego, CA, USA   Q: When did you first discover kombucha? I found out about kombucha in 2012 while I was on a surf trip, a friend of mine showed me some home brew of her own and explained to me a little bit about it. When I tried it […]

Daina Trout, Health-Ade, Torrance, CA, USA  Q: When did you first discover kombucha? While I was in graduate school at Tufts for nutrition (2004-ish), I discovered my love for fermented foods and learned how to make kombucha. Real, holistic, fermented foods just made me feel good, so I was hooked and making my own kombucha […]

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. […]