Kombucha Brewer Resources & Strategies In The Time OF COVID-19 Webinar

Kombucha Brewer Resources & Strategies in the Time OF COVID-19 Webinar Presented By: Katherine Florman Director of Human Resources for MAG Group Dave Ransom Attorney and lobbyist for the kombucha brewers industry, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Erica Stocker Public Policy Advisor, McDermott Will & Emery LLP WEBINAR DESCRIPTION Join us for a webinar led […]

Tuesday, 31st March 2020

Kombucha Brewer Resources & Strategies in the Time OF COVID-19 Webinar

Presented By:

Katherine Florman
Director of Human Resources for MAG Group

Dave Ransom
Attorney and lobbyist for the kombucha brewers industry, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Erica Stocker
Public Policy Advisor, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

Join us for a webinar led by HR professional, Katherine Florman, lobbyist, Dave Ransom, and Public Policy Advisor, Erica Stocker to discuss the HR and legal ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar will compare stats and trends across regions, address kombucha’s status as an essential business, identify HR priorities for appropriately addressing our employees and customers, and look at how current and upcoming policy decisions may affect our brewers. We’ll also check-in with our brewers to see how we are weathering the storm and exchange stories and ideas for remaining productive.

WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS

Ways to take care of yourself and your employees.
A list of employment policies and procedures to create or review
How employees and small businesses can access available aid and stimulus resources
How does kombucha qualify as an “essential business?”
What policies have been enacted (or are being considered) that may help kombucha businesses?
Ideas for pivoting your business model to retain/maximize sales
Links to informational and template resources
And much more!

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April 1st 1:00pm PST

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DATE: April 1st, 2020
TIME: 1-3pm PST; 90 min presentation & 30 min Q&A
COST: Free for KBI members & Non-Members
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Draft Standards Manual Webinar

Draft Standards Manual Webinar Presented by: Jared Gustafson BIO Jared started Kombucha On Tap in January 2014 after working at Outdoor Channel Television. Jared enjoys spending his time outdoors as much as possible, you’ll find him mountain biking, running, backpacking, doing triathlons, rock climbing, canyoneering, taking a yoga class, and other athletic endeavors that allow […]

Wednesday, 11th March 2020

Draft Standards Manual Webinar

Presented by:
Jared Gustafson

BIO

Jared started Kombucha On Tap in January 2014 after working at Outdoor Channel Television. Jared enjoys spending his time outdoors as much as possible, you’ll find him mountain biking, running, backpacking, doing triathlons, rock climbing, canyoneering, taking a yoga class, and other athletic endeavors that allow him to explore the world in different ways. Jared is an Eagle Scout, finds a way to have the best costume at any theme party, and is one of the most genuine and happy guys you’ll ever meet! His motto is, “you can’t control everything that happens to you, but you can control your reaction to everything.

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

Draft systems may be installed by distributors, wholesalers, retailers, or draft installation teams and once in place, each system commonly pours a wide range of brewers’ and suppliers’products. We have sought to bring the industry together to agree upon guidelines that present
everyone’s Kombucha in an optimal condition.

When handled properly from brewery to bar to glass, draft Kombucha delivers what many consider to be the freshest, most flavorful product available to the customer. However, the job does not end once the keg is tapped and the booch begins to flow. Good Kombucha quality depends on proper alignment of the dispense variables and consistent housekeeping practices.

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March 18th 1:00 pm PST

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DATE: March 18th, 2020
TIME: 1:00-3:00 pm PST; 30 min presentation & 15 min Q&A
COST: Free for KBI members, $100 for non-members
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Kombucha HACCP Plan Template Review Webinar

Kombucha HACCP Plan Template Review Presented by: Susan Fink BIO Susan has a bachelors degree in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin, an MBA from Roosevelt University in Chicago and has spent 40 years in the food industry working in various capacities including manufacturing, quality and R&D. In 2011, Susan founded KARMA KOMBUCHA , […]

Wednesday, 5th February 2020

Kombucha HACCP Plan Template Review

Presented by:
Susan Fink

BIO

Susan has a bachelors degree in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin, an MBA from Roosevelt University in Chicago and has spent 40 years in the food industry working in various capacities including manufacturing, quality and R&D. In 2011, Susan founded KARMA KOMBUCHA , and was a KBI founding member and board director for five years. She continues to remain active with KBI serving as a consultant on various technical and regulatory issues. As an independent consultant, Susan also helps fledgling entrepreneurs with formulation, regulatory, and other key parameters related to beverage startups.

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

The Food Modernization and Safety Act (FSMA) is now law for all sizes of businesses across the United States. FSMA aims to shore up the food supply by requiring manufacturers of all sizes to be completely responsible for what’s in their products at all times. This means any food production business is required to generate several supporting documents that outlines every step of the process including HACCP plan (Hazardous And Critical Control Points), lot coding and recall procedures.

This hazard analysis is used to identify and control reasonable foreseeable biological, chemical, and physical hazards within the preparation, use, storage, transportation, and sale of perishable goods. It also determines critical control points (CCP) in the process of food production. If a preventative control is identified, written documentation of monitoring and verification procedures, corrective actions, and recall plan are required for each process control.

While there are many resources that one can read online or courses one can take to understand the principles, there are few resources outside of hiring a consultant that demonstrates how to apply these principles directly to Kombucha manufacturing. KBI is thrilled to announce that we now have editable templates for generating a HACCP plan for your Kombucha manufacturing process – one of the key pieces required by most state and local regulators prior to launching a Kombucha business.

Having a plan is only one piece of the puzzle, then the manufacturer has to be able to articulate to their inspectors the entire Kombucha fermentation process from SCOBY & starter liquid to finished product. Join us for an engaging discussion with Susan Fink, former Kombucha manufacturer of Karma Kombucha and food safety expert from her many years working at Kraft Foods and other large food manufacturers. This webinar will walk you through the template so you can fill it out based on your process plus provide an opportunity to ask questions.

We hope you will join us for this vital and engaging presentation. Webinar tickets provide access to the presentation but does not include the templates which are only available to KBI members at this time.

TEMPLATES AVAILABLE HERE (must be KBI member to access the templates).

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February 26th 11:30am PST

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DATE: February 26th, 2020
TIME: 11:30am-1:30pm PST; 30 min presentation & 15 min Q&A
COST: Free for KBI members, $100 for non-members
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Teatulia Bangladesh Trip

Teatulia Bangladesh Trip By Barbara Wildhaber, BWild Kombucha Our trip to Bangladesh to visit the Teatulia tea garden was truly amazing! This trip allowed us to witness firsthand the amount of care and detail that goes into the whole process of making their teas. From visiting their nursery where they grow starts from […]

Monday, 13th January 2020

Teatulia Bangladesh Trip

By Barbara Wildhaber, BWild Kombucha

Our trip to Bangladesh to visit the Teatulia tea garden was truly amazing!

This trip allowed us to witness firsthand the amount of care and detail that goes into the whole process of making their teas. From visiting their nursery where they grow starts from their mother bushes, to helping plant small tea plants in the garden, to seeing the workers hand plucking leaves, and then finally processing those tea leaves themselves in their tea factory.

Did you know they don’t even use conventional organic pesticides in their garden? They make their own pesticides out of herbs and plants to spray on the tea bushes as needed. Likewise, Teatulia also makes their own fertilizer and bio-diesel! They have a cow lending program that allows them to give cows to women as a business opportunity (which is unheard of in a male dominated country) to pay back the loan in cow dung that Teatulia “purchases” from them. The women get to keep the milk and can sell the extra at the market making money for their families. Some of the women who originally started with the program about 10 years ago now have 15-18 cows and now employ their husbands to help them take care of the cows!

Teatulia has also built a wonderful relationship with their workers by empowering them to learn what we would consider the basics of school (reading, writing and arithmetic). School is not free in Bangladesh!!! You must pay to even attend public school. Thus, only those with money or sometimes just one child from a family can attend school and that is usually a boy since they are more employable as adults.

They even offer pre-school care for the workers. This is not just play time, but they are also teaching these kids about hygiene, counting and other basic skills through their time together. We were lucky enough to have the kids sing a few songs for us and did a craft with them. They made me glasses and rings out of leaves.

Even being able to see the two sides of the road was both amazing and sad at the same time. On one side of the road you have the beautiful lush tea garden. And the other side of the road is the barren land from rock lifting that is actively happening. Rock lifting is illegal, but it is still actively happening all over. It is like night and day the difference and the road is really like drawing a line in the sand.

Oh, and we cannot forget about the food. We were immersed in their culture with being able to enjoy traditional breakfast, lunches and dinners at the tea garden. Each meal there was a huge, round 10 foot table covered in a full array of flavors and textures. We tried so many different veggies and dishes that I have no idea what I was eating most of the time. But the flavors were amazing, they use so many different spices and combinations than we do. It was spicy but not a hot spicy, a flavorful spicy taste to each dish. One of my favorites was the rice dish at breakfast (it was like cream of wheat but much better, since I never cared for cream of wheat). John’s favorite was the Parathas with honey on them. I also had a few veggie dishes that I would make sure I had a little extra of on my plate each meal when they served them.

To experience all of this firsthand was truly a gift and one we will not forget. I encourage everyone to get their cards filled out this year (at KKon 2020) so you can enter to win a trip of a lifetime, as I guarantee that you will never look at tea the same way again.

Distribution Guide for Commercial Kombucha

Distribution Guide for Commercial Kombucha Presented By: Danny Metcalf, Brew Dr. Kombucha Danny Metcalf is the Director of Business Operations at Brew Dr Kombucha. His primary focus is scaling the fast growing organization in line with the company’s sustainability initiatives. He was responsible for orchestrating B Corp certification at Brew Dr and continues to oversee […]

Tuesday, 31st December 2019

Distribution Guide for Commercial Kombucha

Presented By:
Danny Metcalf, Brew Dr. Kombucha

Danny Metcalf is the Director of Business Operations at Brew Dr Kombucha. His primary focus is scaling the fast growing organization in line with the company’s sustainability initiatives. He was responsible for orchestrating B Corp certification at Brew Dr and continues to oversee the sustainability department. Prior to working at Brew Dr, Danny was an analyst at the Department of Energy.

Cory Mathews, Lazy Beach Brewing

Cory and his wife Jess, started Lazy Beach Brewing in 2014 and began making Hard Kombucha in 2015. We self distribute to local bars and restaurants as well as create all sorts of different flavors for our taproom.

The committee met frequently between May and August 2019 to hash out the details of this info; we’re excited to share what we discovered and get additional feedback to include additional resources.

Learn about the various methods of distribution and route to markets for Kombucha brands of any size (including BIP)
Define appropriate margins at retail level
Broker vs in-house: when to align with a broker at retail
How to manage in-house fleet including at what point does it make sense to hire a delivery driver and schedule regular maintenance

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January 15th 1pm PST

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DATE: January 15th, 2020
TIME: 1-3pm PST; 30 min presentation & 15 min Q&A
COST: Free for KBI members, $40 for non-members
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Meet Our Members – GT’s Living Foods (CA)

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 […]

Thursday, 10th January 2019

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 an authentic kombucha available to those who could not make it on their own.

Q: What is your favorite flavor of kombucha?

A: I like all the “elements” flavors from BUCHI from NC.

Q: What is your former/current other life or career?

A: I started making Kombucha when I was 15 so I guess the best answer is “high school student.”

Q: What is a saying that you live by?

A: There’s no time like now.

Webinar Series: G3 “Beverage on Tap – What’s to Come”

G3: Beverage on Tap – What’s to Come DATE: 11/14/18; 1 pm PST on Zoom WHO: Scott Fore – Manager of G3’s Beer Sales Group COST: Free Members/ $20 Non-Members WEBINAR SUMMARY Join us for a webinar led by Scott Fore – Manager of G3’s Beer Sales Group to discuss the future of beverages on tap. This […]

Thursday, 25th October 2018

G3: Beverage on Tap – What’s to Come
DATE: 11/14/18; 1 pm PST on Zoom
WHO: Scott Fore – Manager of G3’s Beer Sales Group
COST: Free Members/ $20 Non-Members

WEBINAR SUMMARY

Join us for a webinar led by Scott Fore – Manager of G3’s Beer Sales Group to discuss the future of beverages on tap. This webinar will teach how putting your beverages on tap offers you lower up-front development costs, along with small-batch-to-large-batch production flexibility and higher margins in sales.

WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS

– Why are Beverages On Tap So Important to Your Business?

– What Beverages are Going on Tap?

– Who is pushing the On Tap Industry to Innovation?

– I have got this Beverage I want to put on tap. What do I need to know?

– Supply Chain – How It Works

– And much more!

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ABOUT THE WEBINAR INSTRUCTOR

Scott Fore – Manager of G3’s Beer Sales Group

As manager of G3’s Beer Sales Group, Scott Fore manages a team of sales professionals that focus on the beer and specialty beverage market. His current role is to assist customers to expand their on-premise presence and explore export markets. He works closely with one- way petainerKegTM manufacturing and G3 teams to provide market education, filling training, technical services and logistics support so customers easily transition to this draught format. In addition to the keg, G3 offers integrated packaging solutions from crowns, corks and labels.

Scott has 24 years of deep knowledge and experiences in the beverages industry. He has worked in distribution, national accounts, category management, supply chain, import and export, production for domestic and international companies such as Southcorp Wines, Rocland Wine Group and 2X4 Brewing & Imports. He has developed distribution networks globally for wine and craft beer brands like Chocolate Box Wines, Ass Kisser Ales, Parallel 49 Brewing Company and Steamworks Brewing Company. Scott’s unique background ofsales, operations and production allows him to assess the viability of a beverage and its potential growth.

Webinar Series: Alcohol & Flavour Management in Kombucha Products

ALCOHOL & FLAVOUR MANAGEMENT IN KOMBUCHA PRODUCTS DATE: 1/16/2019 1 pm on Zoom WHO: Aubrey Dyer COST: Free (members); $20 (non-members) The presentation will discuss some of the challenges involved producing a beverage that is authentic, has great flavour and of course meets legal requirements on a commercial scale. The Flavourtech Spinning Cone Column will […]

Thursday, 6th September 2018

ALCOHOL & FLAVOUR MANAGEMENT IN KOMBUCHA PRODUCTS
DATE: 1/16/2019 1 pm on Zoom
WHO: Aubrey Dyer
COST: Free (members); $20 (non-members)

The presentation will discuss some of the challenges involved producing a beverage that is authentic, has great flavour and of course meets legal requirements on a commercial scale. The Flavourtech Spinning Cone Column will be explained in detail and some of the approaches taken to alcohol adjustment in the Beer and Wine industries discussed.

Presentation Topics

The Challenges and Constraints in Scaling Up: Some of the challenges involved in producing a beverage that is authentic, has great flavour and of course meets legal requirements on a commercial scale.
Introduction to the Spinning Cone Column (SCC): The Flavourtech Spinning Cone Column will be explained in detail and some of the approaches taken to alcohol adjustment in the Beer and Wine industries discussed.
Alternative processing options
SCC deployment options

Webinar Host

Aubrey Dyer spent 20 years in a range of technical and commercial roles in the New Zealand Food and Beverage industry before taking responsibility for the Americas Region for Flavourtech in early 2011. Since then he has worked closely with many premium food and beverage companies, assisting them to develop and produce market leading products with Flavourtech’s processing technologies.

About Flavourtech
Flavourtech has been in business for over 40 years with extensive expertise high-quality in flavour, alcohol, tea and coffee processing.

About Scan American Corporation
Scan American Corporation were founded in 1977 and specialize in distribution and support unique equipment from around the globe

World Tea Expo Announces Inaugural Kombucha Pavillion

Originally posted by: Elizabeth Dobos | March 27, 2018 World Tea News Kombucha, the wildly popular fermented tea, gets a special showcase with the new Kombucha Pavilion debuting at World Tea Expo, June 12-14 in Las Vegas. Produced in partnership with Kombucha Brewers International, the Kombucha Pavilion offers 10-15 furnished, turnkey booths in a dedicated area on the […]

Friday, 30th March 2018

Originally posted by: Elizabeth Dobos | March 27, 2018 World Tea News

Kombucha, the wildly popular fermented tea, gets a special showcase with the new Kombucha Pavilion debuting at World Tea Expo, June 12-14 in Las Vegas.

Produced in partnership with Kombucha Brewers International, the Kombucha Pavilion offers 10-15 furnished, turnkey booths in a dedicated area on the exposition floor to kombucha producers who want to showcase their brews.

“We’re thrilled about the partnership, getting Kombucha Brewers International onboard is exciting,” said Frank Fazio, director of new business development for World Tea Media.

Hannah Crum, founder and president of Kombucha Brewers International, believes coming together at World Tea Expo is a great opportunity for small to medium kombucha producers to have real conversations with buyers, including retailers and distributors. “It’s a natural symbiosis and this is the first of many years of working together,” she said.

Kombucha has experienced consistent annual growth in the natural and conventional retail segments. In recent years, the fermented tea has grown 30 percent in natural and 50 percent in conventional, said Fazio.

“Kombucha is the fastest growing RTD beverage in the world currently and this is a fantastic opportunity for emerging kombucha brands to showcase their products to a diversity of retail buyers,” said Brian Keating, founder of the Sage Group, a consultancy and think tank focused on the specialty tea and natural products industries. It is also a great venue for kombucha companies to interact with tea companies, said Keating.

Energias Market Research predicts the global kombucha market will experience a compounded annual growth rate of 17.7 percent between 2018 and 2024. A key factor in the rising demand for kombucha is the growing demand for healthy and natural food and beverages. The probiotic-filled beverage is known for supporting gut health.

“As many as one new brand per week pops up,” said Keating, who believes being a part of the Kombucha Pavilion is a great way for a kombucha company to become more embedded in the tea industry. “As the epicenter of tea trade and commerce, World Tea Expo is particularly excited to welcome the kombucha industry.”

Crum will speak at the expo. “An Introduction to Kombucha Brewing and Expanding Marketplace” takes place from 10 to 11 a.m. June 12 in Room 226 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Potential exhibitors can contact Fazio for more information at frank.fazio@informa.com.