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Our Fermented Future, Episode 10: Liquid Medicine—When Drinks Became Pharmaceuticals
December 12, 2025

This is one in a series about possible futures, published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 9 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday.OverviewPharmaceutical companies partnered with kombucha producers to deliver medications v

Profile: Kombucius, Târgu Mureș, Romania
December 10, 2025

Source: NotebookLMDr. Ctlin Tlvescu is a general surgeon and the coordinator of the Department of Hyperbaric Medicine at Nova Vita Hospital in Romania. In 2020, he founded Kombucius in his hometown of Trgu Mure, Transylvania.Market opportuni

Review: Kombucha, a 5-Star Movie
December 09, 2025

Jake Myers, the director of the new comedy-horror movie, Kombucha, visited San Francisco this weekend. He had flown in from Chicago (where the film was shot) to host a screening at the Balboa Theater’s ‘Another Hole in the Head‘ hor

Our Fermented Future, Episode 9: The Urban Sociology of Fermentation
December 05, 2025

This is one in a series about possible futures, which will be published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 8 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday.OverviewFermentation cooperatives represent one effective social organizing p

Our Fermented Future, Episode 8: Flavor Networks – The Democratization of Taste
November 28, 2025

This is one in a series about possible futures, which will be published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 7 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday.OverviewPeer-to-peer flavor-sharing platforms enabled home brewers to distri

Confluence Kombucha, St. Louis, Missouri
November 24, 2025

I sat down with William Esslinger of Confluence Kombucha in St. Louis, Missouri. We’d just left the three-day KBI conference in Barcelona and were having lunch at Munich Airport before catching our respective connecting flights. It was William&#8217

Our Fermented Future, Episode 7: Corporate Death Spiral—How Cola Became Compost
November 21, 2025

This is one in a series about possible futures, which will be published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 6 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday.IntroductionLegacy beverage corporations attempting hostile takeovers of komb

Profile: Bioma Kombucha, Barcelona, Spain
November 19, 2025

I visited Bioma Kombucha on the final day of my trip to Barcelona for the World Kombucha Awards and KBI European Summit.Christopher Davite is the founder of Bioma Kombucha in Barcelona. His personal health struggles, including ADHD, depression, and di

Our Fermented Future, Episode 6: Vertical Gardens – Climate Adaptation through Fermentation
November 14, 2025

This is one in a series about possible futures, which will be published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 5 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday.IntroductionIn the mid-21st century, rising seas and extreme weather rendere

Profile: Mūn Kombucha, Mataró, Spain
November 12, 2025

Origins Jordi Dalmau improved his health with kombucha and founded Mn Kombucha. He is a multi-year World Kombucha Awards winner and sits on the KBI Board of Directors.Kombucha proved to be a solution to the health problems he had experienced since