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Interview: Caroline Gilmartin & Jo Webster, Fermentation Experts
November 08, 2024

Edited transcript (original audio at the bottom). Booch News: I was delighted to make contact with Caroline Gilmartin and Jo Webster, two British fermentation experts who live in the southwest of Engl

Report: KBI European Salon
November 04, 2024

The 2024 KBI European Salon was held Oct 24-25 in the meeting space at the Terra Veritas organic supermarket in Barcelona, promising a dynamic discussions surrounding the changes in the kombucha mark

A.I. bots discuss the science of kombucha
October 15, 2024

This podcast is the result of an experiment with Googles new generative A.I. tool NotebookLM created to help you make sense of complex information. When you upload your sources, it instantly becom

Profile: Bruja Sana Kombucha, Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico
October 11, 2024

Daniela Guilbert founded Bruja Sana Kombucha in 2015 after discovering the drink while living in Vancouver and visiting Northern California. On returning to Mexico, she was dismayed that kombucha was

Interview: Dr. Thierry Tran, Dijon, France
August 09, 2024

Thierry Tran authored a 3-part series in SYMBIOSIS Magazine: (Back copies are available to order.) He now offers independent consulting via Transverse Consulting, contact Thierry by messaging him on h

Profile: Mendo Ferments, Willits, California
July 25, 2024

On the last day of a two-week road trip from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area to Portland and back, I was fortunate to arrive in Fort Bragg when the Wednesday Farmers Market was on. I came acros

Profile: It’s Alive Kombucha, Arcata, California
July 19, 2024

Its Alive Kombucha is located on the far north coast of California in the remote college town of Arcata. For the past 11 years, the family-owned business has supplied regular and hard kombucha to the

Profile: Lion Heart Kombucha, Portland, Oregon
July 11, 2024

Jared Englund founded Lion Heart Kombucha 14 years ago and named the company after his son, Lev, whose name means lion heart. He started teaching kombucha classes in 2008 and established Lion Heart

KOMBU: Home Brewing Appliance
July 05, 2024

Michael Churchill and his wife Natalia Amijo are industrial designers living in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have employed their design chops to create KOMBU a sleek, if pricey, appliance for ho

Profile: Urban Mama 505, Albuquerque, New Mexico
June 15, 2024

Julie Morrell and Ted Archuleta founded Urban Mama 505 in Albuquerque, New Mexico in June 2021. This was after a dozen years brewing kombucha at home that helped Julie resolve health issues including