About Virtual Kombucha Summit
From conversations with hundreds of Kombucha producers, we know how challenging it can be to build a sustainable Kombucha brand and business. Kombucha Summit is here to provide a knowledge exchange and networking platform for Kombucha producers from around the world and help them succeed.
After the tremendous success of the first edition in 2019 with 263 attendees from 30+ countries, we will host a Virtual Kombucha Summit this year due to COVID-19. This will be a 7-day online conference with a lot of experts talks & discussions, workshops,
peer-to-peer networking and general knowledge exchange. We hope to see you online!
What to Expect
What you can expect from participating at the Virtual Kombucha Summit.
Network With Other Producers
Interact with other commercial Kombucha producers and build long-lasting relationships.
Online Expert Talks
Access all expert talks on your own schedule throughout the whole week.
AMAs
Interact live with all experts and get your questions answered.
Hands-on Workshops
Learn from experts about subjects like packaging, production and science.
Community Access
Get access to KS's private online network and keep in touch with Kombucha producers from around the world.
Interact with Industry Experts & Partners
Get the chance to interact with industry experts as well as partners and ask them all of your questions.
Speakers
Our amazing speakers at Virtual Kombucha Summit 2020 and what they will talk about. We'll be announcing more speakers along the way!
Thierry Tran
PhD Candidate in Food Sciences, Université de Bourgogne
Sensory Quality of Kombucha: the Role of Chemical Composition and Ways to Control it.
The link between sensory components of Kombucha and its chemical composition to help control the quality of the final product.
Partners
Our partners for Kombucha Summit 2020.
Schedule
Live sessions are held in the afternoon in Europe, so participants from the US or Asia have a chance to participate as well. The Kombucha Summit online network will be able for access from day 1 onwards. All expert talks are pre-recorded and become available on day 1 as well. For most expert talks, there will be an according AMA (Ask Me Anything) session for you to ask all of your questions. Please click on sessions for more info.
All times in Central European Time (CET)
đź’» Opening of Kombucha Summit online network
🎥 Release of all expert talks (pre-recorded)
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Tadeusz Zagrabinski, Co-Founder of Bärbucha Kombucha
Tadeusz will answer questions about his talk "The history of Kombucha. What do we really know?".
Virtual Booth Hour with Polsinelli
Polsinelli is a manufaturer and global distributor of brewing equipment for small and medium-sized breweries.
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Virtual Booth Hour with Mannanova
Mannanova offers consulting services and solutions that help small, medium and large producers through the process of scaling up their Kombucha production.
Workshop with Moritz Holst, Rivers & Clouds
Tea basics: Varieties, production techniques and geography of unblended whole leaf camellia sinensis teas.
Virtual Booth Hour with CDR KombuchaLab
CDR KombuchaLab is an innovative system for the analysis of Kombucha, which is used to optimize the production process by obtaining results in real time.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Kara Taylor, Head of Laboratory Operations, White Labs
Kara will answer questions about her talk "SCOBY Metabolism".
Virtual Booth Hour with CDR KombuchaLab
CDR KombuchaLab is an innovative system for the analysis of Kombucha, which is used to optimize the production process by obtaining results in real time.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Thierry Tran, PhD Candidate in Food Sciences, Université de Bourgogne
Thierry will answer questions about his talk "Sensory Quality of Kombucha: the Role of Chemical Composition and Ways to Control it."
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Line Hoff & Eric Sponseller, Founders, Læsk Kombucha
Line & Eric will answer questions about their talk "The commercial scale-up of a glass jar production – the Læsk story.".
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Virtual Booth Hour with White Labs
White Labs provides liquid yeast, fermentation products, services, analysis and education to professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Thomas Durant, Director of Production, Mannanova
Thomas will answer questions about his talk "Designing flavours: The good, the bad... and the ugly".
Virtual Booth Hour with Superfoodguru
Superfoodguru is a cold-pressed juice production company specialized in manufacturing 100% certified organic, cold-pressed, non-pasteurized, non-HPP juices.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Mike Schneider, CMO, BevNet
Mike will answer questions about his talk "A close look to the US — 5 Observations about the US Kombucha Market".
Virtual Booth Hour with Polsinelli
Polsinelli is a manufaturer and global distributor of brewing equipment for small and medium-sized breweries.
Virtual Booth Hour with Good Culture Kombucha
Good Culture Kombucha distributes organic Kombucha & Water Kefir ingredients that solve some of producers' greatest production challenges, such as quality & consistency.
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Virtual Booth Hour with Mannanova
Mannanova offers consulting services and solutions that help small, medium and large producers through the process of scaling up their Kombucha production.
Virtual Booth Hour with White Labs
White Labs provides liquid yeast, fermentation products, services, analysis and education to professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Lucas Montanari, Founder, Fermenta Com CiĂŞncia & Festival Brasileiro de Kombucha
Lucas will answer questions about his talk "The Kombucha Boom in Brazil".
Workshop with Tom Durant and Cynthia Yoboué, Mannanova
The beginner's guide to commercial kombucha brewing: We'll be taking a look at frequently asked questions from budding brewers: sourcing equipment, keeping your brew healthy and happy, flavouring techniques, guidelines for cleaning, quality control and more!
Virtual Booth Hour with Rare Combinations
Rare Combinations developed an alcohol detector aimed at the Kombucha industry where there is a lack of an affordable and accurate way to determine alcohol in brews.
Virtual Booth Hour with Taste Labs
Taste Labs is a Kombucha co-packer that offers a complete service from the development to the production and management of the finished product.
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Freya Twigden, Founder, Fix8 Kombucha
Freya will answer questions about her talk "Producing fully authentic Kombucha in a crowded market – the Fix8 story.".
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Matthew Hoyle, Head of Production, The London Fermentary
Matthew will answer questions about his talk "Kombucha Startup Pitfalls — 10 mistakes most new breweries make.".
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Hannah Crum, Founder, Kombucha Brewers International (KBI)
Hannah will answer questions about her talk "The Code of Practice — A food safety and quality standard for Kombucha producers.".
Virtual Booth Hour with Superfoodguru
Superfoodguru is a cold-pressed juice production company specialized in manufacturing 100% certified organic, cold-pressed, non-pasteurized, non-HPP juices.
Virtual Booth Hour with Taste Labs
Taste Labs is a Kombucha co-packer that offers a complete service from the development to the production and management of the finished product.
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Lisa & Alana Macfarlane Founders, The Gut Stuff
Lisa & Alana will answer questions about their talk "The Role of the Gut".
Virtual Booth Hour with Rare Combinations
Rare Combinations developed an alcohol detector aimed at the Kombucha industry where there is a lack of an affordable and accurate way to determine alcohol in brews.
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Tickets
Buy your tickets for Virtual Kombucha Summit here. We have 3 different tiers of tickets, so grab yours right away!
About Us
Meet the team behind Kombucha Summit.
Rupert Hoffschmidt & Fabio Carlucci
Founders of ROY KombuchaWe opened our own Kombucha brewery in the summer of 2019 in Berlin and have been experiencing the needs and challenges of Kombucha brewers first hand. As former event and community builders in our previous careers, we felt a format like Kombucha Summit was missing. Bringing the whole industry together to learn from each other and network is what we set out to do, with the goal of helping each other and the Kombucha market succeed.
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