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.
Following
last year's very successful Virtual Kombucha Summit with over
180 participants from 50+ countries, we will host Kombucha
Summit 2021 once again virtually. Just like last year, this will
be a 5-day online conference with a lot of expert talks &
discussions, workshops, virtual partner booths, peer-to-peer
networking and general knowledge exchange. We can't wait to
welcome everyone back online!
What to Expect
What you can expect from participating at the Virtual Kombucha Summit 2021.
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.
What Past Participants say
Exceptional event, great knowledge sharing and networking for the Kombucha manufacturing community. Amazing value add and invaluable sharing of experiences from small to large producers.
Ann McConnell
Nua Kombucha
We have attended both Kombucha Summits so far and are also members of the online community. It's been super valuable and a great journey so far! It's amazing to connect with fellow brewers and always be expanding one's knowledge.
Bruno Balbi, Eduardo MartĂnez Gil & Lucas Cambiano
Brilla Kombucha
The platform works great as everything is clear, easy to find and very useful. Thankful that I can learn about topics such as brewing techniques, production challenges and equipment from a very diverse community.
Nicolas Schipper
Wuambucha Kombucha
Speakers
Our amazing speakers at Virtual Kombucha Summit 2021 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
Kombucha pellicle / oxygen relationship in a new
light
Kombucha pellicleâs formation and structure were
investigated by fluorescence microscopy. Its function
regarding oxygen access was assessed by oxygen
measurements.
Partners
Our amazing partners for Virtual Kombucha Summit 2021.
Schedule
Live sessions are held in the afternoon in Europe, in order for participants from the US or Asia to have a chance to participate as well. The VKS private online network will be available for access 24/7 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 a respective live AMA (Ask Me Anything) session for you to ask all of your questions. Moreover, all our industry partners will hold two live virtual booths hours throughout the event week.
All times in Central European Time (CET)
đ» Opening of the Virtual Kombucha Summit online network
đ„ Release of all expert talks (pre-recorded)
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet & engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Matt Canham, Head Brewer, MOMO Kombucha
Matt will answer questions about his virtual brewery tour of MOMO Kombucha's facility.
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.
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.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Mikko Koskinen, Co-Founder & Kyrö Distillery Company
Mikko will answer questions about his talk "Standing out with your Story".
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Dasha Smolentseva, Founder, Artizen Kombucha
Dasha will answer questions about her talk "5 Lessons on Growing your Business During a Crisis".
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 Twin Monkeys
Twin Monkeys Beverage Systems designs canning solutions for craft beverage purveyors.
Virtual Booth Hour with Polsinelli
Polsinelli is a manufaturer and global distributor of brewing equipment for small and medium-sized breweries.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Andrew Mills, Co-Founder, NUNC Kombucha
Andrew will answer questions about his talk "Jun-Kombucha, the original Booch."
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
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.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Josh Puddle, Co-Founder, Momo Kombucha
Josh will answer questions about his talk "How to win your first 100 stockists."
Workshop with Daniel Nahmias-LĂ©onard, Mannanova
Dan from Mannanova will share his insights on how to scale your Kombucha brewery "from the basement to the brewery: what it takes to launch & scale your Kombucha company in the very early days".
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 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.
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.
Virtual Booth Hour with White Labs
White Labs provides liquid yeast, fermentation products, services, analysis and education to professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Thierry Tran, PhD Candidate in Food Sciences, Université de Bourgogne
Thierry will answer questions about his talk "Kombucha pellicle / oxygen relationship in a new light."
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 CCL Label
CCL Label is a supplier of labels for cans and bottles. They offer solutions to make your product look good and obey to German law (including the german deposit systems) at the same time.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Hannah Crum, Co-Founder & President, Kombucha Brewers International (KBI)
Hannah will answer questions about her talk "Increasing Kombuchaâs Market Share by Boosting Customer Engagement and Awareness".
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Renato Braz, CEO & Co-Founder, OH K! Kombucha
Renato will answer questions about his talk "A Chinese Medicine approach to Kombucha".
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.
Virtual Booth Hour with CCL Label
CCL Label is a supplier of labels for cans and bottles. They offer solutions to make your product look good and obey to German law (including the german deposit systems) at the same time.
Zoom Networking Hours
Meet and engage with fellow brewers from around the world.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Ramon Perisé, Technical Director, Ama Brewery
Ramon will answer questions about his talk "Ama Brewery - A Quest for Flavour".
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Sebastien Bureau, Founder & President, Mannanova
Seb will answer questions about his talk "The ABC's of Hard Kombucha".
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Camila Balbi, Owner, ROOTED KOMBUCHA
Camila will answer questions about her talk "Changing the World One Gut at a Time".
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 Keta Martinez-Rojas, Researcher, Technical University Berlin
Keta will answer questions about her talk "SCOBY as a potential ingredient in food production".
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Andy Kerr, Technical & Projects Manager, Good Culture Kombucha
Andy will answer questions about his talk "Shelf Life of Kombucha Drinks".
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 Veronika Konstantinova, ICONIK Foods
Veronika will answer questions about her talk "Creating a Kombucha business: 10 lessons learned from the first 6 months".
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 Twin Monkeys
Twin Monkeys Beverage Systems designs canning solutions for craft beverage purveyors.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Kara Taylor, Head of Laboratory Operations, White Labs
Kara will answer questions about her talk "Setting Up Your Own Kombucha Lab".
Tickets
Buy your tickets for Virtual Kombucha Summit here. We have 4 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.
Newsletter
Stay informed about speaker announcements & industry news.