VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY

Celebrating positive impact: Testimonials from World Kombucha Awards Winners

We are thrilled to showcase the profound impact that the World Kombucha Awards have had on businesses worldwide. From small-scale artisans to established brands, the testimonials featured here illuminate the transformative power of recognition and validation within the Kombucha community.

As you delve into these testimonials, we invite you to immerse yourself in the stories of success, resilience, and passion that define the essence of the World Kombucha Awards

Kadota Hajime, _SHIP Kombucha Head Brewer SHIP Kombucha
Gold medal with HOP BREEZE
Bronze medal with YUZU

“Winning the World Kombucha Awards has had a significant impact on our business. We posted it on social media and received many congratulatory messages from our fans.

We have been promoting the commercialization of award-winning flavors and have received more orders than ever before”
Aurelija and Ignas, YALA Kombucha founders. UAE YALA Kombucha
Bronze medal with GINGER & LEMON

"We have put our award on the bar top and every time new clients come we tell the story. We have also shared it on Instagram and our website.Benefits so far? Clearly solidifying our position as market leader among retail customers. Ginger & Lemon has become most popular flavor. Moreover, we have managed to be part of high level events like Michelin Food Festival. Also, we have been invited to the top tables of UAE hotel and restaurant landscape and got much interest to supply big hotel groups - St Regis, Jumeirah, Mandarin Oriental, Rotana. We may soon even be serving at the world's highest building in the 126th floor bar - Atmosphere Overall, winning the award has definitely given us confidence to go to these places and present our product like winners"
Mika Tanimoto, TSUBOICHI TEA PLACE Brand ManagerTSUBOICHI TEA PLACE
Bronze medal with BEAU TEA (JYO - SENCHA)
Gold design medal with KISAKI

"The fact we have received the awards from WKA became one of the reasons our customers for choosing our products.

Kombucha market in Japan has just started to grow little by little so not many people know about it but this award help people to know that kombucha is as valuable as wine or other alcoholic drinks."
Mireia Mas and Javier Ortega, Kombucha La ValienteKombucha La Valiente
WORLD'S BEST KOMBUCHA BREWER
Gold Medal with KOMBUCHA DE SAÜC
Gold Medal with CAFÉ DE ORIGEN ETIOPÍA
Silver Medal with NARANJA Y ZANAHORIA

"The awards were an energy boost for the team and the entire tribe of Valiente’s costumers. It’s been the energy to keep going, especially after the past couple of years of difficulties (pandemia, inflation, war...) and 7 years fighting to make known the kombucha and educating consumers. We have received many congratulations and affection messages that made us so happy. The awards helped us to build loyalty, open new opportunities and reinforce the most important concept that we like to take care, the quality of the product. We are still suffering, but we know it is temporary, and the awards have given us strength. Thank you to the World"
Mikael NylanderKÄLLSJÖ BRYGGERI
Gold Medal with SENCHA CULTURED TEA
Silver Can Design Medal range with NOBLE CRANE
Bronze Medal with ROBINIA CULTURED TEA

"Winning world kombucha awards has truly helped us gaining recognition at the Swedish kombucha market and also among fellow brewers. Our opinion is that, in Sweden, kombucha has a bit of a sad reputation due to variations in quality, and we have worked hard to introduce kombucha in a new way. Happily and without us knowing, our sencha, was chosen to be served as the non-alcoholic sparkling alternative to the Nobel Prize Banquet. It might be the first time kombucha is served at the Nobel prize banquet 🥂

Also, we are tremendously proud to be among the winners in WKA and take part of setting a new standard to the art of fermenting tea.

To our joy our sales have improved and we are now exporting products to Norway and Denmark - 🥂 "
Melissa MakFIZZICLE
Silver Medal with GOLD MOSCATO KOMBUCHA

"The World Kombucha Awards reassures the quality that our products have."
Carla DelgadoGOTIC FERMENTS
Silver Medal with MANZANA & PEPINO

"Thank you for all the effort in organizing the awards; it was very enriching and we enjoyed celebrating it.

The truth is that wining the award has given us a boost, especially for our team, to be more aware of the good quality of our product and also at the same time to be able to it explain to consumers and consumers. We believe that this award has given us an added value and the recognition for a well done job."
AylaHONEYMOON BREWERY
Silver Medal with CEREZA NEGRA

"The award has been HUGE for us. It launched us into a full scale fundraising with some celebrities across the US.

Honeymoon Brewery’s 2023 silver medal award for best hard kombucha from the World Kombucha Awards had a profound and immediate impact on our ability to connect with a new caliber of industry partners; from incredible investors to expert kombucha co-manufacturers across the US. And to boot, our entire New Mexican community was elevated by the award. The award radiated from the company outwards into the global kombucha community. "
Rajkumar DhanarajKOMPASSION KOMBUCHA
Best Rookie Kombucha
Gold Medal with SCOTH BONNET
Silver Medal with LAVENDER/ ELDERFLOWER

"It was an honour to be recognised by International Awards and to be appreciated by different countries. As a result of the Award, Kompassion Kombucha has gained positive publicity and I have come in contact with some really fabulous business leads- We are happy to share our experiences and good practice with fellow companies. The awards are a positive focus for the Kombucha Brewing profession and are an opportunity to create new market all around the world.

Not a day has gone by since Kompassion Kombucha was nominated for the award. To our team it means a lot and they were proud to attend the event. It was joyful and proud when we were winning the awards at the prestigious ceremony. It was indeed special to win the unique award "Rookie Kombucha Award."

Sincere appreciation to Mr.Jordi for organizing such a great event. He was really helpful since we applied for the award including helping to sort out issues with transport. We felt welcoming during award ceremony, we attended with family. We personally wish him to have a great life a head.

All the judges were great in providing feed back precisely to each and every category. The judgement process was Honest and transparent. The whole team have a great experience, passion, sincere towards kombucha hence they were right people to be in the panel.

We wish the team all the very best for the fore coming events.

We are keen to apply for the award again in the year of 2024, Meet more business people and Believe to win more awards.

Thank you for recognizing the us and help us to reach globally."
Peter VersierenYūgen Kombucha
Gold Design Medal for it's can range
Silver Medal with GINGER LEMON
Bronze Medal with STRAWBERRY BASIL KOMBUCHA
Bronze Medal with PINEAPPLE CHILI KOMBUCHA

"We participated to the World Kombucha Awards to see how our kombucha’s would do against other brands. It was less for being able to promote our products afterwards.

Having said this we have noticed that our social post announcing the winning of several awards was one of the most popular posts we have ever made on our social media. Some of our commercial partners picked up the post and reposted it allowing us to gain more credibility within their organisation and beyond. For us, this represents a big value as it intensifies the collaboration with our distribution partners.

The awards were also a (mental) boost for the entire team that has been working for over 5 years to get where we are today. The awards were seen as an acknowledgment of the industry for that hard work.

We expect to benefit more from the awards during upcoming spring and summer. During this period our communication peaks and we will (hopefully) be able to be picked up by media. One of our award winning kombucha’s was a limited release flavour which was only temporary on the markt. We decided to relaunch it upcoming spring allowing us to communicate again about the awards."
Chris HannemannAPOLLO FERMENTATION
Bronze Can Range Design Medal with ARTEMIS & PARADOX

"We feel very fortunate to have won this award and be able to participate with so many great brands on an international stage. This contest has brought international validity to the kombucha universe and has raised the bar for its potential. It feels good getting recognition for all the hard work we’ve been putting into this!"
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