Our products are authentically brewed. Some may call it wild or alive. So what does this mean and what makes us different?
Our Kombucha is produced using an intact SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) without the use of artificial sweeteners or sugar-alcohols (steviol glycosides, erythritol, xylitol).
Our Kombucha and Water Kefir is produced using naturally occurring and repopulating yeast and bacteria.
Our Water Kefir grains are given precise minerals and culture-focussed nutrition for the healthy growth of lactobacillus bacteria. The healthier the culture, the healthier the beverage.
Our Kombucha and Water Kefir is unpasteurised, and have not been preserved in any way other than natural fermentation. This means our products do not last for ever and are brewed in smaller, fresher batches.

Fresh is best, well that’s our belief. Pasteurisation is the process of treating products with high temperatures to kill bacteria and extend shelf life by destroying all active microorganisms. But Kombucha and Water Kefir is full of great bacteria for your (and our) gut health, it is one of the reasons to enjoy fermented beverages to begin with.

Think of it like eating yoghurt that can be kept on the shelf. To remove or destroy all of the microorganisms that make your fermented beverage alive, defeats the purpose.

Kombucha is a functional beverage from traditional cultures who used fermented drinks to boost the immune system, promote generate well-being and make tea more enjoyable; a brewed tea containing naturally occurring cultures, digestive enzymes, organic acids and antioxidants, which together act in for the benefit of general well-being and gut health.

Kommunity Brew’s Kombucha is ALIVE and AUTHENTIC. Our products need to be chilled because they are alive and without preservatives, containing pure kombucha and infused with high quality and certified organic botanicals for flavour. There is nothing to hide... we make kombucha the same way they did thousands of years ago, and the way you would still make it at home (mind you with larger kettles). It is FRESH, small batch quality with naturally low sugar.

SCOBY stands for: Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast. Also referred to as the ‘mother’, this is the living culture that makes kombucha so special. SCOBYs are sometimes referred to as a pellicle, which resembles a disc shape with a gel-like consistency. The pellicle serves to protect the culture from new-ambient travelling microbes, houses much of the bacteria and yeast in the brew and facilitates gas exchange so the culture can breathe.

Water kefir (ke-feer) is a sparkling probiotic beverage. It is a non-dairy source of probiotic strains of lactobacilli, water kefir is an alternative to yoghurt kefir. Naturally fermented using a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts, water kefir has a vanilla, creaming-soda like flavour with fewer than 45 calories per serve. For those who like the values kombucha has to offer – however don't enjoy the character sour kombucha flavour.

Water Kefir, which is traditionally know as Tibiscos or Tibi for short, is a SCOBY just like kombucha however in a different shape. While kombucha SCOBYs look disc shaped, Tibi looks like clear gummy-bears (yes that it is right, we said gummy-bears). Tibi is another symbiotic mix of yeast and bacteria though this time the dominant bacteria strain is the commonly consumed Lactobacilli (you will see this strain in many yoghurts and probiotics capsules). Now Lactobacilli would seem to be a culture that only consumes lactose this is a common misconception, they can grow on many different simple sugars, in our case we grow our tibi on blackstrap molasses and evaporated cane juice.

All living things need shelter, water and food to survive right? Well we do this in three very simply ways.

Shelter, when our cultures are light-sensitive we use amber glass, and where they are not we use clear glass bottles, that takes care of the shelter.
Water, well while there is water in all our beverages, it is lower on the ph scale, below 3.8 to be exact. This inhibits any unwanted cultures and flavours from developing.
Food, our cultures are left with just enough residual carbs to make the journey from our brewery, to warehouses to your grocery store. Now we know they won’t last forever in the glass home we have built for them, so there is a best before code on every package. This is important, because after that date, the culture would have eaten every remaining piece of energy and the balanced flavour we achieved, would be very dry and sour. Mind you, some of us hard-core foodies like a super-dry ferment!

Remember, there are no sweeteners, preservatives, sugar-alcohols or anything artificial in our products. It is all natural here!

The cool supply-chain as we refer to it, is there to slow the metabolism of the living culture you want. This preserves the flavour balance as if you add heat to living microorganism they kick off on fermentation and that means digestion or even self-digestion (oh no!). Temperature will negatively impact your culture as they won't have fresh air, much nutrition to keep them going or the right conditions for balanced fermentation. Simply put, this will spoil your beverages in flavour, aroma and purpose. As we are 100% natural, all Kommunity Brews’ ferments must remain refrigerated.

Sometimes, but not always, there will be strands or small pieces of kombucha SCOBY that appear in the bottle. While they may seem weird, rest assured it is perfectly normal. These strands or floaty bits are signs of a natural, healthy kombucha that is unpasteurised and full of goodness. No strands, no worries – your Kombucha is still perfectly healthy – we just strain it before it goes into the bottle so there are no blobs to surprise you while drinking.

All our drinks are non-alcoholic. When it comes to Kommunity Kombucha and Water Kefir, a trace amount of alcohol can be produced during the natural fermentation process. We thoroughly test each batch to ensure that this does not go above 1.15% as per standards for non-alcoholic drinks.
All fermented products contain some level of alcohol, including household staples like Soy Sauce!

Yes, all Kommunity Brew’s products are made without any ingredient which disqualify it from being Kosher and is considered Pareve, kombucha is generally accepted as Kosher outside of Passover. However! Kosher rules for Passover are different, and kombucha is largely considered ‘Not Kosher for Passover’ due to its fermentation. All Kommunity Brew’s products are fermented without leavened grains, permitting its consumption during Passover. When in doubt, seek guidance from within your community.

es, all Kommunity Brew Kombucha and Water Kefir meets halal standards by being both vegan and containing alcohol less than that of 0.5% and does not pose a risk of intoxication. The alcohol itself is produced from natural fermentation in a controlled environment without the intent to intoxicate or create impurity. When in doubt, we suggest you seek guidance from within your community.

All our products are 100% natural, this also means we exclude so-called natural sweeteners Xylitol, Erythritol and Steviol-Glycosides. These increasingly common sweeteners are grouped under the name ‘sugar-alcohols’ and are considered natural because they are derived from a natural product (after significant transformation and intervention).
Steviol Glycosides is the mostly commonly used sweetener in beverages, and we feel it is being used in an unethical way in that it is used to reduce calories to zero and there is evidence to suggest that Stevia has been shown to significantly increase the desire to eat, hunger, and prospective consumption while natural sweeteners are the subject of many studies to qualify whether they are contributing to weigh gain in young adults .

Yes – all our drinks are Vegan and Gluten Free and we do not use dairy or animal products in our primary production areas.

Yes – all our drinks are Gluten Free and we do not allow any gluten-containing products into our primary production areas

Sparking Probiotic Water (Water Kefir) contains no caffeine. Kombucha contains caffeine from the tea, less than or equal to 15mg.

The shelf life of our products is 6 months from manufacture if kept cold. This is due to the living cultures present in each bottle which even when cold, continues its metabolism at a slowed if not halted speed.

If you're like us, your Kommunity Brew drinks won’t last very long once they are open, however we recommend consuming within a couple of days after opening. Once opened, they will start to lose their sparkle or fizz, but there are no safety issues in consuming within three-days after opening and kept chilled.

Evaporated Cane Juice and Blackstrap Molasses are forms of energy that our cultures consume to grow and it is the substance they ferment. The culture(s) uses the energy from these sources, as well as the small amounts of minerals to create acids, enzymes and antioxidants similar to what the human body would do when breaking down food.

In fermentation the culture (SCOBY or Water Kefir) is playing the role of our metabolism, by pre-digesting the simple sugars and creating beneficial by-products such as acids, vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants. This is how the low sugar result is achieved naturally.

Kommunity Brew currently deliver cold beverages to the Perth Metro area. As our beverages need to stay cold we do not offer shipping outside this area currently. Our Kombucha and Kefir kits can be sent world wide. For more information on delivery choices click on the delivery info tab on the product pages.