Goodness Kombucha- The first Kombucha brewers in Kolkata!

Kombucha is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black or green tea beverage. Bursting with health benefits, it’s an excellent source of gut friendly probiotics, anti-oxidants and B Vitamins. Flavoured with real fruit and with no added sugar, kombucha is the ideal healthy, low calorie beverage.

Kombucha is made from three key ingredients- tea, sugar and SCOBY which is Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast which aids in fermentation. The exact origin of kombucha is not known but it is said to have originated about 2000 years ago. It was consumed in East Russia and Mongolia in the 1900s and spread to the United States during the 21st century.

About 3 years ago, Neha Garodia was traveling through California when she noticed that every supermarket she went into had a section dedicated to kombucha. This was her first introduction to the beverage and it really piqued her curiosity. She loved the flavour and the healthy lifestyle kombucha propagated.

On returning home to Kolkata, she wanted to continue enjoying her new addiction, but there seemed to be no viable local option so like all enterprising people, she decided to brew her own.

The first brew took a lot of time and with lots of second-guessing but after trying repeatedly over weeks and months a systematic brewing cycle emerged.

As the scoby multiplied, the amount of kombucha that could be brewed also kept increasing. It went beyond whatever she could consume herself or gift to her near and dear ones. That’s when Neha decided to create her own Kombucha company, Goodness Kombucha, circa November 2019.

Neha’s Organic cotton children’s brand, Mi Dulce An’ya is already well established with a loyal following, so creating Goodness became a new challenge for her.

Getting the food certification done, maintaining robust manufacturing standards, identifying suitable packaging and just educating the public about kombucha was a harder task than she had envisioned.

A common misconception which she clears up regularly is regarding the sugar content of kombucha. There is indeed sugar used in the initial brewing cycle. But this sugar is mostly fermented out and a very small amount of it actually remains. Additionally, the kombucha is flavoured with pure organic fruit juice with no added sugar. This makes it a healthy and low calorie drink.

People who want to order goodness Kombucha can directly contact Neha or DM her on Instagram. Now, ordering a bottle of Kombucha is just a click away!

She delivers all over Kolkata. 200ml bottles are priced at just Rs.200. Fans can also avail the monthly subscription plan of 5 bottles/week for a discounted price of just Rs.3600 only.

There are weekly rotating seasonal flavours. An all-time classic is Tom Yum, while the winter favourite has been strawberry-rosemary.

Starting March, 2021, Goodness Kombucha will also be available across both Nature’s Basket outlets in Kolkata.