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   Sooooooooooo........guess what we got in the mail the other day boys and girlies?  A letter from the Department of Firearms and Tobacco.  Guess what they wanted?  Samples!  I love that this letter came from the treasury department too.  They would love our compliance.  So, of course we complied.  In about a month we should find out the results.  They wanted two samples of each flavor so that they could test for alcohol content.  The first sample is to be tested refrigerated after two days and the second will be tested after 3 weeks

Alright people.  As many of you may have heard, GT's Kombucha has recently been unfairly pulled from many shelves.  This is due to alleged claims of the alcohol levels exceeding 0.5%.  The amount that is being insinuated is still not enough to create any alcoholic effect.  Kombucha does not get alcoholic enough to create intoxication.  NessAlla Kombucha was also recently pulled from the shelf for 2 days because we are the only other Kombucha on the shelf and were put into the same category as GT's.  The biggest difference between us and GT's is that we DON'T AD

So yes, again it has been quite a while since I have blogged my kombucha infused thoughts.  The events of my day have spurred me to write.  I just recently watched the film Food Inc.  If you have not seen it yet, please take the time to do so.  I'm sure many of you who are interested in Kombucha already know quite a bit about the food industry in America.  I thought I did too.  I really didn't grasp how vast and dominating it really is in our country.  I am deeply saddend and outraged by what is, has and will contunue to happen right under our noses should

A very wise friend of mine said, "if you wan to sell your product, you have to do tastings, tastings, and more tastings."  That's what we are doing.  This week NessAlla Kombucha was out at the Green Day fair in Madison.  Our lovely Addie was on the scene and ran out.  She must have served over 500 cups to taste and they all went down with a smile.

Hi there everyone!  I wonder if there even are followers.  I am not your typical blog writer.  Mainly because I am busy as hell and well, I don't think about it much.  If I could download my inner dialogue it might help.  However, I digress.  Things her at NessAlla are quite amazing.  We moved into the 16oz size and it seems to fit us just right.  Kombucha is flying off the shelves all over and we expect it to be a busy summer.  As for the size of our kitchen, well that's another matter.  We are using up every available inch of space and wil

Alright, I know it's been a while.  Here I am back with more exciting news for us!  By March we will be coming out with our 16oz bottles.  They have been designed, appropriately colored, spaced, and approved for printing.  Instead of going with a paper label, we decided to go with a screen print like the larger bottle.  Each flavor will be printed on the bottle and color categorized.  We went with this option because well, it turned out to be the best economical, and least labor intensive.  You see, there are still just two of us.  Another apprentice

Hello all of you faithful blog readers.  It has been a bit since we have posted anything new.  Winter has finally hit Madison Wisconsin very hard.  We got about 17inches of snow just the other day!!  LOTS of shoveling!  Very beautiful though.  Mother Nature sure is a trip!  So, yesterday when we were to have pickups, we decided againsed going to the Kitchen and working.  Today is a day of work.  Deliveries, brewing and getting all of our ducks in a row to set our first order of 16oz.

This week has been in short....just weird.  Many different things have been happening.  Some good, but a lot of not so good.  People around me have been having troubles of all kinds, myself included.  However, as I reflect on it and take a giant step back, I see that in the grand scheme of things this is life.  Life is always full of ups and downs and we have to handle them whatever they may be.  Some things we can change and other things we can't and we have to make do with what we have the best way we know how to.  There is the scare of illness all aroun

   You hear it all the time these days about shopping local.  Support your local buisness, local farmer, local vet, local morgue, ya know.  Well, it really is important and I'll tell you why.  I have a local buisness.  That's why.  The only reason.  No really, now that I have my own buisness I understand this concept, this way of life so much clearer.  When you support a local buisness, that money goes almost directly back into the community.  Not everything can unless that business is also buying it's supplies from local sources.  Ofte

  Today was delivery day yet again.  Jetting from store to restaurant to coffee shop to store, I had my eyes opened yet again.  I drove into the parking lot of the large dock at our biggest store nestling my little Subaru between two semis.  I grabbed my case and walked up the stairs that led to the back loading area.  I was astounded by the stacks of brightly colored packages.  The rainbow of plastics, all wrapped neatly in cellophane and more plastic.  In this one warehouse there was enough trash to take up enough space to fill a parking lot....a big one