Revive: Kombucha soda on draft at Sonoma County farmers markets
The craze for kombucha never caught on with me after tasting aspirin-sour and bretty examples. But I'm never one to turn down a free sample, and the taste I had of Revive kombucha on draft at the Santa Rosa Wednesday night market turned my head around. Very fruity, highly carbonated, and off-dry, I found it quite delicious and refreshing. Revive sells 22 oz. and 64 oz refillable bottles or just a cup to drink on site at the Cotati and Rohnert Park farmers markets. Once the market season ends at the end of September, Revive hopes to have a retail refill window at its Windsor brewing facility. The kombucha was offered at Outside Lands this year so some of you City folk might have tasted it.
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Santa Rosa Downtown Market
637 1st St, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Cotati Farmers Market
Old Redwood Hwy and W Sierra Ave, Cotati, CA
Revive
Windsor, Windsor, CA
By Melanie Wong
on Aug 31, 2010 02:04 PM
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just curious - how much were they charging? maybe this will inspire you to brew your own lol :)
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I don't recall exactly. I think the 22 oz was about $3 + a deposit on the bottle.
The owner of Revive also works at Trione winery. We had an interesting conversation about residual sugar and acidity balance as he continues to tweak his formulation.
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I just tasted some similarly fantastic kombucha at the SOMA Whole Foods. Any idea if Revive is the supplier?
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Reading your post reminded me to mention Revive. The company is less than a year old. I don't know where else it distributes other than at farmers markets and other special events.
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Very cool. Thanks for the heads up. I love seeing more "homemade" kombucha by producers. It's a completely different product from what's been available, which like you said is horrible.
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Melanie...thanks for the very kind review. Here's the link to our webpage and facebook page.
http://revivedrinks.com/
http://bit.ly/bDmGz4
We have officially launched our retail refill/exchange program, locations listed on facebook page. We create, brew, ferment and bottle our Revive at our Lab in Windsor CA. We deliver/pickup our bottles milk man style to our retailers. We also just started selling our kegs to local restaurants, cafes etc., since one of the best ways to enjoy our revive - kombucha soda is on draft!
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