The story of BATU Kombucha
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How the drinks are made
SCOBY fermentation. The kombucha culture drives the primary fermentation. Ginger & Lemon is fermented with a kombucha culture in SCOBY-based fermentation, and the same culture is declared in the make-up of Forest Fruits, Matcha & Yuzu and Passion Fruit & Mango.
Two-stage fermentation with juice addition. Vitamin Kombucha undergoes thirty days of initial fermentation, after which extra tea and freshly pressed fruit juice are added and the liquid ferments for a further week.
Tea base. Green tea and black tea form the base of the range, and Vitamin Kombucha rests on that same green-and-black foundation.
Spice, matcha and citrus infusions. Two blends are driven by non-berry aromatics.
- Ginger & Lemon — ginger juice at 3%
- Matcha & Yuzu — matcha at 0.3% and yuzu at 0.2%
Colour, flavourings and added vitamins. Forest Fruits carries black carrot alongside natural red fruits flavour and natural strawberry flavour; Passion Fruit & Mango adds natural mango flavouring at 0.3%; Matcha & Yuzu declares natural flavourings. Vitamins C, B6 and B12 are added across the four flavours, including Ginger & Lemon.
Recognition
BATU has been recognised at the World Alcohol-Free Awards in three consecutive years. Ginger & Lemon took a Commended recognition in 2023 and a Bronze medal in 2024, and Forest Fruits took a Commended recognition in 2025.