About two weeks ago, I purchased several 14. oz flavors of TAPUAT BREWING COMPANY'S bottled Kombuchas from a local Metro Market in Madison, WI. I purchased eight bottles, because they were on sale. I had not purchased these kombuchas before.
To say I am dissatisfied with the purchase would be a vast understatement.
Even opening the bottles as slowly as possible over a sink causes over a third of the beverage to foam out violently out of the bottle. It's impossible to not lose about 1/3 of the fluid, and necessitates cleaning up counters, tabletops, sink.
The residue within the bottles is NASTY. Vast amounts of sediment. Far more than anything I have ever seen in kombucha. The worst was perhaps the BEE POWER flavor. I didn't even want to drink it once the foaming stopped.
Expiration date on the bottles: 01/01/24
other coding (hard to read, but I think says) 2969-7
Thus, they were 6 months away from expiration, but truly undrinkable.
I just called Metro Market and told them of my problems. I advised them to not stock this product line. I recommend the same to fellow consumers. read more