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Something Big is Brewing

Name: Something Big is Brewing
Address: Auckland, NZ
Telephone: 021 1500 465
Location: Something Big is Brewing

Melissa Ly founded Something Big is Brewing after two decades in boutique management and retail sales, driven by a deep passion for making kombucha. Additionally, they sell fermentation tools, kits, and live cultures to support home fermenters

“A 500ml bottle of kombucha from Melissa Ly's stall Something Big is Brewing – Melissa took us through a tasting of her many delicious …” · “Melissa from Something Big is Brewing makes the most delicious and inventive flavours which we pick up from the Grey Lynn Farmers Market.”

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Their Story

Melissa Ly founded Something Big is Brewing after two decades in boutique management and retail sales, driven by a deep passion for making kombucha. Encouraged by friends and family, she decided to transform her "obsession" into a business. Ly affectionately refers to her kombucha cultures as "my…

What They Make

Kombucha (distinct gingery flavor, natural bubbles)

More from Something Big is Brewing

Online coursesWorkshopsCommunity hub for fermentationRecipes

How to Get Their Products

Farmers' Markets

Grey Lynn Farmers Market

Auckland·Sun 8:30-12

["Physical shop pickup","Farmers markets","Select retailers"]