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The BKE Story: A Home-Grown Kombucha Company Grows In Bushwick

How a Bushwick couple’s kombucha company survived a global pandemic.

By Jackson Schroeder

Jan. 26, 2021 · 6 min read

The BKE Story: A Home-Grown Kombucha Company Grows In Bushwick
Food & Drink

The BKE Story: A Home-Grown Kombucha Company Grows In Bushwick

How a Bushwick couple’s kombucha company survived a global pandemic.

· 6 min read
The BKE Story: A Home-Grown Kombucha Company Grows In Bushwick

Five years ago, Saleena Subaiya and Lawrence Purpura, two Bushwick residents and healthcare workers, were brewing kombucha in five-gallon buckets in their apartment. Now, the power duo’s kombucha, named BKE Kombucha, is sold in more than 200 stores and restaurants in Bushwick and the New York area. 

For BKE, the path to success has not been an easy one. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the company lost all of its customers. Subaiya and Purpura, who are also…

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