About Us

Our mission, vision, values

Innovation comes from taking the old and giving it a new direction. Looking at Kombucha, we saw more than a beverage - we saw an untapped biomaterial. From that, we recognized the potential to use excess and discarded SCOBY - symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast - to overhaul and transform the landscape of the exploitative industry of manufacturing paper from plant matter, which, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), accounts for 20% of all toxic air emissions in the U.S., as well as 5% of all toxic waste released into the air, water, and land in the U.S.

Not only is paper made from kombucha environmentally sustainable, it burns and tastes better too. Those who appreciate a high-quality flower deserve a paper that enhances the smoking experience, not diminishes it. After all, you wouldn’t want to drink a fine wine out of a plastic cup. 

But the vision is bigger than rolling paper alone. Our passion is using biology, with a system-level mindset, to develop solutions that are not only eco-friendly, but eco-stimulating. Aiming to meet the environmental and material challenges of our time with solutions found in nature, The Kombucha Paper® marks the emergence of a revolution that spans closed-loop biomanufacturing and specialized tree-free paper. We want to leave the plants planted - exactly as they’re meant to be. Join us as we usher in the biomaterial revolution.