about us

the idea for jun bug sprouted with taking a break from alcohol during lockdown in the pandemic. the ritual of brewing kombucha quickly became an obsession and after trying the jun style, made with honey and green tea, i was blown away. the sometimes harsh vinegar forward intensity of sugar based kombuchas, which i still have a love for, is replaced with a bright pleasant tartness from the raw honey.

it was a quite a long path before getting jun bug off the ground. i had a product i believed in and friends enjoyed. local chicago kombucha companies such as arize and kommunity kombucha. my coworker at the time and graphic design extraordinaire kenyon ellsworth helped shape the brand and created our gorgeous labels.

the name jun bug comes from my dog ladybug, aka the booch pooch, who is a 100 pound great pyrnees and a floofball goofball. her face adorns each bottle and she is our company mascot.

we hope you join our pack and enjoy our full flavored raw honey sencha kombucha.

cheers!

sam