Fermentation club · a crate every 2, 4 or 8 weeks
Live cultures and ferment kits, delivered to your counter
Each crate brings kombucha and kefir starters, a kimchi or sauerkraut kit and a brewing card for every jar. You set the box size and how often it comes.
Skip, pause or cancel between crates (needs a subscriptions plugin) · Example prices
Build your box
Box size
Small
Regular
Large
Every
2 weeks
4 weeks
8 weeks
$39.00 a crate · Regular, every 4 weeks
Example price. Change the size or rhythm later.
The cellar
Plans, cultures, kits and crocks
Plan picker
Pick a box size and a rhythm
Three box sizes, three rhythms. Start with the culture you are most curious about; the next crates rotate through the rest.
Box size
Small
Regular
Large
Every
2 weeks
4 weeks
8 weeks
Start with
Kombucha
Kefir
Kimchi & kraut
Crate price by box size and rhythm · example prices
| Box size | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 weeks | Every 8 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small · 2 cultures | $24.00 | $26.00 | $28.00 |
| Regular · 3 cultures + 1 kit | $36.00 | $39.00 | $42.00 |
| Large · 5 cultures + 2 kits | $54.00 | $58.00 | $62.00 |
Prices include delivery. Example prices for the demo store. Recurring boxes and billing need a WooCommerce subscriptions plugin. Without one, every crate is a one-off order.
This month's crate
What is fermenting in the November crate
Every crate mixes something to drink, something to pack into a jar and one culture you can keep going for months. Brew times are a guide: a warm kitchen is quicker, a cool one slower.
Tea
7–12 days
Then bottle
Kombucha starter
A culture disc in starter liquid, a pouch of loose black tea and a brewing card for a 2-litre jar.
Milk
24 h
Daily
Milk kefir grains
Grains you keep in fresh milk on the counter. Strain, feed and start the next jar the same day.
Water
48 h
Sparkling
Water kefir grains
Sugar water and a little fruit turn into a light, fizzy drink. Flavour it on the second ferment.
Veg
3–5 days
Mild or hot
Small-batch kimchi kit
Chilli flakes, a salt pouch and a recipe card. Add a napa cabbage and a radish from your shop.
Salt
1–4 weeks
Pound & pack
Classic sauerkraut kit
A wooden tamper, a glass weight and pre-weighed salt for one big white cabbage.
Chilli
2 weeks
Blend
Hot sauce ferment
Brine salt, garlic and a dried chilli mix for a jar of fresh peppers, plus a dropper bottle.
Sample crate for the demo store. Contents change every month.
How it works
Four steps from crate to first fizz
No equipment to work out and no guessing at salt ratios.
1
Pick a box and rhythm
Small, Regular or Large, every 2, 4 or 8 weeks. Change both from your account later.
2
We pack your crate
Cultures travel in cool packs with a brewing card for each jar, weighed salt and spices.
3
Start your jars
Follow the calendar card: what to start on day one, what to taste, when to bottle.
4
Skip, pause or keep going
Away for a month? Skip the next crate before the cut-off (needs a subscriptions plugin).
Fermentation calendar
Your first week with the crate
A static sample of the calendar card in every crate: one line per day, so three jars never need your attention on the same evening.
Kombucha
Kefir
Kimchi & kraut
Mon
Crate day
Unpack, put the cultures in the fridge
Feed the milk kefir grains
Tue
Start
Brew sweet tea, start the kombucha
Strain and refeed the kefir
Wed
Pack
Salt the cabbage, pack the kraut jar
Thu
Check
Press the kraut under its brine
Strain the kefir
Fri
Kimchi
Mix and pack the kimchi
Start a water kefir jar
Sat
Taste
Taste the kimchi, then move it to the fridge when you like it
Sun
Rest
Strain the kefir, nothing else
Sample schedule. Times depend on your kitchen temperature and the guide that comes with each culture.
One jar at a time
Cultures, kits and gear, no plan needed
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Glass weights & airlock lids (set of 4)
$16.00 -
Swing-top bottles (set of 6)
$28.00 -
Wide-mouth fermenting jars (set of 3)
Original price was: $24.00.$19.00Current price is: $19.00. -
Stoneware fermenting crock
Price range: $48.00 through $110.00 -
Hot sauce ferment kit
$20.00 -
Classic sauerkraut kit
Original price was: $18.00.$15.00Current price is: $15.00.
Skip, pause or cancel
Crates that fit around your kitchen
Jars still bubbling from last time? These are the controls customers get with a subscriptions plugin.
Skip a crate
Still working through the last one? Skip the next crate before the cut-off and nothing is sent.
Pause for a while
Pause your plan for one to three crates and pick it up again when you are ready.
Cancel any time
No minimum term. Cancel before the next cut-off and no further crates are sent.
Good to know
Recurring boxes and billing need a WooCommerce subscriptions plugin. Without one, every crate is a one-off order. Cut-off days shown here are samples.
Gift a crock
Give three, six or twelve crates
A prepaid run of Regular crates for the friend who keeps asking about your sourdough. They choose the start date and the first culture.
3
3 crates
from $108
- About three months
- Gift card by email
- They pick the start date
6
6 crates
from $210
- About six months
- Printed gift card
- A stoneware crock in crate one
12
12 crates
from $420
- About a year
- Printed gift card
- Crock and swing-top bottles
Gift crates are paid once: no recurring payment. Example prices, every 4 weeks.
Sample reviews
What club members might say
Sample reviews shown for the demo store.
★★★★★
The calendar card is the best part: I always know which jar needs me tonight.
Sample customer
Regular crate, every 4 weeks
★★★★★
I skipped two crates while the kombucha caught up, then picked it up again. Easy.
Sample customer
Small crate
★★★★★
My first kraut actually worked. The pre-weighed salt takes the guessing away.
Sample customer
Classic sauerkraut kit
Starter troubleshooting
Is my jar doing the right thing?
The questions new members ask most. Still unsure? Send a photo of the jar to [email protected].
Placeholder
Food-safety notes on this page are sample placeholder text, not advice. Follow the guide that comes with each culture.
There is a white film on my brine. What now?
A thin, flat white film can form on vegetable ferments. Fuzzy, coloured or raised spots are a different thing: when in doubt, throw the batch out and start again (sample guidance).
My kombucha culture sank to the bottom.
That is normal: a new culture can sink, float or sit sideways. A fresh layer usually forms on the surface during the brew.
The milk kefir is thin and tastes of plain milk.
New grains often need a few feeds to settle. Keep the same milk-to-grain ratio and the same spot in the kitchen for a week.
The vegetables float above the brine.
Press them back under with the glass weight from the kit. Everything should stay below the liquid.
My kraut tastes too salty.
Taste again after a few more days. Next time, weigh the cabbage and use the salt amount from the card for that weight.
A bottle hissed loudly when I opened it.
Second-ferment bottles build up fizz. Open them over the sink, chill them first and check them every day (sample guidance).