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Contraband Ferments

Learn the science of fermenting vegetables, kombucha, hot sauce or miso, and make your own to take home.

In personVirtual
Helps withTeam buildingAway days & offsitesChristmas & celebrationsWellbeing & stress
Group size31–60
How longUp to 2 hours
In person inUS
SettingOutdoors · Residential
VirtualAvailable
OwnershipFounder-led · Women-owned

What you can book

4 bookable experiences. Ask about any of them.

Fermented Vegetables workshop

Learn the basic science of fermenting vegetables, from sauerkraut to beets and beyond.

Delivery
In personVirtual
Setting
OutdoorsResidential
How long
Up to 2 hours
Ask about Fermented Vegetables workshop

Kombucha 101

Cover the basic science of kombucha, why it is good for you and how to make it yourself.

Delivery
In personVirtual
Setting
OutdoorsResidential
How long
Up to 2 hours
Ask about Kombucha 101

Fermented Hot Sauces & Chilli Pastes

Learn the science of fermentation and the basics of making your own probiotic-rich hot sauces.

Delivery
In personVirtual
Setting
OutdoorsResidential
How long
Up to 2 hours
Ask about Fermented Hot Sauces & Chilli Pastes

How to make Miso 101

Cover the basic science of miso, why it is good for you and how to make it yourself.

Delivery
In personVirtual
Setting
OutdoorsResidential
How long
Up to 2 hours
Ask about How to make Miso 101
Will also design something around your teamUse the contact form to describe what you need.

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Come to us when

You need a hands-on, out-of-the-box experience for your staff.

You have a team party or event coming up.

You want clients to make and take home something tasty.

What makes us different

Founder-led and women-owned, with a teacher who has run workshops from New York to Thailand and will travel or teach online.

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About Contraband Ferments

Contraband Ferments came about in 2012 by pure accident. One hot, steamy summer in Brooklyn, Cheryl Paswater started fermenting after a lengthy stare-down with a kombucha SCOBY. She started fermenting, then started fermenting too much. Next thing she knew, she was giving to friends, then selling to friends, and then she started a rogue fermentation CSA in Brooklyn. Little did she know that CSA would blow up and be the birth of Contraband Ferments.

Whether you catch us in a community group workshop, corporate workshop, fermentation festival or even as contributors to books, the heartbeat of Contraband is to help others grow microbes through food and feel confident about doing it.

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