OUR STORY
When you drink Radiate, you’re choosing more than kombucha.
When you drink a can of radiate kombucha you’re choosing an ethically sourced, small batch, locally-made and probiotic-rich superfood.
You’re supporting a Mom owned business working to localize our food system and create a transparent, ethical community. You are supporting small local farms and farmers families. You're supporting one of the oldest living spiritually-driven female tea masters in the world who is exercising traditional, organic and holistic farming practices. You’re aiding in both world-wide and local movements toward equal rights and a sustainable future.
Every single ingredient has been researched and sourced meticulously to ensure that we are crafting the highest quality product on the market. We strive for integrity, transparency and honesty because we care. A lot. A ton actually.
Radiate is a proud partner of The Watershed Action Lab working to restore native species to the greater Biscayne Bay watershed in an effort to promote a healthier more vibrant bay.
Everything we do as a brand from our packaging to our ingredients to how we run our brewery is to support a more sustainable future for our community.
Radiate: cultivating culture, compassion and community.
We have two homes, our body and our Earth. Both need to be treated with respect.
SUSAN ARAN
Founder + CEO
Susan has been making kombucha since she was 14. As a Mom, Nutritionist, Health Coach, Yoga Teacher and retired (15 year) bartender, her constant search has been to build community and make living a healthy lifestyle accessible to all.
She opened Radiate Apothecary in late 2016 and began hosting a Friday "Kombucha Happy Hour” inviting a local farmer and chef to have a conversation with the community. This gathered lots of attention and the kombucha took off like wild-fire. It was during a Happy Hour that a "local forager" from a major supermarket asked Susan to bring Radiate to market and we have been growing ever since.
This “accidental" business is growing faster than we could ever have prayed for and we joke that even our ever-evolving business plan is completely organic. Radiate's success is grounded in gratitude and wholly attributed to this vibrant community and the abundant support we continue to receive.
One day very soon, Susan plans to grow the business back to its original intention of a full-scale brewery, cafe and tonic bar focused on health and wellness including a market specializing in locally sourced foods and fermentation.
Until then, Susan can be found slanging’ buch, educating on holistic health and more realistically, running after her 3 kids.