MEET FREYA
FOUNDER & HEAD FERMENTALIST.
After developing a kombucha obsession at university, Freya quickly abandoned a career in the city and turned her parents' London flat into a kombucha micro-brewery.
She's part scientist, part obsessive, entirely convinced that what you put in your gut changes everything else. Fix8 is the product of that conviction.
SHANGHAI, 2013 · THE MOMENT IT STARTED
THE TEA OF IMMORTALITY.
Whilst living in Shanghai for a year abroad, Freya was introduced to kombucha by her Chinese Medicine Doctor — who referred to the drink as 'the tea of immortality' for its health-giving properties.
Back home in 2014, she couldn't find quality kombucha anywhere in the UK. So she made her own — devouring books on fermentation, studying gut health, and homebrewing under her university desk.
She later travelled to Bali, Berlin, Portland and Hawaii to meet kombucha makers, and spent time at one of the world's most forward-thinking fermentation hubs in Berkeley, California.
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIP, AND THE FIXATION BEGUN.
FREYA TWIGDEN
Founder · Fix8 Kombucha & Water Kefir
THE JOURNEY
FROM A FLAT IN LONDON TO YOUR FRIDGE.
Eight years of obsession, experimentation, and an unshakeable belief that gut health drinks could taste this good.
2018
LAUNCHED INTO SELFRIDGES.
Our first Fix8 kombucha bottles launched into Selfridges — a huge 'pinch us' moment. London's most iconic department store believed in us from day one.
2019
INTO 200+ STOCKISTS.
Fortnum & Mason, Planet Organic, Gail's Bakery, and over 200 independent coffee shops, bars, restaurants and delis across the UK. The word was spreading.
2020
PANDEMIC PIVOT. FIX8 IN A CAN.
99% of efforts shifted online. We introduced Fix8 in a can, launched homebrew kombucha kits for people stuck at home, and launched on Ocado and into Whole Foods Market.
2021
PARTNERSHIP & NEXT STAGE OF GROWTH.
Fix8 partnered with a family-run tea company to enter the next stage of growth — with new products in the making and expansion plans taking shape.
2022
KOMBUCHA SODAS. SOUTH COAST BREWERY.
Launched our Fix8 Kombucha Sodas with science-backed live cultures and Vitamin C. Moved craft to the South Coast of England — fresh air, rolling hills, exceptional water quality.
2025
WATER KEFIR. A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS.
What started as kitchen experiments during lockdown became Fix8's second obsession. Bright, alive, unpasteurised water kefir — made with real cultures and real intention. Now available alongside Kombucha.
NEW for 2025 • Our Water Kefir
A LITTLE SPARKLING, A LITTLE JUICY. A LOT ALIVE.
Water kefir has been enjoyed for generations, tracing back to traditional Mexican tibicos — a naturally fermented drink made with water, fruit and kefir grains. Those grains are a living community of bacteria and yeast that transform everyday ingredients into something quietly powerful.
Unpasteurised, vegan, gluten-free. No added sugar. Just the natural sparkle that comes from slow, careful fermentation.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
FIXATED ON DOING THINGS PROPERLY.
Real Fermentation
No concentrates, no shortcuts. We ferment in small batches using whole ingredients because the process is what creates the benefit.
Science-Backed
We add specific, studied probiotic strains for targeted gut release — not just any culture, but the ones with evidence behind them.
Taste Comes First
Good-for-you drinks that don't taste good are pointless. We won't compromise on flavour — and a Great Taste Award says we haven't.
Founded in South London
5-star reviews
Cans sold to date
Live cultures per can