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Making a Fermented Tea Trendy Two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs give kombucha a champagne-colored makeover.

By Jennifer Wang

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Alison Zarrow, sociology grad student at Stanford University, and Caleb Cargle, former Stanford business school research assistant.
Alison Zarrow and Caleb Cargle, founders of Gourmet CA Raw Foods
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Entrepreneurs: Alison Zarrow, sociology grad student at Stanford University, and Caleb Cargle, former Stanford business school research assistant.

Startup: The pair launched Gourmet CA Raw Foods in 2009. "Our first investor was my best friend Visa," Cargle quips. Since then, friends and family have contributed enough to outfit a small kombucha factory with floor-to-ceiling brewing tanks--no mean feat in Silicon Valley, where startup culture revolves around tech.

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