Feasts of Persia expands hummus into Lakeland kombucha taproom

Feasts of Persia added Krazy Kombucha to its retail map beginning Wednesday, June 24, and the Lakeland pairing goes beyond a simple shelf placement. Customers at the taproom at 1030 Florida Ave. S., Lakeland, FL 33803 can now pick up Signature Hummus with Carrots snack packs and Signature Hummus tubs next to raw, locally brewed kombucha, giving the shop a new overlap between fermented drinks and cultured foods.

The move was announced June 22 and pushes the Persian-American food business to five retail locations total. Along with Krazy Kombucha and Vegetation, the hummus line is already in The Old South Country Market, Bodega Market and Anthony’s Health Hut, a footprint that shows how a food truck-born brand has spread through Lakeland’s health-minded retail network.

Krazy Kombucha makes the fit obvious. The business says it brews raw kombucha in Lakeland with organic fruits, roots and herbs, and describes its drinks as carrying live probiotics, beneficial acids and digestive enzymes. That makes the taproom more than a beverage counter: it functions as a small wellness stop where refrigerated foods and fermented drinks sit in the same case, serving customers who already think in terms of gut health, whole ingredients and easy grab-and-go meals.

The partnership also ties two local businesses with long community roots. Krazy Kombucha has said it is Lakeland’s first kombucha brewery, and local reporting in 2021 said Wendy Johnson had owned and run it since December 2017 with A.J. Jackson. That same coverage traced the business from nine months in Catapult Lakeland to a shared space that became Good Thyme, then into a Dixieland storefront. Feasts of Persia has its own local base at 3304 S. Florida Ave. in the Marathon gas station parking lot near Walmart and across from Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, and earlier coverage said the Rahmani family launched the food truck in January 2023 with a Persian-American fusion menu built around community unity.

For Lakeland’s fermented-food scene, the new placement reflects a broader shift. Kombucha spaces are no longer just for pouring cold pints at the bar; they are becoming neighborhood wellness hubs where probiotic beverages, prebiotic foods and local makers meet in one stop. Feasts of Persia’s hummus in Krazy Kombucha fits that pattern cleanly, bringing a refrigerated Middle Eastern staple into the same retail world that has already made raw kombucha part of Lakeland’s daily routine.