![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-transformed-my-spare-bedroom-into-a-microbrewery-now-i-make-120k-a-year/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20319215-1667916662385.jpg&description=A SAVVY business owner transformed her spare bedroom into a microbrewery as a side hustle – now she makes £120,000 a year. Eaoifa Forward, from Devon, launched her own line of kombucha after struggling to find a brew that matched the health benefits she had experienced abroad. Eaoifa converted her spare room into a workroom to help launch her businessCredit: Eaoifa Forward/Supplied At the start, she was doing everything from brewing to bottling to labelling on her ownCredit: Eaoifa Forward/Supplied The savvy businessowner now has a brewery where she makes her own drinkCredit: Eaoifa Forward/Supplied Eaoifa launched her business after noticing a gap in the marketCredit: Eaoifa Forward/Supplied She had been living in London for about 15 years, working as an actress while juggling multiple jobs to make ends meet. Eaoifa told The Sun Online: "With all the juggling, I had reached a point of exhaustion, and had quite crippling anxiety." With her life lacking stability, she was challenged into rethinking her career on a trip to Sri Lanka where she tried kombucha for the first time. She said: "If I'm being totally honest I didn't like it at first but she turned to me and said, 'stick with it, ultimately it's how it'll make you feel'. "Sure enough I continued to drink it for the next 10 days and the only way I can describe how it made me feel was I had a new sense of energy, some sort of 'chi' shifted in my body and I felt so much better overall." Kombucha is a fermented tea drink, originating in Asia thousands of years ago. It was commonly known over there as 'the tea of immortality' for its health giving properties. Eaoifa said: "It's slightly effervescent and extremely refreshing, making it a great soft drink or alternative to alcohol. "Coming back to London I couldn't find anything like I'd been drinking. Nothing was quite like my Sri Lanka experience so I decided to make my own and very quickly Boo Chi was born." She found the drink to be enlightening both mentally a){kind=link}
A SAVVY business owner transformed her spare bedroom into a microbrewery as a side hustle – now she makes £120,000 a year.
Eaoifa Forward, from Devon, launched her own line of kombucha after struggling to find a brew that matched the health benefits she had experienced abroad.
She had been living in London for about 15 years, working as an actress while juggling multiple jobs to make ends meet.
Eaoifa told The Sun Online: “With all the juggling, I had reached a point of exhaustion, and had quite crippling anxiety.”
With her life lacking stability, she was challenged into rethinking her career on a trip to Sri Lanka where she tried kombucha for the first time.