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Apply for fundingDreamland began with a simple question: What if coffee could make you feel better—not worse? Founder and CEO Dalton Honore, a food scientist based in New Orleans, has always had a passion for fermentation and functional beverages. He started small—brewing water kefir in his home kitchen and selling it at local farmers markets. But after years of drinking traditional coffee that left him feeling wired, jittery, and anxious, Dalton was ready to experiment. Dalton knew he deserved better, we all do. So he took two seemingly contrasting things—cold brew coffee and fermentation—and created something the world had never seen: Koffucha. A lightly fermented, sparkling probiotic coffee.
