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Writer: BurmaKavaCO
BurmaKavaCO
Oct 10
4 min read


Behind the Pour: Meet Burma Brewing Company, Fort Myers.

From our Fort Myers gathering place to the craft behind the kava, there is more to Burma than meets the eye-


You may know Burma by its origami elephant, tropical vibes, beautifully presented drinks or the familiar faces waiting behind the bar. Perhaps you found us through Burma Bingo Babes, a Thursday evening with The Burma Ladies Society, or a conversation that lasted delightfully longer than you expected.

But there is another side of Burma that deserves an introduction.

Meet Burma Brewing Company, our partner business and the production side of a story that extends beyond the drinks served at Burma Kava Company.

Based right here in Fort Myers, Burma Brewing works behind the scenes in beverage development, brewing, canning and manufacturing. While Burma Kava Company is where our community gathers, Burma Brewing helps bring botanical beverage ideas into a finished, ready-to-drink form.

One welcomes you to the bar. The other takes you behind the pour.



Two Businesses. A Shared Connection to the Craft.

Burma Kava Company and Burma Brewing Company have distinct roles.

At Burma Kava Company, the experience is personal: choosing a drink, enjoying the space, asking about the Ghost Menu, meeting a new friend, gathering around the pool table or enjoying an evening in our outdoor coutyard and weekend hookah lounge. Our focus is hospitality, atmosphere and creating a place people want to return to.

Burma Brewing works on the production side. Its services help beverage brands move from a formulation to a product that can be manufactured, packaged and prepared for distribution.

That distinction matters. A drink served at a bar and a beverage produced commercially are different projects, each requiring its own care and expertise. Our connection to both gives the Burma story a depth that is not immediately visible when you walk through our doors.

The beautiful glass is one chapter. There is an entire process behind the can.

What Does Burma Brewing Actually Do?

Burma Brewing specializes in non-alcoholic and botanical ready-to-drink beverages. “Ready-to-drink,” often shortened to RTD, simply means a beverage prepared and packaged for customers to enjoy without mixing it themselves.

The company offers private-label and co-manufacturing services.

In everyday language, that means helping another business produce a beverage under its own brand. The name on the can belongs to that brand, while a manufacturing partner contributes the production work behind it.

Burma Brewing’s capabilities include formulation development, beverage production, canning, storage and logistics support out of Fort Myers. Depending on the project, that can mean helping develop a drink, preparing it for commercial production, packaging it and supporting the steps needed to move finished products onward.


From Botanical Ingredients to a Finished Beverage

Creating a commercial beverage involves more than finding a flavor people love.

Brands also need to consider how ingredients work together, how a drink behaves during production, how it is packaged and how consistently it can be reproduced.




A Fort Myers Business With a Wider Reach

We are proud that this work is happening in our own community and actively chose our current location over Tampa and Orlando. Burma Brewing supports beverage brands way beyond our bar, connecting Fort Myers to a broader world of botanical and non-alcoholic drinks. Just one publicly announced example is Vibes Beverages. In its July 20, 2026 announcement published on Brewbound, Vibes identified Burma Brewing as the co-manufacturing partner for its Hot Tropic kava beverage and described a manufacturing and fulfillment relationship across its lineup.

It is a tangible example of what “behind the pour” means: a beverage with its own identity, supported by production work taking place here in Fort Myers.

We do not need every partnership to carry our logo for the work to matter. Helping bring another brand’s vision into the world is part of the craft too.


What This Means for the Burma Community

For our guests, this is an invitation to see a little more of the story.

When you visit Burma Kava Company, you are stepping into a locally rooted business connected to both hospitality and beverage creation. Our botanical drinks are not simply an accessory to the atmosphere; they are part of a larger commitment to the craft, community and the meaning behind kava.

That does not mean every drink on our menu comes from the same production process, or that every partner product is available at the bar. It means there is more happening within the Burma family than a first visit might reveal.

but right here,...is the gathering place you know.

And there is the brewing work you are getting to know.

Built With Purpose. Served With Love.

Our faith in God and the example of Jesus guide how we want to conduct our businesses: with honesty, care and love for our neighbors.

For us, that purpose belongs in the everyday work—in how we welcome guests, communicate with partners, support our team and take responsibility for what we create.

We want Burma to be beautiful. We also want it to mean something.

A place where people gather. A business where ideas take shape. A local story with room to grow.

Behind every pour is a process. Behind Burma is a purpose.

Discover More

Visit Burma Kava Company in Fort Myers to explore our drinks, atmosphere and community.

For brewing, private-label, canning or manufacturing inquiries, visit Burma Brewing Company to connect with the production team.

Further Reading

 
 
 
Writer: BurmaKavaCO
BurmaKavaCO
Jul 19, 2023
1 min read

Although there are many legends surrounding the awakening that is kava, our story begins on the Island of Maywoe. Land of the Kings, with folklore of Gods gifting the people of earth with abundances & punishments rooted on worldly karmas.


We begin our story with a pair of orphaned siblings. Living organically by the shackles of the jungle. Life was challenging for these children, but the tropical beauty and island abundance made life fruitful.


Sadly, one day the young boy found his sister lifeless. He honored her life by creating a grave; less common than they. Adorned with exotic stones, wood and flowers found in the deep dark jungles of Tonga. The boy enjoyed his tribute for his sister and visited often. As the years passed, a single plant, sprouted from her grave. Unlike other plants, the boy, enjoyed watching this tiny green bloom grow. But then, something happened.

A tiny lizard nibbled on the roots of the plant, only to become limp and what seemed to be lifeless. The boy, now a man. Confused and conflicted by grief, chewed the bark too. Astonished, his mind quickly awakened.


The lizard hadn’t died.


This was a gift from the Gods; left in his sisters' honor. This was Kava.


A sprout of life, that soon became a sacred drink that molded the oceanic region into a sacred place, where the plants from the Gods would grow and mortal life would be a bit more blessed.


-Burma Kava Company

2022





ALSO! In honor of our appreciation for the curious lizard critter, Burma's new late summer line, features the lizard from our story! Stay tuned!

 
 
 
Writer: BurmaKavaCO
BurmaKavaCO
Jul 16, 2023
2 min read

🌱 ✨ @burmakava 🍵 🏝️


You walk into @burmakava and it’s like the moment in Chronicles of Narnia when Lucy walks through the closet. It’s got a jungle-cosmic-cozy-charming-visceral vibe. You don’t know anyone (yet) but you feel like you know everyone. There is a pool game going on (they host pool competitions). There is a small business meeting in the back in their private VIP room. A food vendor is selling Gourmet 😉 vegan food. Open laptops set atop the bar as people do work or write blogs. A yoga session is taking place in the attached courtyard. The music is always set to the right vibe and when you’re there you feel like you’re right where you need to be.


Kava is a small shrub grown in Pacific Islands. Islanders have used kava plants for centuries in social rituals, religious ceremonies, and medical purposes. The root and stump of the plant are ground down and made into a natural, non-alcoholic beverage. When consumed, the effect of the active ingredients in the kava plant is psychological and physiological relaxation. Kava root drinks relax the mind and body and induce a sense of calm and euphoria.


The staff is incredibly friendly, knowledgeable and always knows what to recommend. I get kava on tap but I typically ask the Kava tender what they suggest that day. Morning, day or night (open ‘til 2) you need make your way to Burma. Go by yourself the first time, then bring a friend. I promise you’ll become a regular.


Eat local, shop local, and stay healthy 💪 🌱


Enjoy!

Andrew

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THANK YOU ANDREW FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. EVERYONE AT BURMA IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN OUR LIVES. Please| Follow Andrews guidance on his amazing IG platform, PlantBased_Build

 
 
 

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