Anyone drink this stuff?
A girl I met gave me a culture. Aparently you mix sugar and strong tea with the culture and it ferments the tea to "Kombucha", a healthy drink filled with yeast and bacteria culture.
The "culture" sometimes called a "mushroom" is a symbiotic relationship between yeast and bacteria. The broth starter it came in smells like alcohol...but aparently it's less then 2% by volume.
Anyway..I"m going to try to make some. Figure it will make a good addition to the mushrooms, wine, and cider/mead.
Kombucha
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, Sep 29 2006 05:02 PM
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 06:26 PM
I've been drinking it on and off for a few years. Also brewed it for a few months, untill my girl threw out the culture. She said that blob looks disgusting, get it out of the fridge. lol Just a note of caution, Kombucha contains small amounts of antibiotics so even though it's a tasty beverage, it's probably not wise to drink it every day.
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 07:29 PM
Kombucha's good stuff but like Jim said not for everyday consumption.
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explorerowid
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 10:14 PM
sorry, never heard of this what exactly is it?
what does it do to you?
just have an inquisitive mind sorry for the questions.
E.E.
what does it do to you?
just have an inquisitive mind sorry for the questions.
E.E.
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waylitjim
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 11:28 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha
http://www.kombucha.org/
http://www.kombuchatea.co.uk/
http://www.fungi.com...icles/blob.html
http://www.kombucha.org/
http://www.kombuchatea.co.uk/
http://www.fungi.com...icles/blob.html
