Kombucha!
I’m so excited! I just discovered Kombucha. I had heard of it quite a few times on various blogs, and I’ve been looking for a chance to try it for a while. Last week I finally found it at the health food store by us, and then again at Fred Meyers. I’m hooked! I’m so excited about it that I’m in the process of acquiring a SCOBY so that I can brew it myself. I’ll be telling you a lot more about it no doubt once I get my SCOBY and start brewing. I couldn’t wait to share my discovery though, so in the meantime here’s a bit of information about Kombucha:
- Kombucha is a fermented tea. Yeah, I know, sounds gross. But not only is it really yummy, it’s super good for you too.
- Kombucha is essentially a health drink. It’s loaded with tons of B vitamins, lots of healthy probiotics, and folic acid. Like most things that are loaded with probiotics it improves health (not that anyone has done a formal test that I know of, but people say it has helped their own health).
- Kombucha costs a lot of money at the store. About $3 per bottle!! That’s why I want to start brewing it myself.
- Kombucha only requires tea, sugar, natural stuff for flavoring (optional – they use things like fruit, rosehips, ginger, etc), a SCOBY, and something to brew it in. Oh, and a cloth to cover the brewing container.
- You "brew" Kombucha using a SCOBY. A SCOBY is a symbiotic culture of yeast and bacteria that feeds on the sugar you put in the tea, and the tanins from the tea.
- Even though it’s tea, Kombucha is served cold.
- It’s fizzy and bubbly and super yummy.
- Kombucha has been around for thousands of years.
I’m so excited to see how my brewing goes. Someone has promised to give me a SCOBY, if they do I’ll take you along on my journey to figure this stuff out. If I don’t get it, I’ll probably pick up a SCOBY from Kombucha Kamp. If you can’t wait, I found a great website called Kombucha Kamp that has tons of information on it. She has a little mini-course you can sign up for too. I’m enjoying reading the mini-course and have learned a ton from it. I wish I could spring for her continuous brewing system, but I thought I should try learning how to brew and figure out what kind of tea I like best before I do. 
PS – Can you believe I was able to find a Kombucha picture on the site I use for my stock photos?? AMAZING
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For part 2 of the Kombucha Journey, see here
