Kombucha. Kombucha. Kombucha. Kombucha including the culture Etymology[edit] In Japan Konbucha (昆布茶?
, "kelp tea") stands for a different beverage made from dried and powdered kombu (an edible kelp from the Laminariaceae family).[2] For the English word kombucha, first recorded in 1995 and of uncertain etymology,[3] the American Heritage Dictionary suggests: "Probably from Japanese kombucha, tea made from kombu (the Japanese word for kelp perhaps being used by English speakers to designate fermented tea due to confusion or because the thick gelatinous film produced by the kombucha culture was thought to resemble seaweed).
"[4] The proper Japanese name for what English speakers know as kombucha is kōcha kinoko 紅茶キノコ (literally, 'red tea mushroom'), compounding kōcha "black tea" and kinoko 茸 "mushroom; toadstool". A 1965 mycological study called kombucha "tea fungus" and listed other names: "teeschwamm, Japanese or Indonesian tea fungus, kombucha, wunderpilz, hongo, cajnij, fungus japonicus, and teekwass History[edit] Kombucha. Kombucha Withdrawn From Stores. Food Safety Published on July 19th, 2010 | by Rachel Shulman I’ve always been a fan of kombucha, the fermented tea touted for its health benefits.
But the buzz I would get from store-bought kombucha always made me feel like a light-weight. The labels claimed that the tea had less than a 0.5% alcohol content, but drinking a bottle of kombucha would make me feel like I’d had half a glass of wine. Well, apparently I had no reason to feel embarrassed by my reaction to kombucha. Kombucha makers insist that the tea leaves production with only a trace amount of alcohol. Interestingly, the removal of raw kombucha from Whole Foods and other stores has been linked to tabloid star Lindsay Lohan, after rumors surfaced that kombucha set off Lohan’s alcohol monitoring bracelet. The government is currently testing samples of unpasteurized kombucha to determine how it should be labeled.
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