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Kombucha Remix

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New methods of brewing, mixing, and imbibing put the fun back into this fermented favorite. Tart and effervescent, polarizing and mystical, kombucha has taken the fermented beverage market by storm with its uniquely vinegary flavor and alleged ability to treat everything from arthritis to dull hair to liver disease. Whether concocted in your kitchen, sipped in a cool cocktail, or slipped into a culinary creation, this versatile elixir made from tea goes way above and beyond natural-foods market shelves. Here are a few new ways to enliven your obsession with this quirky quencher. Brew Your Own Batch

An ancient health drink originally from China. Very popular in Russia, Germany and Japan. It is made from a tea infusion ( black,green and some herbal teas are suitable), sugar or some other natural sweetener ( maple syrup, sugar cane sugar, sorghum syrup, honey) and the Kombucha culture. This culture is a symbiotic yeast/bacteria organisms which ferments the above mixture and thereby produces certain beneficial byproducts. The Kombucha culture has been shown to contain the following organisms: Bacterium xylinum, Bacterium xylinoides, Bacterium gluconicum, Saccharomyces ludwigii, Saccharomyces apiculatus varieties, Schizosaccaromyces pombe, Acetobacter ketogenum, Torula varieties, Pichia fermantans and other yeasts.

Kombucha

How to Make a Big Batch of Kombucha

Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage popular in Russia, China, and elsewhere. The culture forms a leathery skin called the "mother" that floats on top. This week's Instructables TV episode shows how to wrangle the jellyfish-like "Mother" and make Kombucha 5 gallons at a time. This method produces a fizzy carbonated kombucha that tastes very much like hard apple cider. For background on this bizarre beverage, read Arwen's Making Kombucha Instructable and the Wikipedia Kombucha article . Some confusion arises from the existence of a Japanese kelp tea also called "kombucha".

Kombucha including the culture Kombucha is an effervescent tea-based beverage that is often consumed for its anecdotal health benefits or medicinal purposes. Kombucha is available commercially and can be made at home by fermenting tea using a visible, solid mass of yeast and bacteria which forms the kombucha culture, often referred to as 酵母 ( kombo , lit. "yeast mother", see etymology for disambiguation with 昆布, kombu , kelp).

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F.A.Q. - Kombucha America - Frequently Asked Questions Page

The Kombucha Mushroom is not a true mushroom but pseudo lichen. It is a fibrous cellulose spongy membrane that is formed by the various Kombucha bacteria and yeast cells that live in the liquid sugary tea. It is primarily grown to act as an evaporation cap to keep the tea from evaporating and also to prevent other microorganisms from getting to the sugary tea.