A guy I work with swears by drinking kombucha. Its a pancake looking culture that eats tea and sugar. It seems there are Health benefits from drinking it, everything from more energy to better digestion. Any one have any experience with this stuff
Kombucha Tea
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Love the GT commercial flavored brand of this stuff http://www.synergydrinks.com/products.html
Tart, tasty, relatively low cal.
My wife and younger son hate the smell of the stuff. Cannot speak to the health benefits.
Tart, tasty, relatively low cal.
My wife and younger son hate the smell of the stuff. Cannot speak to the health benefits.
i used to drink a good amount of the stuff, when I worked at a natural food store, before grad school. It is definitely an acquired taste, but if you like it, it is great!
As far as health benefits, you'll hear all sorts of stuff.... Personally, I feel that a lot of it is a placebo effect, although it is similar to apple cider vinegar with the live mother; which does have real benefits. The key is to find (or make in your case) Kombucha that is still live, with active bugs in it. If it is pasteurized, don't bother.....
As far as health benefits, you'll hear all sorts of stuff.... Personally, I feel that a lot of it is a placebo effect, although it is similar to apple cider vinegar with the live mother; which does have real benefits. The key is to find (or make in your case) Kombucha that is still live, with active bugs in it. If it is pasteurized, don't bother.....
I remember making this stuff about 10 years ago... but I didn't keep up with it...
Is that a lung in there?
Its not bad stuff, but I can go without it. Every time I hear about it now I think of System of a Down.
I've been drinking this stuff off and on for about a year now.
First time I tried it, it caught me by surprise ... I drank a whole bottle before going to work, and the de-tox properties made me sick enough that I had to call out day. The next day, though, I felt TERRIFIC!
Once I find out how powerful it is, I use it a little more carefully. I'll only drink it on my days off.
It comes in a 16oz bottle. Although they recommend to drink a bottle a day, I usually split it up into 3 servings, spread out over 2 or 3 days.
I think its good stuff, but far too expensive to drink all the time. At $4 a bottle, I only use it once a month or so. And its hard to find. There's only one health food store in my area that carries it.
First time I tried it, it caught me by surprise ... I drank a whole bottle before going to work, and the de-tox properties made me sick enough that I had to call out day. The next day, though, I felt TERRIFIC!
Once I find out how powerful it is, I use it a little more carefully. I'll only drink it on my days off.
It comes in a 16oz bottle. Although they recommend to drink a bottle a day, I usually split it up into 3 servings, spread out over 2 or 3 days.
I think its good stuff, but far too expensive to drink all the time. At $4 a bottle, I only use it once a month or so. And its hard to find. There's only one health food store in my area that carries it.
I've been really curious about this stuff, the homemade variety, as I'm pretty syre all of the active whatever nutreients probably die out if it's commercially bottled or canned.
Google Kombucha + your city and if you can probably find a Kombucha Collective, or at least one crazy hippie who will slice you of a peice of the "mother".
I have yet to take the step myself, as I'm not sure how comfortable my girlfriend would be sharing the appartment with a tea eating mushroom.
Google Kombucha + your city and if you can probably find a Kombucha Collective, or at least one crazy hippie who will slice you of a peice of the "mother".
I have yet to take the step myself, as I'm not sure how comfortable my girlfriend would be sharing the appartment with a tea eating mushroom.
Whole Foods sells GT's Kombucha.
All tastes the same, aside from the Guava, Ginger, and GingerBerry.
Its ok, but nothing I would make a habit of spending $3 on a regular basis on.
Smells and tastes like sour rotten fruit and as for health benefits, I don't notice anything.
All tastes the same, aside from the Guava, Ginger, and GingerBerry.
Its ok, but nothing I would make a habit of spending $3 on a regular basis on.
Smells and tastes like sour rotten fruit and as for health benefits, I don't notice anything.
I like the unflavored retail varieties, but it's too expensive. I suspect that if I were to try to make my own, I would probably end up generating something toxic.
I don't think so... I imagine it's like making beer. In the beginning you establish a culture that's so strong no other organism can compete and what you get out is what you put in.
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After the 10 days do you bottle it, or drink it from the jar?
If no one here can speak to the actual health benefits of this stuff, then why bother drinking it? From both of my experiences with my mother in law's supply, it's terrible.
It is strangely addictive.
An acquired taste for sure, but I especially like the Guava and Ginger flavors of GT's kombucha.
I agree. Utterly addictive. Also agree re GT's Guava and Ginger, but my favorite is mango. Very pure tasting flavors to me.
I despise mango in all forms but one.
Dried or fresh, with red chili flakes.
Dried or fresh, with red chili flakes.
Anything that looks like it could crawl out of its container, I avoid on principle.
I despise mango in all forms but one.
Dried or fresh, with red chili flakes.
No disagreement here about chili flakes and mangoes going together. Not an intuitive combination, but an excellent one.
mm mmmm looks good- i used to drink that stuff!
