Kombucha Tea

By Lynn, on December 7th, 2007

I love pulling up my blog and seeing the beautiful pictures from my shopping trip yesterday, but life moves on and something else is on my mind this morning.

I made my Kombucha tea. It’s been brewing for 6 or 7 days, so yesterday I strained it and started a new batch. I drank about 3 ounces yesterday, 4 ounces today, and I am alive to tell about it. I am very careful with cleanliness because I have read stories about the dangers of contamination with bacteria if conditions are unsanitary.

That is what the “mushroom” looks like, though it’s really not a mushroom at all. It’s a combination of lichen, bacteria, and yeast. As this “mushroom” grows and propogates a baby mushroom — over and over and over — it releases nutrients into the tea including vitamins and other health-enhancing substances.

I have two jars of tea now, both in the refrigerator. Here is one on a shelf in my kitchen right before going into the ‘fridge.

I’m going to see how this goes. I have been drinking Kombucha for awhile, but I have been buying it. It’s expensive! I am glad to be able to make it myself. But, like I said, I’ll see how it goes.

Lynn

PS — PLEASE NOTE — I wanted to share that I no longer drink Kombucha tea. I drank it for a couple of weeks (the home brewed kind) but stopped due to worry over contamination and after reading some well-thought-out and written articles about the dangers that could arise from drinking Kombucha every day. Also, I think it may have affected my body pH adversely. I don’t know that for sure scientifically. Still, I feel better without the Kombucha. When I feel I need Kombucha, I’ll buy the commercially prepared kind and drink it judiciously.

Robert

December 8, 2007 at 4:34 am · Reply

Um, not sure about that tea. Kinda oogy.

But I wanted to tell you how much I liked the music on your blog.

I usually turn off music that automatically plays when I go to a site, but this is so nice that I had to listen for a while. It is a nice compliment to your wonderful blog.