Sunday, January 07, 2007

Kombucha

Lisbeth has been making her Kombucha tea today. What is Kombucha? It's a slightly sparkling golden-coloured drink made from a live culture. It is believed to have amazing health-giving properties and you can make at home.

By live culture, I mean a live mushroomy sort of thing that sits - or floats - for 6-10 days in approximately two and a half litres of a sugar/tea mixture. This liquid is strained off and bottled for drinking and the live culture transferred into a new sugar/tea mixture to sit and do its stuff for another 6-10 days.

Here are some sites for more info:
http://www.kombuchatea.co.uk/index.asp
http://www.kombuchapilz.de/english/kombuchasupply.htm
http://69.50.214.234/69.50.214.234/kombucha-america.com/gwfrankarticle.htm

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