Kombucha

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 22 Feb 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

le-mat	22 Feb 2003
Do you drink Kombucha? What are your emotional/physical/energetic/spiritual experiences?

Alissa	22 Feb 2003
I drank Kombucha about 8 years ago, for about 8 months straight. I never did feel anything different, unless I talked myself into feeling it that day. But that was me. I was stubbornly optimistic and kept at it until I got sick of the trouble of it. Hopefully others will have better tales to share ....

zorya	22 Feb 2003
here's a link to a kombucha web site for anyone wondering what they are talking about ;) http://w3.trib.com/~kombu/

rota	22 Feb 2003
I make kombucha for myself on a regular basis, about six gallons a year. (Although, I know it as kAmbucha... I understand it's spelled a bunch of different ways. The original word is supposedly Korean or Siberian.) It is to tea what sourdough is to regular bread: it's a drink brewed from tea and a culture that's supposed to be part bacillus/part fungus. I was told that it was a wonder tonic for practically any ailment, and that it did everything but cure death. Well, maybe... but what I found out was that I really dug how it tasted. As to health benefits, I don't know as I've noticed any. I have no more or less colds per year, for instance, and I'm still unable to fly or see through walls. It's a fermented sort of thing, but has an extremely low alcohol content -- even lower than near-beer. It's clear amber in color. It will pop in an exciting way when you release the cap from a bottle. Part bitter and part sweet, it's an acquired taste that I acquired right away. Health food stores often carry a pasteurized version of it in a tiny bottle. It's fairly expensive, and the pasterization necessary for a commercial product pretty much kills off any of its flavor, and it's too sweet, but you can get a sense of what it's like if you feel like picking up a bottle. My favorite use for it is in a breakfast smoothie. It perks up a mixture of fruit and vegetable juices in a wonderful way.

Kaz	23 Feb 2003
i have a great kombucha "plant" dunno what you call the it. the drink is quite healthy, but apart from that i dont notice anything, i like the taste of it, you can vary abit with different sorts of tea, so it tastes slightly different. ~kaz

le-mat	25 Feb 2003
i remember the first weeks... it made me feel really strong emotionally...

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