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Know about History of Kombucha at Happy Herbalist

Kombucha is fermented tea and sugar. Known as a SCOBY- Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeasts. It produces a semi-sweet, semi-sour, slightly carbonated and pleasant tasting tea. The Ancient Chinese referred to this elixir as the Tea of Immortality.

Kombucha is fermented tea and sugar. Known as a SCOBY- Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeasts. It produces a semi-sweet, semi-sour, slightly carbonated and pleasant tasting tea. The Ancient Chinese referred to this elixir as the Tea of Immortality.

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How is <strong>Kombucha</strong> made??<br />

<strong>Kombucha</strong>, also known as the Manchurian Mushroom, is a simple<br />

n<strong>at</strong>urally fermented culture, made with w<strong>at</strong>er, sugar and tea. Left<br />

alone this w<strong>at</strong>er, sugar, and tea mixture will n<strong>at</strong>urally ferment from<br />

any <strong>of</strong> the numerous airborne and ground organisms th<strong>at</strong> should<br />

find such a paradise. Most <strong>of</strong> the time mold results. The origins <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Kombucha</strong> has been <strong>at</strong>tributed to China - famous for its teas, (Cha)<br />

Wh<strong>at</strong> makes <strong>Kombucha</strong> unique is the domin<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> a few selected<br />

airborne Acetobacter with comp<strong>at</strong>ible yeasts, which crowd out and<br />

domin<strong>at</strong>e the stagnant, or left-over, or forgotten tea.

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