Kombucha

[meliffy18]

Has anyone tried this? My friend swears by this stuff and I'm curious to try it. Where can you find it?

[jdimascio]

Originally Posted by meliffy18

Has anyone tried this? My friend swears by this stuff and I'm curious to try it. Where can you find it?

Is this a drink? If so, I have tried it. My sister told me about it. her personal trainer drinks you, so I guess she wanted to try it...and then I was curious. It tastes good, there are different flavors. But, the price was enough to convince me not to try it again. I got it at whole foods. So I can't really tell you more than that. Maybe someone has more info regarding it's effects.

Apparently you can make it yourself too....

[atiman]

You can buy it in regular grocery stores that carry a natural food/health section. It's ~ $3.50 a bottle. Some flavors are good and others gross.

We drink it, but we make ours instead. I love it. The homemade is much better. We just bottled about 2.5 gallons. The next batch is currently fermenting.

[Pam_90]

Would you post the recipe, plz? Thanks!

[cokonkel]

Originally Posted by atiman

You can buy it in regular grocery stores that carry a natural food/health section. It's ~ $3.50 a bottle. Some flavors are good and others gross.

We drink it, but we make ours instead. I love it. The homemade is much better. We just bottled about 2.5 gallons. The next batch is currently fermenting.

This makes me think I should try it again. I bought some one time (I can't remember the flavor) and it was so disgusting. I have a pretty high tolerance for healthy stuff that may not taste all that great too! Which flavors would you say taste the best?

[NRG Woman]

I have gotten some at Whole Foods, on the advice of a friend who loves it. When it is on sale it is $2 a bottle, so that is not too much. You can also get a case discount if you buy a case including when it is on sale so the cost comes way down.

I really did not like it. I tried. I really did, but I never could get into it.

[kathryn]

Originally Posted by Pam_90

Would you post the recipe, plz? Thanks!

Making it involves having a "SCOBY" (shorthand for 'symbiotic combination of bacteria and yeast". It is the culture that kombucha comes from, and looks kind of like the body of a jellyfish. It's sometimes refered to as a 'muchroom,' but it's not). You can buy them, or get them from someone who makes kombucha (every time you make kombucha, the 'mother' culture creates a 'baby' which can be used as a mother in a new batch.)

Sometimes, these cultures form naturally in kombucha (I actually had some raw apple cider vinegar that formed a similar one in the bottle).

How To Make Kombucha

Here's a place where you can buy kits: Buy Kombucha Cultures: Mushroom Scoby & Kombucha Starter Kit

If you do a search for "buy kombucha culture," you'll find quite a bit more. You can also find kombucha starter kits on Etsy.

[Pam_90]

Thanks Kathryn for the info! I am going to try.