The Kombucha Community

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About The Kombucha Community

This is a community to post photo's / share your experience / ask questions in regards to Kombucha tea and its brewing process. I just noticed one didn't exist, so I made one.

What is Kombucha Tea?:

Kombucha is a bacterial/yeast culture known as the Kombucha mushroom (although not actually a mushroom). Tea and sugar are fermented with the Kombucha culture. This produces the ‘live’ beverage that is known to promote well being. When Kombucha is thoroughly and correctly fermented, it consists of acetic acid, carbonic acid, vitamins C, B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, B15, various beneficial enzymes and essential amino acids, folic acid, gluconic acid and lactic acid, as well as usnic acid – a natural product of fermentation, suppressing development of micro-organisms not belonging to the Kombucha culture. Kombucha will have a slightly acidic taste, since through the fermentation process the sugar is converted first into alcohol and subsequently into valuable lactic and other soluble organic acids.