It looks like a bad science experiment sitting on the counter as it ferments, but my husband took a beautiful picture of it because he wanted me to put it on my blog. Here 'tis.
The thing floating in the tea is the starter culture, usually called a "mushroom." Kombucha is apparently an ancient beverage of Russia and Asia and also purportedly full of healthy bacteria like yogurt. Maybe, maybe not, but my family loves something refreshing when the heat gets going. The way my mint is coming up, it won't be long before we have mint tea too.
That is a beautiful picture! I do believe that in a couple days we're going to have our first sweet mint tea of the year. Happy Spring!
ReplyDeleteYou may have to tell us more. I've heard some about the health benefits of this stuff, but have never heard the flavor described...sounds yummy...and fizz?! Fun!
ReplyDeleteAnd hey, we haven't had 90's here yet at all!
So, ok, back in college a friend of mine had this huge scare because her dad's Kombucha tea became infected with bacteria. . .do you know anything about that or how to keep something like that form happening? I love sun tea and have been advised against brewing it because of similar concerns. Just curious.
ReplyDeleteLooks good to me--and I like the fact that it fizzes!
SIF, I haven't heard of kombucha becoming infected, but it's new to me.
ReplyDeleteIsn't sun tea just a big jar of water with tea bags set in the sun, so the heat brews the tea? I can't imagine that it would grow something gross in less than 12 hours.