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Calling all tea lovers! Did you know, Kombucha is a highly popular effervescent, sweetened and FERMENTED tea? Made from green or black tea, bacteria and yeast ferments the tea for a fun twist in taste. Besides being adventurous, one should drink this for the fabulous health benefits that these friendly microbes offer us. The acetic bacteria's richness in antioxidants and probiotics aid in gut and skin health and plays a role in preventing an impressive number of diseases.
It is thought to originate in china but you can actually make this magic drink at home with store bought kombucha and some master fermentation skills! It dates back 2000 years and is made from fermenting tea with a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.
It is the probiotic drink product with the quickest growth rate in the industry due to its notable expansion in both industrial-scale manufacturing and consumption. It is also used as a starter culture to ferment other food products in industry. Let the tea leaves brew with sugar and after cooling, kombucha from a microbial mat is added and is incubated at room temp for +- 10 days.
It's all good in moderation. Consuming too much of kombucha may cause adverse side effects. The acid could cause tooth erosion, excess caffeine could cause high blood pressure or heartburn and over drinking it could cause risk of infection for compromised immune systems. Kombucha can be harmful if poor environmental conditions lead to contamination which causes toxicity. Over fermentation also causes harmful effects as new and uninvited bacteria start to brew and grow in the magic tea.
Kombucha is made from SCOBY (Symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast). The fermentation occurs with lactic acid and acetic acid bacteria. Lactobacillus and Acetobacter are examples of the bacteria used in the process of fermentation. Lactobacillus is gram positive and non spore forming. It has been proven to prevent pathogenic bacterial infections in the body. It is found in milk and even the human gut. When oxygen is present, ethanol can be converted to acetic acid by acetic acid bacteria.
follow the link below for the health benefits of kombucha tea. The ingredients are married and the product is probiotics, the secret ingredient to a happy and healthy gut.
1. https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/what-are-the-benefits-of-drinking-kombucha.h00-159542901.html#:~:text=Kombucha%20is%20a%20fermented%20drink,to%20keep%20your%20gut%20healthy.
2. https://www.kombuchakamp.com/top-5-signs-of-a-healthy-kombucha-brew#:~:text=It%20may%20take%20a%20couple,a%20healthy%20SCOBY%20and%20KT.
