― JW, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Kombucha the baddest tea ever!!!!is the Western name for sweetened tea or tisane that has been fermented by a macroscopic solid mass of microorganisms called a "kombucha colony," usually consisting principally of Bacterium xylinum and yeast cultures.
― JW, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 05:18 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link
plain yogurt's active cultures are much better for you.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 01:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 02:02 (seventeen years ago) link
does kombucha give you swastika shaped poo in pog form??
― JW, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 03:01 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― daria-g, Thursday, 12 April 2007 22:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 12 April 2007 23:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― 69, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link
I tried it today for the first time. I think I'm a believer! Made my hangover go away!!
Magic elixir!
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 07:36 (sixteen years ago) link
My teacher made some for me...Not terrible, but it tasted like vinegar at times.
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 07:45 (sixteen years ago) link
The popular alternative metal band System of a Down references Kombucha in the song "Sugar" on their self-titled album. Lead vocalist Serj Tankian screams, "The Kombucha Mushroom people sitting around all day."
-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:18 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link
HI JON I READ WIKIPEADIA 2
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 08:43 (sixteen years ago) link
yum num om nom gurgle gurgle sip sip ahhhhhhhhhhh
― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
was scared of this for a long time but i actually really like the flavor
― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
nothing is better than the first sipsies of a gingerade bloomin in yr face
― 69, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i can fuck w multigreen too
the tiny little "magic kombucha" bottles are bullshit
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i havent tried anything but GTznutz
― 69, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
im thinkin of goin homegrown when i hit cali
isn't that a good way 2 get sick
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
but at least if i do get sick ill be able to afford medicine cause i wont be droppin four bucks a bottle
― 69, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
my Kombucha died :(
it'd been brewing stronger & stronger for 8 months, then in december one brew came out weaker, and the next one after that, the culture was no longer floating on the surface, sinking dying
so I called the friends I'd given my Kombucha babies out to, to see if I could get one in return, and all three of them had the same story. none of us keep our kitchens heated and it's been a very very cold winter, is the theory, but now we are without our cultures
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
RIP baby kombuchas
― tehresa, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
kombuchi?
kombuchacaust
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
is baby kombucha kombuchina?
― tehresa, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
pete you are really going to Cali? also, how do I shot gingerade in this town? whole foods near my work used to have it but always seems to be sold out while all the other flavors are still there.
― daria-g, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah dude oct1
places i cop: - whole foods (they just had a sale on it last week, shelves should be replenished this wkd) - yes! organic market (adams morg/clev pk) - daily market (CT and K) - java green (19th and K) - umd coop - tp/ss coop
― 69, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
making kombucha is hard. we could never get carbonation going. you can't really get sick from it though.
― artdamages, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
bry(3 h@ckf0rd's dad fucked up his stomach from too much kombucha!
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
how many gallons did he drink?
― artdamages, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:25 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=651
http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00039742.htm
http://www.thirdage.com/ebsco/files/21783.html
― remy bean, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
this is what Mindy Kaling has to say about kombucha: "man, it is expensive, and also it kind of tastes like an alcoholic is peeing in your mouth."
sorry, kombucha lovers.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
who is this mindy person and why does her opinion matter over my own?
― elmo argonaut, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
it doesn't, but she preemptively ruined kombucha for me, is all I'm saying.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i'll show you my manchurian mushroom
― remy bean, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
There is also one report of Kombucha becoming infected with anthrax and passing along the infection to an individual who rubbed it on his skin to alleviate pain. Apparently, anthrax from nearby cows got into the Kombucha mixture and grew luxuriantly.
― 69, Thursday, 24 January 2008 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
i like the TRILOGY by GTS (or GT's, can never remember).
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
spotted on l train tonight: girl drinking orange kombucha drink between bites of CANNOLI!
― tehresa, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
tza gets paid an additional $7.50 for every 1,000 pageviews
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link
this is my kombucha alternative
2 pints whole milk 4 tablespoons malt powder 3 tablespoons sugar 6 shots whisky 2 vanilla pods, scored and the seeds scraped out
Heat up the milk and whisk in the malt, sugar to taste, whisky, vanilla seeds and pods. Whisk up, then, if you have a cappuccino frother, whiz up to make some lovely froth.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:49 (13 hours ago) Link
this was the first one i tried, and i cant do it. the only berry one i like is gingerberry, and i think that largely succeeds on the basis of the ginger cutting down the acidity of the berry juice...
― 69, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I stand by my earlier post that enzymes and bacteria in plain yogurt and fermented soy/tofu (sorry to get all j-food but: natto, tofuyo, etc.) are more healthy for you than kombucha.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i can't really get down with the natto. can't they just make a delicious beer that has all the necessary enzymes?
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i feel like i can perceive the effects of kombucha better than those of yogurt, though!
― 69, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 18:04 (sixteen years ago) link
69,
for you i think it's the detox properties. :-P
SS
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
oh damn
― 69, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
is it always gross or are certain flavors better? just tried gt's mystic mango and it smelled like swamp ass
― am0n, Thursday, 7 February 2008 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
gingerade>>gingerberry>>>>>>>>>mystic mango>original=cosmic cranberry>trilogy=multi-green>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>anything else
― 69, Thursday, 7 February 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
gingerade is def the least vinegary
― remy bean, Thursday, 7 February 2008 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I stand by my earlier post that enzymes and bacteria in plain yogurt and fermented soy/tofu are more healthy for you than kombucha.
oh my fucking god you dudes
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
he mean huge healthy stools, tom
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
so huge
― 69, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
just don't anybody admit to having a shit diary
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I wonder if I took a photo of the "shit log" from the basement of the library in college. That was a bathroom stall that should have been made into an XLS!
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
irish dave said he wanted to start a poo blog, tom
― 69, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
http://flickr.com/photos/7859014@N04/2245354741/
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
asfdafkl;asf
― sleep, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
XP
― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 7 February 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
LO-LO
― 69, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
-- remy bean, Thursday, February 7, 2008 2:59 PM
thats exactly what it smelled like, i just couldn't place it. anyway avoid the mango one
― am0n, Friday, 8 February 2008 04:47 (sixteen years ago) link
DO NOT SNIFF IT
― sanskrit, Friday, 8 February 2008 05:25 (sixteen years ago) link
i have found that citrus is the most likely to explode
― gr8080, Friday, 8 February 2008 06:07 (sixteen years ago) link
trying the cranberry flavor right now -- quite tangy and a tad bitter, but i kinda like it
― elmo argonaut, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck u!
― am0n, Saturday, 9 February 2008 04:45 (sixteen years ago) link
let me smell yo kombucha
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 9 February 2008 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
ok I am drinking this now
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't get the big deal besides it is not as fun as cricket green tea cola. The "1 billion organisms" thing on the back strikes me as a bit round
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i had one today too, it was nice i guess? i dont really get why i should want to pay $4.50 for it
― sleep, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
aside from the fact that it will ward off cancer and balding obvs
― sleep, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
none of us keep our kitchens heated and it's been a very very cold winter, is the theory, but now we are without our cultures
you must feel like Hannibal
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
The "1 billion organisms" thing on the back strikes me as a bit round
-- El Tomboto, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:10 (Yesterday) Link
LOLOLOL love u dogg
― 69, Monday, 11 February 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i watched my friend's roommate brew kombucha today, it was gross.
― Jordan, Monday, 25 February 2008 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Steve Shasta, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:10 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Link
OTM OTM OTM
― sanskrit, Monday, 25 February 2008 04:16 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry to get all j-food
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 25 February 2008 04:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i found it for (barely) under $4 near my house wau. still too expensive!
― tehresa, Monday, 25 February 2008 04:24 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah but sometimes the idea of more yogurt does not sound intersting and you crave a GINGERADE
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 25 February 2008 05:04 (sixteen years ago) link
im getting ready to brew my own, will liveblog
― 69, Monday, 25 February 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
will not actually liveblog
― 69, Monday, 25 February 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
RETURN OF THE KOMBUCHA GLUG GLUG
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
coffeeshop in town carries some brand of this stuff now!
― mh, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
the goji berry one is good and was only ("only") $3.89
― get bent, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
but i also had some blueberry goat milk yogurt along with it so now i am SUPER HEALTHY
― get bent, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
hallo I would like some kombucha babies plz
― Dan I., Wednesday, 2 April 2008 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
what brand is that?
― 69, Thursday, 3 April 2008 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
high country
http://www.hckombu.com/products.html
― get bent, Thursday, 3 April 2008 02:16 (sixteen years ago) link
69 how does your kombucha grow?
― tehresa, Thursday, 3 April 2008 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
in his mouf with aplomb
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 3 April 2008 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
oh you said grow
BAD KARMA TO SELL THESE SHITS? http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/for/625511176.html
― sanskrit, Thursday, 3 April 2008 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i feel like it should be like sourdough starter - sharing is caring.
― tehresa, Thursday, 3 April 2008 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i had mono all march, so i didnt get started yet :(
― 69, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:47 (sixteen years ago) link
ooh kissing girls!
― sanskrit, Thursday, 3 April 2008 11:31 (sixteen years ago) link
chat with MD bud echoing statements above:
[15:04] vc: you want salt and simple sugars [15:04] vc: then yogurt [15:04] vc: you need to start replacing the flora [15:05] vc: you need something that has l. bacillus [15:05] vc: and acidophillus [15:06] SS: what about kombucha [15:06] vc: i don't dislike kombucha [15:06] vc: but i think the craze over it is a crock of shit
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 28 July 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
where did your gut flora go?
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 28 July 2008 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i killed all of mine about 2 years ago (to prep for having a big piece of my large intestine removed) and i still don't feel right.
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 28 July 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
do you eat yogurt?
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 28 July 2008 23:31 (fifteen years ago) link
not enough, apparently
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
mission: eradicate fungus underway
― Kramkoob (Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃), Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i just belched gingerade kombucha and it tasted like a big carrot
― 69, Monday, 10 November 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
gingerade kombucha = the real reason I am moving to america
― Spritz con Bitter (Ed), Monday, 10 November 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://culiblog.org/2008/12/michel-blazys-microbial-art/
― mh, Thursday, 18 December 2008 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Whole Foods says adios to Kombucha:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/17/food/d153303D80.DTL&type=food
RIP $4 questionable health beverage
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 19 June 2010 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I went to buy a kombucha yesterday at whole foods and there wasn't any and I asked them why and they told me so I attempted to throw myself in front of an oncoming car
give me back my kombucha damn you all
― get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Saturday, 19 June 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Local overpriced upscale grocery has lots of kombucha brands still. I want one right about now.
― postmodern infidel(ity) (mh), Saturday, 19 June 2010 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
It's not hard to make.If you don't think the health benefits are worth $4/tiny bottle (they aren't) you can make it and check the potential benefits for free. I have plenty of mothers to give away but I make mine in gallon jars so the girls have a large surface area. Takes a while to get the hang of it-vinegary home kombucha is dud. I'm still alive 2.5 years after doc expected me to croak so kombucha and NN diet get a big a+ from me. Also weed. Also neti. 3/3 for this board apparently.
― soviet, Sunday, 20 June 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
what about cycling???????????
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 21 June 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
you're sweet for asking but this isn't the cycling board.
― soviet, Monday, 21 June 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i've had great success making kombucha (it's easy), and i think it tastes better than GT's. if anyone in nyc wants a mother i can give you one.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
man this post just made me really happy!
― get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
speaking of wings i am late to the party but my hungover self bought some overpriced organic chicken wings and assorted marbled cheeses at whole foods this morning JUST TO GET A $3 GINGERADE. of course i am late to the party (do keep up) so i was cursing at the pee water coco vita replacement. the hirsute cashier informed me that the FDA has banned all kombucha sales because they weren't able to control alcohol levels in it.
i'm relieved to see Synergy's business model isn't completely dead in the water, but i'm not paying $7 at a bodega.
― sanskrit, Monday, 19 July 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Williams-Sonoma Kombucha Kit
we've crossed something in society
― mh, Monday, 19 November 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
kit includes only stupid fruit flavors, no unflavored tea version or MULTI GREEN
― mh, Monday, 19 November 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
itt drinking garbage
― ╔囧╗╔囧╝╚囧╝╚囧╗╔囧╗ (am0n), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
going to start a kombucha lab this weekend, here's to hoping I don't blow anything up
― mh, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
I am now hooked on this. It's a big city drink though. Not available in small towns. Tried Synergy and Buddah's Brew and love it! LOVE IT!
― *tera, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
However, started to feel mildly sicky and felt grumpy in a weird way today. Read about detoxing etc and figured I had some of that going on since I juice too.
― *tera, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 06:26 (eleven years ago) link
bilberry flav is rly good ... i bought it as a wild impulse, i am v surprised. it is multigreenesque !
― schlump, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 23:08 (seven years ago) link
i rly wd appreciate some guidance on what else is good since it is such a Flavor Universe now. i had hibiscus ginger which is only okay. also i went to SF & saw a double-size bottle of gingerade. very powerful scene.
― schlump, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
all the supermarkets here are at war & it has pushed the price of supermarket-provenance-GTS down to a citywide $3. wonderful. just a great time to be alive.
― schlump, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 23:11 (seven years ago) link
i also read thishttp://www.inc.com/magazine/201503/tom-foster/the-king-of-kombucha.htmlsort of expecting the guy to be unbearable but eventually feeling moved to write a long whitmanesque cycle of poems in his honour. he is like a kind of 21c johnny appleseed character almost. a new age fermentation-centric john henry.
― schlump, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 23:12 (seven years ago) link
i also saw a v g william leavitt film where one of the characters is describing a sports drink with kombucha in, & another character says, kombucha?, as in like [that fermented drink ???], & the guy says, yes!,
it's slime energy!
so now i think of kombucha as slime energy
― schlump, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 23:14 (seven years ago) link
had some brand called "rise" in canada that was good
had some kombucha from a place that had it on tap because it seemed like a thing that should be done for the experience
― mh, Thursday, 14 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
no joke my office has rise on tap 24/7
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 14 July 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
your intestinal well-being is important
see how many gallons you have to drink to get a buzz off the residual alcohol content
― mh, Thursday, 14 July 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
wait the guy's name is three first names in a row
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 14 July 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
his parents were into lotus position sex and had a spiritual advisor and couldn't come up with something better than george thomas dave? very fishy
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 14 July 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
not comfortable w the distortion involved in 'three first names in a row', this not crazy compared to the norm of ... two first names in a row; it is the first name as a last name that is the punctum here. but also-
i gt dave is coolii if one were to look for weirdnesses abt him i feel like there is richer terrain, cf the artice describing his appearance as somewhat 'photoshopped'
― schlump, Thursday, 14 July 2016 23:52 (seven years ago) link
Health-Ade's Cayenne Cleanse, wow
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 24 July 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link