KOMBUCHA: trendy overpriced miracle beverage for 2008 - on shelves at a health food store near you

its tricky because you need to shake it a little bit to mix it up.

open it and have a few sips before shaking.

oh, i'll shake yr komboocha, mr.!!!
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i am liveblogging my first kombucha. it is a gingerade.

first sip, pretty good. i like. tza otm about emergen-c type fizz (which i dig).
second sip still pretty good.

now the smell test.
not a pond smell, more like cheese and old socks.

i shook before i opened, but it didn't explode. i'm going to shake again to get that sediment goodness off the bottom.

i saw ian's roommate's science project type jug. this seems far more palatable for a beginner.

I like the Synergy green one a lot.

but yes, the shit is insane overpriced

maaaannnn how do i shot kombucha in durham

i know this is some bullshit new age placebo effect, but i really do feel calmed down and focused. is that from the 1% alcohol?

what is this drink going to do to my pooper in two hours?

ya know what's cool? It's a symbiotic combination of yeasts and bacterias, not a fungus or mushroom.

also it has glucoronic acid which is what your liver uses to filter out toxins. we used to make it in a house I lived in back in like 1994. recently my roommate started a batch, but we couldn't drink it all fast enough.

And so, the desperate neverending search for a new taste sensation(!) continues.

Well, one does like to experience the varied bounty that the world offers.

swamp burp is.. interesting.

what is this drink going to do to my pooper in two hours?

^^it's been at least two hours, pooper update please.

maaaannnn how do i shot kombucha in durham

whole foods, back in the dairy case weirdly enough though they also have some up in the impulse buy/lunch packages/cold beer case up near the cash registers

this is the one down by ninth street

i drink raw milk (still legal in california, for now)

Do you mind if I ask why?

What the hell is kombucha supposed to do? I do like symbionts.

What the hell is kombucha supposed to do?

Taste great and mix well with Gin.

But I have four things in my fridge for this purpose. Koimbucha now categorized below "curiosity."

You can never have enough ways of drinking gin, and it is a really good Gin mixer.

I am thinking "surreptitiously, in public" might be a good new way for me to drink it.

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it's the opposite of a drink mixer

probiotics are detoxifiers, good for liver and kidneys. there's also a subtle yet real rush on ingestion, a little head-singing snap. I find myself able to skip coffee sometimes after a small cup. also, because it's a cleanser the effects are cumulative. good stuff to balance yourself out with after taking antibiotics.

brewing your own = x 5 times the effect of retail bottles as you'd expect, they got the taste right but the rush is tempered.

ahhhhh, Durham talk is makin' me crazy-homesick. if I told someone in Chapel Hill I didn't know where to get kombucha they'd probably do a spit-take right in my face. and then, because they would probably be drinking kombucha at the time, I guess I could just lick my face off and satisfy my curiosity.

My sophomore year, I had this awesome hippie student teacher (with dreads!). She brewed a batch of kombucha for me and put it in a pickle jar. Though its aftertaste reminded me of vinegar, i still liked it...then i got to that white organism.

i read a description of its taste at one point--that it was like an alcoholic peeing in your mouth

actually, i imagine it tastes a bit like this, yes

i had my first kombucha in chapel hill at the co-op! but anyway now im back in DC where kombucha is plentiful

i've been on a yerba mate kick but i'm probably way behind the curve on that

it makes me wired but the 2-hours-sleep frayed nerve type of wired, not for me.
funk a kombucha, a beverage has not truly arrived until it has its own pyramid scheme:
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a distant uncle is convinced he went into remission last year because of this stuff and basically made his house a shrine to xango. I don't want to just poopoo that, god bless whatever did it for him, but $25.00 + a bottle?????

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finance!

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removes rust!

Unexplained Severe Illness Possibly Associated with Consumption of Kombucha Tea -- Iowa, 1995, from the CDC:

http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00039742.htm

holy shit crazy christian former co-worker wont stop bombarding me with xango emails.

I think for the Xango price, the equivalent-priced bottle of scotch would do my spirits better.

the gt's gingerade flavor is awes. yea this shit is overpriced, but i think i could afford like one of these per week.

didnt read the thread, but you couldnt pay me to drink this fucken fagsauce

i used to brew this stuff at home in the mid-90s in a bucket. tasted ok but i don't think it was the health revelation i was hoping for.

Nastiest beverage I've ever tasted. That jellyfish shit in the bottom made my skin crawl.

i like this but oh say can you see the creeping influence of the RAW FOODS LOBBY on our overpriced organic supermarket culture??? oh noes!!!

i mean, i will totally drink this but mostly for taste reasons -- i like tangy, acidic, slightly fermented stuff

obviouslt the health benefits of the commercially available stuff is way overstate, but i don't really drink it for those reasons. e.g. i do not put brewers yeast into an goji-berry & algae smoothie/enema

plain yogurt's active cultures are much better for you.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:16 PM (1 year ago)

for people who have made kombucha: can you get it to be very carbonated?

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every day

That's my new favourite brand.

I've also discovered that kombucha can be useful at the end of a booze binge. Its mildly alcoholic nature (+ the sugar) tricks your body into thinking you're still drinking beers. But, the helpful microorganisms actually start helping out your gut!

kombucha and raw coconut water are going to put me in the poorhouse

I didn't know i was sick but drinking this every day has cured me

The ginger one

It's great for a hangover. Your body sort of thinks it's more booze.

I was into it but then I got food poisoning on the same day I drank some at lunch & now I can't touch it it makes me gag :/

yeah so good as a hangover cure, totally works imo

haha totally, i partied w/ my siblings pretty late and was feeling pretty rough the next day, i went out to my brother's farm where they brew jugs of homemade kombucha and water kefir and i drank a mix of the two all day and it helped a ton. i love that sour acidic effervescence, so tasty

a little weed helped the hangover too tbh