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Here's to Your Health:  Kombucha Anyone?  |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 2:25:08 PM
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I am so darn happy! I finally have a Kombucha mamma! I got it Wed. and made the tea Thursday. So in 10 days I will have tea for us to drink. I am so happy to have it. The girl I talked to about how to get it started told me when she was drinking it she had no acne. So I hope it will help my Dd. She has horrible under the skin acne alot due to strees and bad eating habits. Too much processed foods.
Anyway, I just wondered if any of you farmgirls have Kombucha. And does anyone know more about it and the benefits they've noticed? I would love to know more. I have googled and found some info but I would like to hear from some of you all.
Thanks, Kris
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 2:52:18 PM
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I know Alee does,I have wanted to get my hands on some. Just havent been able to. Let us know howit goes
Mama to 2
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
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Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2009 : 3:22:27 PM
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I love Kombucha! It's also a great detoxifier.Thats what I'm drinking right now.
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2009 : 3:42:39 PM
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Kombucha ( pronounced Kom-BOO-cha) is a handmade Chinese tea that is delicatley cultured for 30 days. During this time, essential nutrients form like: Active Enzymes, Viable probiotics, amino acids, antioxidants, and polyphenols. All of these combine to create an elixir that immediatley works with the body to restore balance and vitality.
Kombucha also supports-
Digestion
Metabolism
Immune system
Appetite Control
Liver function
Body Alkalinity
anti aging
cell intergrity
healthy skin and hair.
G.T. Dave (the guy who started kombucha) began bottling Kombucha in 1995 after his mother's success from drinking it during her battle with brest cancer.
Hope this helps!
Maggie |
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2009 : 8:51:14 PM
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Will let you know that Kombucha taste to some people like wine or vinegar. Its so good though!
Maggie |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2009 : 04:04:37 AM
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After reading about it in Nourishing Traditions I've been wanting to try it. I did buy a bottled type from the health food store. I wonder if the natural/home fermented is better?
I just got the book Kombucha Phenomenon by Betsy Pryor & Sanford Holst from the library.
Where did you order your Mother from? I haven't looked into purchasing one yet - I'm working on yogurt & kefir right now.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2009 : 04:40:37 AM
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This is the first time I have tried this. I got my mother from the farmer's market downtown Chattanooga. It is a mushroom looking thing that comes in about 2 cups of the original liquid. The girl I got it from said she'd e-mail directions but it was a few days later and I had to call someone else about what to do with it. I also looked on line. So many different ways.
So I was told to make a tea with about 6 tea bags. I saw that green or black teas are good. The lady I talked to said that it needs caffiene to work it. But I used green. Then add about 1 1/2-2 cups sugar. You can use succanot but it takes longer tfor the fermentation process. So you make enough to add to a gallon jug, preferably glass. and add to the mother. Oh, the tea has to be cool! Then cover with a cloth and rubberband and let sit 10 days. Now here is where it's kind of up to the individual as to when to use it. Do you want a sweet tea or the tangy vinegary taste? The longer it sits, the tangier it gets. And the more beneficial it is. Mine is still sweet after 7 days. I want the tangy tea.
Also keep it at least 75 degrees. And it will attract those pesky fruit flies by the thousands. It was driving me crazy so I had to put the jug out in the laundry room.
Also I thought there was a mold forming on the top of the mother so I took it out. It wasn't mold! In the book Wild Fermentation he says after a few days a skin will form on the top of the mother and that is the beginning of the baby Kombucha. So now I hope she makes another one. That's what you take off with about 2 cups of starter to give away.
When you are ready to use the tea, you strain all but 2 cups of the liquid and drink 4 oz. in the morning on an empty stomach. And you start all over with the same process.
I am waiting on mine to be ready. I have heard so many good things about this. But have also read that it has never been actually proven that this works and to check with your doctor and all that. But the girl I talked to said while she was drinking it she had no acne. I hope it will help my DD. She gets the under the skin acne that hurts so bad and swells.
Sorry this is so long. I was just so exited to see the interest in it. But it can be ordered or you can ask at health food stores or word of mouth gets alot of info, too. Good luck in finding it.
I'll have to go check out that book now, Deb. Thanks.
Kris
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Edited by - kristin sherrill on Sep 10 2009 04:45:57 AM |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2009 : 05:12:16 AM
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I really like the fizz
A certain company makes this and is bottled, so when i'm not in the mood to make our own, i'll buy a few bottles.
They come in a variety of flavors too. My favorites are the grape and another is spirulina. That is a green one that looks like you are drinking grass clipppings. It's still really tasty though.
And if you are already used to sipping apple cider vinegar, its not all bad.
I just can't drink it first thing in the morning |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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ZenGoddess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Cindy
MO
USA
613 Posts |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2009 : 10:57:27 AM
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I just got another e-mail from the girl I got it from. She said it will form another one. And she's even left hers on the counter to get fizzy with a lid on and it's formed another without the mother in the jar. So that's nice to know. She also said she'd give me another if I ever need it free of charge!
Now I wonder if I can change the tea to black if I have used green. Anyone know this?
Kris
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2009 : 12:51:35 PM
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Hi Deb, I don't think theres any diffrence if you get it from the health food store or make it yourself.
Maggie |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 12:13:53 PM
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ditto
Both offer the same benifits
one is just way cheaper as the one in the stores can cost close to 3-4.00 per bottle |
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Sep 12 2009 : 07:40:19 AM
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Kris,
Please put me on the list for adoption!
Let me know what the adoption fees will be!
KarenP
"Purest Spring Water in the World" |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4737 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Sep 12 2009 : 07:49:16 AM
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I would like to get this for my 24 year old son. He has acne problems, especially when he gets upset. I'll check out our health food stores and see if I can find it. Thanks for telling us so much about it!
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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
612 Posts
Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
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Posted - Sep 12 2009 : 08:50:45 AM
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I had never heard of it but while shopping at Whole Foods yesterday, I bought a bottle of the citrus flavor. It really does taste like vinegar! I can't drink the whole bottle at one time so I take a swig a little at a time. LOL
LynnMarie
Bringing the Past Back to Life
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Sep 12 2009 : 10:35:44 AM
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I just strained my tea and will start a new batch again. I found some Earl Gray black tea bags I'll use this time. There is a white thing on top of the mother and I am guessing that's a new baby. I have no idea how to ship it so I will get in touch with the girl I got it from and see what she says. I know I will need 3 for us. Because it will have to last 10 days and there will be 3 of us drinking it. It was fizzy when I poured it in the new jug. And has a slight sweet-sour taste. Not bad. But I was told to drink it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. So I will have to wait now til tomorrow. I love how it smells. And there are no fruit flies in the laundry room!
I hope ya'll can find some, but if not I will see if it's ok to give out Rachel's e-mail for ya'll to contact her about getting some from her. She's in Tennessee.
Kris
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Tammyb
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Tammy
Bluffton
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2009 : 5:37:13 PM
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I love this tea .... mine tastes great and not like vinegar at all.
Tammyb
Live to leave a legacy
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faithmarie
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
faith
wappingers falls
new york
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2009 : 6:02:14 PM
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I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is so good for digestion! My husband gets acid reflux sometimes now that we are older and when he has this before bed he doesn't get the acid reflux any more! There is one we get called high country and even lower in sugar and no caffeine as some do.
They are my favorite drink. I love ginger and goji berry and aloe. They are my favorites.
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