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Offering a variety of Kombucha teas in 750 and 500 ml bottles and home tea starter kits. The beverages are sold in returnable glass bottles. The tea starter kits consist of a pint of tea with SCOBY and complete instructions for making your own perpetual supply.

Kombucha is a simple fermented tonic of sweetened black, white or green tea and the pro-biotic magic of a yeast & bacteria colony- I lovingly refer to as a SCOBY. I use conventionally grown and organic teas, Sewanee water, and regular brown sugar.

This health beverage was first made in China centuries ago and is enjoyed worldwide. Tasting a little like hard apple cider or sweet mild apple cider vinegar, I recommend that you drink only 4 oz. at a time. Combine regular kombucha with your favorite fruit juice first thing in the morning. Drink the others just by themselves.

I have found after brewing this elixir for the last several months that summer ferments differ from winter ones. The cooler temperatures in my cellar promote a slow fermentation that produces a rounder milder tea. I have also come to filter, bottle and cork the tea after two weeks of active fermentation(separating it from the SCOBY), allowing the filtered tea to sit for another two weeks or more in corked bottles. The results have been wonderful. The tea develops a tiny bubble effervescence akin to sparkling wine (without the alcohol levels).

Personally I have drunk Kombucha every morning for almost a year. I would be happy to share what I have observed as health benefits to whomever is interested.