I have been waiting and waiting on this kombucha patty, which most refer to as a mushroom, to arrive. It finally arrived and I am in the process of creating my first Kombucha tea batch!
If you have never heard of Kombucha tea, let me just give you the highlights rather than a lengthy read. I may produce a little ebook later on the wonders of Kombucha tea, please let me know if you would be interested in that. But for now….just the highlights.
* Kombucha is 1,000’s of years old and has traveled the entire world. It must be kept alive by “feeding” it and has been kept alive for 1,000’s of years for its health benefits. In order for this to have been true and achievable, there is obviously something to it.
* If you can find bottled Kombucha tea, you will pay a pretty penny for its consumption. But I have excellents news for you all out there. You can provide this for basically pennies once you obtain the “mushroom” and provide a healthful drink for your family. Staying healthy I don’t believe should cost a fortune. And the even better news is with each batch of tea you make the orginal patty gives you a baby!!! Which you can use to double the recipe or give away! Give them away to family and friends so they too can improve the quality of their health.
* Kombucha is actually not a mushroom, but a symbiotic yeast and bacteria patty. Most refer to it as a mushroom because it does resemble one.
* Kombucha has a long list of beneficial products it creates during its fermentation process. You have to let the patty resting in the tea sit for 10-14 days for this process to occur. Then you drink the finished product while you are waiting on the next batch! It is a somewhat sweet and sour tasting drink, which you can control the taste of, depending on which day you stop the fermentation. If you stop it on day 10, it will be more sweet. On day 14 it will be more sour.
* To save yourself money on eating tons of pills to try to achieve health, you can make this tea and drink it regularly, and did I mention its basically free! Put that money you save into getting out debt, so as you are working towards your own health freedom, you can be navigating your way at the same time to your own financial freedom! Oh yeah!! Pay off those debts, its just a prison we put ourselves into!
* I’ll post along the way the progress and result of my first tea batch and share those with you. It does not like to be disturbed while it is making its divine tea, so I don’t want to interfere with that. On July 10, I may taste the mixuture and see if I will let it go another day. I’m thinking I will probably harvest the tea and stop the process on day 12 so as to get a balanced sweet and sour taste. I don’t like extremes, I like balance!
Have any of you heard of Kombucha before? Do you have any experience with this wonder of wonders? Please share your experiences with us. Would you like to learn more about it?
I am in the health field and have researched all I could find on the kombucha and was extremely impressed with its health benefits and the fact that one can acquire all these benefits for little to no money!! What a winner….:)
Happy 4th to you and yours! It is indepence day!.. 
No better way to live!
Belinda
