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chs9 · 07-17-2010, 03:08 PM

I've never brewed or even tasted kombucha before, but if all I need is a gallon jug and some cheese cloth I'll give it a try.

What do you guys recommend for some initial reading on the topic - I've found alot of voodoo/chiropracty/homeopathic/"Kombucha cured my cancer and regrew my amputated arm" kind of websites. I'm looking for facts, techniques, how to flavor it, that kind of thing.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

**weirdboy** · 07-17-2010, 03:26 PM

I was really confused by all the people trying to ferment kombucha (like, who would want to drink fermented seaweed tea?) until I just looked it up on wikipedia and found this:

Quote:

Japanese kombu 昆布 "a Laminaria kelp; sea tangle" is dried and powdered to produce a beverage called kombucha (literally "kelp tea"). The English kombucha fermented tea is pronounced similarly, and is confused with the Japanese kombucha seaweed tea.[3]

FromZwolle · 07-22-2010, 03:11 PM

http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~dna/kombucha.htm

http://www.wildfermentation.com/search.php

BillyGHusk · 07-22-2010, 04:59 PM

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f167/growing-scoby-gt-daves-kombucha-180988/