• Apr. 30, 2008 - Kombucha Update
I have begun making our very own kombucha! Kombucha is a cultured drink that begins its life as sweetened black tea. A kombucha culture ( AKA mother, SCOBY, mushroom) is added and it's allowed to sit at room tempature for 4 to 10 days, depending on how you like it made. The mother consumes the tea and sugar, changing the liquid into kombucha.
I have found that 10 day is a little too vinegar-y for us, but five day is perfect. I have two big kombucha fans among our Lambies. Several others think it not too bad. Even the child that turned up her nose and had to be threatened into taking a couple of teaspoons of it as a supplement will now drink a couple of ounces happily.
I have been drinking four or five oz. daily, slowly building up. I haven't noticed a great deal of difference in how I feel, but have only been using it for a week. I am making about a gallon every five days, but it's not lasting between us all, so I am upping my production.
I have even had a mother to share already!
Here are some comments about kombucha from the Lambies:
EmBlem: "It smells kind of like beer, but tastes like ...well, it's ok. I give it a 5 out of 10."
GirlofGod: "I could drink drink a full cup a day."
Spidey: "It doesn't smell like beer! It tastes very, very yummy and good! I'd drink a gallon a day, it's so good!"
Trixie: "Smells like beer but tastes like apple cider. It's an A+!" (She's the one who almost died when I first made her take some. She dramatically clutched her throat and rolled her eyes and literally cried while she held it in her mouth, refusing to drink it...The next day she took it happily).
Polly: "It is not that good at first, but better later, it tastes like apple cider. It was the goodest it could ever get the last drink I took. I want Momma to make more."
Jack: "It's good and it's yummy, delicious and yummy and I like it."
Missy: " Kombucha like" with a big smile (translates into "I like Kombucha").
Troubles: "I like kombucha...1, 2, 3, 4, 5," (when asked how much kombucha he wants.
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Posted by Tiffany 
• May. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment
I have wanted to try Kombucha for a long time. I'd love to know how you got yours started. We tried kefir a few times, but no one in my family can handle the taste. Kombucha sounds so interesting.
Ali