Comments on: Kombucha Health Benefits http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: BobbyJay http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-1061650 BobbyJay Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:03:46 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-1061650 Double fermenting, Well here is what I do and it is a rave where ever I share it. I brew my kombucha as directed. Then during the bottling process I do this: I cut thre to four piece of raw ginger per bottle, then I add rasberry perserves, place one bag of my favorite tea (we like Hazelnut)Place it in a dark corner of the cabinet, let it sit two to three days, Put it in the refrigerator for 2 days. Yummie Double fermenting, Well here is what I do and it is a rave where ever I share it. I brew my kombucha as directed. Then during the bottling process I do this: I cut thre to four piece of raw ginger per bottle, then I add rasberry perserves, place one bag of my favorite tea (we like Hazelnut)Place it in a dark corner of the cabinet, let it sit two to three days, Put it in the refrigerator for 2 days. Yummie

]]> By: Jenn http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-898573 Jenn Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:32:11 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-898573 Nevermind! All of my questions above, I found an answer to here: http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-brew-kombucha-double-fermentation-method/ Thank you so much! Nevermind! All of my questions above, I found an answer to here:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-brew-kombucha-double-fermentation-method/

Thank you so much!

]]> By: Jenn http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-898449 Jenn Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:22:29 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-898449 Thank you for a wonderful post! I should have known that it was so easy, but *seeing* it really helps to connect the dots (visual learner here). So, after reading all of the comments, I have a couple questions, being fairly new to fermenting anything in general. - What do you do with the thick stuff that grows on top? Pitch it, or is that now your new starter? - To make the next batch, do I just pour some already brewed kombucha into a new glass, or...? I can't quite make the picture in my mind of what the follow on steps are for perpetuating the culture. - How do you drink it? Pour straight from the fermenting jar, or do I need to transfer it to a storage jar before refrigerating? - Can I ferment it using a clean canning jar and covering it with the bpa-free platic jar lids, or does it need air flow through the towel to ferment? Sorry for the no-doubt obvious questions that are still a mystery to this newbie, but I am so thankful for anyone who can draw me a step-by-step picture. I have some serious arthritis, and if kombucha does even half of what yall are saying, well...I'd be forever grateful. Blessings, Jenn Thank you for a wonderful post! I should have known that it was so easy, but *seeing* it really helps to connect the dots (visual learner here).

So, after reading all of the comments, I have a couple questions, being fairly new to fermenting anything in general.
- What do you do with the thick stuff that grows on top? Pitch it, or is that now your new starter?
- To make the next batch, do I just pour some already brewed kombucha into a new glass, or…? I can’t quite make the picture in my mind of what the follow on steps are for perpetuating the culture.
- How do you drink it? Pour straight from the fermenting jar, or do I need to transfer it to a storage jar before refrigerating?
- Can I ferment it using a clean canning jar and covering it with the bpa-free platic jar lids, or does it need air flow through the towel to ferment?

Sorry for the no-doubt obvious questions that are still a mystery to this newbie, but I am so thankful for anyone who can draw me a step-by-step picture. I have some serious arthritis, and if kombucha does even half of what yall are saying, well…I’d be forever grateful.

Blessings,
Jenn

]]> By: Deb http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-880625 Deb Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:45:59 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-880625 Amen from another Deb! Amen from another Deb!

]]> By: Mike http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-866774 Mike Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:04:08 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-866774 Great article and I loved reading all of the comments and testimonials of how Kombucha has been healing people! I can't imagine life without it at this point. I didn't see anyone mention this yet so I wanted to toss out a warning to any would be Kombucha consumers. Certain brands of Kombucha (EX: Kombucha Wonder Drink and Carpe Diem, made by Red Bull) are tempting to customers due to lower price points, or more mild taste however these are PASTEURIZED products! The entire point of pasteurization is to kill any living bacteria, which is usually a good thing, but in the case of Kombucha it kills all of the probitoics. These companies do this to ensure the culture won't continue to ferment thus making it easier and cheaper to transport and store as it doesn't need to be refrigerated and cannot become alcoholic if mishandled. Some could question the integrity or competency of a company that would market the health benefits of a probiotic living tea in which they have killed all of the probiotics. Drink raw, drink local! Mike Great article and I loved reading all of the comments and testimonials of how Kombucha has been healing people! I can’t imagine life without it at this point.

I didn’t see anyone mention this yet so I wanted to toss out a warning to any would be Kombucha consumers. Certain brands of Kombucha (EX: Kombucha Wonder Drink and Carpe Diem, made by Red Bull) are tempting to customers due to lower price points, or more mild taste however these are PASTEURIZED products! The entire point of pasteurization is to kill any living bacteria, which is usually a good thing, but in the case of Kombucha it kills all of the probitoics. These companies do this to ensure the culture won’t continue to ferment thus making it easier and cheaper to transport and store as it doesn’t need to be refrigerated and cannot become alcoholic if mishandled. Some could question the integrity or competency of a company that would market the health benefits of a probiotic living tea in which they have killed all of the probiotics.

Drink raw, drink local!

Mike

]]> By: Deb http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-755586 Deb Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:20:42 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-755586 Of course the medical community will continue to depress any good that is based on a healthy product that seems to be wildly popular and they will probably not do any research unless they can make money on it. They would rather have us be unhealthy and continue to milk us for every penny using their meds which always have side affects and thus continues an endless cycle to the doctors office and more meds to combat the affects of the other drugs used. People need to wake up and start leading a healthier lifestyle eating unprocessed ,organic and natural high nutrient foods and being active before problems begin. Of course the medical community will continue to depress any good that is based on a healthy product that seems to be wildly popular and they will probably not do any research unless they can make money on it. They would rather have us be unhealthy and continue to milk us for every penny using their meds which always have side affects and thus continues an endless cycle to the doctors office and more meds to combat the affects of the other drugs used. People need to wake up and start leading a healthier lifestyle eating unprocessed ,organic and natural high nutrient foods and being active before problems begin.

]]> By: Terrell http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-746447 Terrell Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:07:17 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-746447 Hi, LUV your site! I have always had a question about Kombucha that maybe you can help me with. Everywhere it says Kombucha has been around for thousands of years. My question is, what was used to ferment prior to the creation of refined sugar (which has not been around that long)? Honey? Thanks! Hi, LUV your site! I have always had a question about Kombucha that maybe you can help me with. Everywhere it says Kombucha has been around for thousands of years. My question is, what was used to ferment prior to the creation of refined sugar (which has not been around that long)? Honey? Thanks!

]]> By: Shawn http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-676814 Shawn Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:03:52 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-676814 You can get them pretty much for free from someone in your area. I give them away, and there is a link on my blog to find others like me almost everywhere in the world, same with kefir grains :-) You can get them pretty much for free from someone in your area. I give them away, and there is a link on my blog to find others like me almost everywhere in the world, same with kefir grains :-)

]]> By: Will Rosshirt http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-543077 Will Rosshirt Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:26:08 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-543077 Oh, and I started my scobie from the last quarter inch of dregs from two store bought kombucha bottles that I dribbled into my sugar-tea. I forgot to cross my fingers, but it grew nonetheless. Oh, and I started my scobie from the last quarter inch of dregs from two store bought kombucha bottles that I dribbled into my sugar-tea. I forgot to cross my fingers, but it grew nonetheless.

]]> By: Will Rosshirt http://www.foodrenegade.com/kombucha-health-benefits/#comment-543076 Will Rosshirt Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:21:23 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=116#comment-543076 Case study: Self: Two thanksgivings ago I woke up limping for no reason, and the next day my elbow had developed tendinitis. I had to stop rock climbing entirely, and could only practice a seriously modified yoga, with a 90 degree arm bend in anything supported by my upper body, and nothing remotely torquing the knee. It turned out to be caused by a serious gluten intolerance that leaves me unable to consume any grains (yea, even the non-gluten ones) without setting off an autoimmune reaction that targets my joint cartilage primarily on my left body. I began to heal quickly after finally eliminating rice from my diet, the last grain holdout, but I only reached about 80% previous joint stability and strength. A month after starting to regularly brew and consume my own kombucha I noticed a striking .lack. of unpleasant sensation in my knee even after intense activity. Another month and I'm climbing harder than I did before and can do about anything I want in my yoga practice. I'm quite certain that it is kombucha that has made the difference since I've done nothing else differently outside of my already very clean diet, and have increased the intensity of my exercise regimen. Previously I rode a roller coaster of pain abatement and recursion. Past improvements were much shorter in duration and eroded far faster, changing with the days. I've been drinking a wine glass worth of kombucha two or three times a day before meals for about two and a half months and I've experienced only shadows of my previous difficulties even after accidental gluten exposure. It works wonders and I love it. Case study: Self: Two thanksgivings ago I woke up limping for no reason, and the next day my elbow had developed tendinitis. I had to stop rock climbing entirely, and could only practice a seriously modified yoga, with a 90 degree arm bend in anything supported by my upper body, and nothing remotely torquing the knee. It turned out to be caused by a serious gluten intolerance that leaves me unable to consume any grains (yea, even the non-gluten ones) without setting off an autoimmune reaction that targets my joint cartilage primarily on my left body. I began to heal quickly after finally eliminating rice from my diet, the last grain holdout, but I only reached about 80% previous joint stability and strength. A month after starting to regularly brew and consume my own kombucha I noticed a striking .lack. of unpleasant sensation in my knee even after intense activity. Another month and I’m climbing harder than I did before and can do about anything I want in my yoga practice. I’m quite certain that it is kombucha that has made the difference since I’ve done nothing else differently outside of my already very clean diet, and have increased the intensity of my exercise regimen. Previously I rode a roller coaster of pain abatement and recursion. Past improvements were much shorter in duration and eroded far faster, changing with the days. I’ve been drinking a wine glass worth of kombucha two or three times a day before meals for about two and a half months and I’ve experienced only shadows of my previous difficulties even after accidental gluten exposure. It works wonders and I love it.

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