Kombucha

Kombucha is a tea, on the one hand, the most indirect relation of all beverages, as described in this section. Because he did not plant – and it need not be brewing. But on the other hand, it is the tea most relevant – Because with the help of tea is prepared. So the story about it on our site will be most welcome. Kombucha (tea jellyfish ") is known for a long time. Information about him is found in medieval literature. In different times attributed to him various properties. If you have read about omega 3 already – you may have come to the same conclusion.

All his action, of course, not known to this day. In 1980, the Kombucha was quite common in Russia – in many kitchens could be found closed yellowed gauze three-liter jars with strange substance inside. Particularly fond of such banks are different grandmothers. Now he is – a decent rare. Commodity abundance has done its job. In Russia, Kombucha has appeared in the early xx century.

Its delivered as trophy members of the Russian-Japanese War. That is why it is sometimes called Japanese or Japanese mushroom uterus. In Siberia, it is often called a tea kvas. Biologically Kombucha is a symbiosis of several organisms – yeast and acetic acid bacteria. Yeasts are very similar to those that live in the sap of oak bark which follows, on the surface of soft fruits or fermented fruit juices. The upper part of the colony bacteria brilliant, dense, and the bottom has the form of numerous dangling threads and acts as a growth area.