Herbal tea instead of green tea?

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

I'm brand new to the group - i restarted my cultures 6 months ago

after a long break.

Doing good. Now feeling a little adventurous - and last night I

restarted one of my kits using a strong infusion of dried St s Wort.

I do recall reading somewhere that KT has been made out of birch

leaves instead of tea - so I guess there are no critical components

that are only present in proper tea leaves.

Anybody else try St s Wort for KT?

Any other suggestions on herbs to use for new experiments? I'm

thinking in terms of lavendel, camomille or similar.

I'm primarily looking for augmented health benefits - such as

increased detoxification.

PLease advice!

[Guest guest]

Using non caffeinated teas (herbal teas) will work fine but will

probably result in a longer brewing time. I have been told that

Caffein is something used to nourish the SCOBY. I'm pretty sure

though that any highly sugared liquid will give some result.

On a side note, be careful about too much detox. Detoxing too

quickly can cause some terrible effects on your body. Regular

kombucha when mixed with a decent diet is strong enough for most

livers. Detoxing too quickly can pull out TOO many toxins into your

blood stream and cause some serious damage. I know this from when I

was a dumb health concious teenager and 4 days into a detox diet, my

throat closed on me and I almost died. I'm much more careful now.

>

> Dear all,

> I'm brand new to the group - i restarted my cultures 6 months ago

> after a long break.

>

> Doing good. Now feeling a little adventurous - and last night I

> restarted one of my kits using a strong infusion of dried St s

Wort.

>

> I do recall reading somewhere that KT has been made out of birch

> leaves instead of tea - so I guess there are no critical components

> that are only present in proper tea leaves.

>

> Anybody else try St s Wort for KT?

>

> Any other suggestions on herbs to use for new experiments? I'm

> thinking in terms of lavendel, camomille or similar.

>

>

> I'm primarily looking for augmented health benefits - such as

> increased detoxification.

>

> PLease advice!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

St. 's Wort is a MAO inhibitor. Shouldn't work well with yeasty

fermented stuff. Or processed meat, wine, cheese. Can cause you to

feel like you are having a heart attack. Red face, elevated blood

pressure. All that bad stuff.

Deb

> >

> > Dear all,

> > I'm brand new to the group - i restarted my cultures 6 months ago

> > after a long break.

> >

> > Doing good. Now feeling a little adventurous - and last night I

> > restarted one of my kits using a strong infusion of dried St

s

> Wort.

> >

> > I do recall reading somewhere that KT has been made out of birch

> > leaves instead of tea - so I guess there are no critical

components

> > that are only present in proper tea leaves.

> >

> > Anybody else try St s Wort for KT?

> >

> > Any other suggestions on herbs to use for new experiments? I'm

> > thinking in terms of lavendel, camomille or similar.

> >

> >

> > I'm primarily looking for augmented health benefits - such as

> > increased detoxification.

> >

> > PLease advice!

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

In message <f985rj+uj0jeGroups> you wrote:

>

> St. 's Wort is a MAO inhibitor. Shouldn't work well with yeasty

> fermented stuff. Or processed meat, wine, cheese. Can cause you to

> feel like you are having a heart attack. Red face, elevated blood

> pressure. All that bad stuff.

>

Deb, I agree with you, it's not a good idea to use it with brewing KT.

However, I grow the herb myself and make my own tincture from it.

It really works well for me (antidepressant) without any side effects.

You could also try Lemon balm, Feverview, Chamomile, Lavender, but ingest

them separately, not in conjunction with Kombucha.

Let Kombucha do its own thing.

kombuchaly,

Margret (you get the idea, I can't live without the Kombucha list ;-) ??

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[Guest guest]

In message <f985rj+uj0jeGroups> you wrote:

>

> St. 's Wort is a MAO inhibitor. Shouldn't work well with yeasty

> fermented stuff. Or processed meat, wine, cheese. Can cause you to

> feel like you are having a heart attack. Red face, elevated blood

> pressure. All that bad stuff.

>

Deb, I agree with you, it's not a good idea to use it with brewing KT.

However, I grow the herb myself and make my own tincture from it.

It really works well for me (antidepressant) without any side effects.

You could also try Lemon balm, Feverview, Chamomile, Lavender, but ingest

them separately, not in conjunction with Kombucha.

Let Kombucha do its own thing.

kombuchaly,

Margret (you get the idea, I can't live without the Kombucha list ;-) ??

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[Guest guest]

OK - thanks!

I didnt know SJWT was a MAO inhibitor - thanx for that input.

Still, since I " never " use meat, aged cheese and wine only in moderation, I

don't think my biochemistry will go wild. I'll let the culture sit for a

month or two and see what comes of it.

What I have started doing (inspired by something I read - possibly in

Gunters book) is to mash up a tablespoon of blueberries and let that keep

some activity in the brew after bottling. A fantastic colour! And some

sparkling as well!

That is something I strongly recommend - just don't use the blue brew as a

starter - that might induce some funky growth involving non-compatible

bacteria/yeast strains.

On 8/7/07, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote:

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> In message <f985rj+uj0jeGroups <f985rj%2Buj0j%40eGroups.com>> you

> wrote:

>

> >

> > St. 's Wort is a MAO inhibitor. Shouldn't work well with yeasty

> > fermented stuff. Or processed meat, wine, cheese. Can cause you to

> > feel like you are having a heart attack. Red face, elevated blood

> > pressure. All that bad stuff.

> >

> Deb, I agree with you, it's not a good idea to use it with brewing KT.

> However, I grow the herb myself and make my own tincture from it.

> It really works well for me (antidepressant) without any side effects.

>

> You could also try Lemon balm, Feverview, Chamomile, Lavender, but ingest

> them separately, not in conjunction with Kombucha.

>

> Let Kombucha do its own thing.

>

> kombuchaly,

>

> Margret (you get the idea, I can't live without the Kombucha list ;-) ??

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> You can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles a rainy day,

> the elderly, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.

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