Guest guest Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Hi Anita We were just thinking of getting into Kombucha ourselves. Our local health food shop recommended this supplier of starter cultures and other Kombucha making equipment, books etc.: www.sulis-health.co.uk Best wishes and happy new year Tim > > Anybody on list have a kombucha scoby they could send to me? I'd be > very happy to pay or to give a donation to TA. > > Thanks, > Anita > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thanks for this Tim. They have a very good question and answer section too. I would encourage you (and anyone else for that matter) to start the Kombucha. I brewed it in Canada and loved it. On it, my son's gut health also seemed to improve, and it tastes so good that I actually enjoyed giving it to him, rather than feeling apologetic. I was in the habit of drinking it every day. I found this site just a few moments ago http://www.kombu.de/suche2.htm#uk where people in the UK will share scobies for very little cost (just shipping usually) and you may be able to pick one up if you live close enough. Anita > > > > Anybody on list have a kombucha scoby they could send to me? I'd be > > very happy to pay or to give a donation to TA. > > > > Thanks, > > Anita > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hi Anita What a great site - we may well take advantage of it. We just tried some Kombucha drink bought from our local health food shop and were really surprised how nice it is. It actually seems hard to keep down to the recommended daily intake! We're definitely going to start brewing our own. Best wishes Tim > > > > > > Anybody on list have a kombucha scoby they could send to me? > I'd be > > > very happy to pay or to give a donation to TA. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Anita > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 It really is dead easy to make it, Tim. I didn't have any of the fancy equipment. Just a large pyrex bowl, good water, a tea towel, organic tea and sugar and a scoby someone had given me. Left in a quiet warm place for about 7 days and voila! I had it every morning with some organic orange juice and felt like I was having a fancy cocktail of some sort, except most people don't want cocktails full of bacteria and yeast ;-) Just wierdos like us! I should have said before to anyone not familiar with kombucha that it is high in phenols (because of the tea) and amines, and anyone with problems with those might have to be careful. But it is also full of great things like glucuronic acid and butyric acid (along with all the good bacteria and yeast) that are difficult to get from other sources. It's very easy to excited about this stuff :-) One of the very cheapest biomedical interventions you can find. I also noticed on the page that I gave you that some people have kefir grains to share. The taste of kefir takes some getting used to, but I was giving my son about 1 tbsp a day and finding that it helped his gut. I'll be getting more grains too because I find it such a nice addition to the kombucha. Anita > > Hi Anita > > What a great site - we may well take advantage of it. We just tried > some Kombucha drink bought from our local health food shop and were > really surprised how nice it is. It actually seems hard to keep down > to the recommended daily intake! We're definitely going to start > brewing our own. > > Best wishes > Tim > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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