Guest guest Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Hi all KT Experts After reading many past posts, I understand the sugar is food for the culture to grow and fermenting bacteria. A Newbie question: why use tea? Can one use just sugar solution? Ginger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 In message <dqr2re+g60qeGroups> you wrote: > Hi all KT Experts > > After reading many past posts, I understand the sugar is food for the > culture to grow and fermenting bacteria. A Newbie question: why use > tea? Can one use just sugar solution? > Ginger, The culture also needs the nutrients from tea, e.g. nitrogen, quite apart that depending what tea you use you get a particular flavour of Kombucha tonic. Without thea the Kombucha would not be Kombucha. It is therefore often called 'the wonderful tea beverage', or 'the divine cha'...'cha' meaning 'tea' in the Asian languages. I hope that answer makes sense to you ! kombuCHAly, Margret:-) -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Minstrel@... <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com http://www.elijahlist.com +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Life is too short to spend it hating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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