Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 > Are these black teas? Thanks . > > > > Kay > > Yes, those are both black teas. Where did you get your mushroom? I tried making kombucha with a friend's mushroom and I got black streaks in it and was afraid of contamination, so I threw it out. I'm wondering if I should purchase one.> --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.708 / Virus Database: 464 - Release Date: 6/18/2004 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 > Are these black teas? Thanks . > > > > Kay > > Yes, those are both black teas. Where did you get your mushroom? I tried making kombucha with a friend's mushroom and I got black streaks in it and was afraid of contamination, so I threw it out. I'm wondering if I should purchase one.> --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.708 / Virus Database: 464 - Release Date: 6/18/2004 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 I was recently confused on what all the different kinds of tea were too. I did some searching around and learned that there are really only two or three kinds of tea plants and I think they are all of the same species Camellia Sinensis. Green tea and black tea are different because of their processing. Black tea is more highly processed which seems to consist of various stages of drying, fermenting and rolling of the leaves. Green tea is heated and not fermented. Teas with names like Darjeeling and Ceylon tea refers to where the plants are grown. Tea plants seem to like high elevations that are misty and humid. Orange pekoe tea is usually black tea from India or Sri Lanka. Orange has to do with the Dutch house of Orange. Here are a few links to some nice web sites. http://www.oldewyndhamteacompany.com/processing.html http://pages.ripco.net/~c4ha2na9/tea/faq.html Helen > From: Kay <gunnarsgirl@...> > Reply- > Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:32:05 -0400 > > Subject: Kombucha Tea ? > > Hello, > > I feel really stupid asking this, but I haven’t been able to figure it > out on my own. I went back a bit in the archives, but couldn’t find the > answer and didn’t have time to continue. > > It mentions using black tea for Kombucha, which is supposed to be very > common, but evidently black teas are not as obviously labeled as the > green teas are. I checked the ingredients of Lipton, Red Rose (my > favorite) and a few others and they all had orange pekoe with cut pekoe. > Are these black teas? Thanks . > > > > Kay > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.708 / Virus Database: 464 - Release Date: 6/18/2004 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Actually I havent gotten my mushroom yet, but there are several places on the web you can get them as well as a couple of sites listed in the NT book. Kay > > Are these black teas? Thanks . > > > > > > > > Kay > > > > Yes, those are both black teas. > > Where did you get your mushroom? I tried making kombucha with a > friend's mushroom and I got black streaks in it and was afraid of > contamination, so I threw it out. > I'm wondering if I should purchase one.> --- > > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.708 / Virus Database: 464 - Release Date: 6/18/2004 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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