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Hey, I find that a fscinating idea! A good use for over-and-above scobys!

A good way to jazz up fruit juice. I suppose it must be a similar idea

as water Kefir, which can be done with juice. "

Kombucha is very potent as a culture - there are

likely lots of juices like Pomegranate which are also suitable. I just use my

regular scobies, extras I try to give away. Yes, its like juice Kefir, in that

we drink both with mineral water. Water Kefir with dried fruit and sugar we

don't do here cos of the sugar - and sulphur in the dried fruit, which gives

some reactions such as severe asthma. Tibicos/Japanese Crystals we do in apple

juice.

And yet, I would look upon this fruity way of doing it as a side-line.

True Kombucha does require the nutrients of camellia sinensis, doesn't it? "

Where does that come from?

I find it a very strange notion that tea should dry out skin and stain

teeth. Green, white and lighter black teas certainly are not guilty of that,

on the contrary!! I use well matured Kombucha tea daily as skin lotion -

with very good results - no skin dryness! In fact, I'm sure some of my

wrinkles have disappeared ;-) "

Most here have always drunk strong Indian tea, especially the

Wesleyans. It stains their teeth, big time. The pale green tea at Asian

restaurants, would not offend tho'.

Thanks, Lizzie for the interesting suggestion of using Kombucha in apple

juice. Very refreshing in the summer, no doubt. I will certainly try it! "

Yes, we are getting to the end of one hell of a summer here, thanks to

Greenhouse. We usually manage an inch or two of Kombuchaed apple juice on top

of mineral water, once a day. Sometimes we have tibicos for a few days, to ring

the changes. A big plus for us is that they only take 2 days to ferment,

sometimes one day only in heatwaves.

best, Lizzie