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Kombucha Culture

Kombucha culture is a living thing that is put into sweet tea to ferment and convert it into Kombucha tea. A Kombucha culture is probably best known as a Kombucha mushroom, though it may also be called Kombucha starter, Kombucha SCOBY, Kombucha Mother or even Kombucha Baby. But these are all the same thing!

Kombucha Mushroom is actually a misnomer, it’s not a kombucha mushroom at all but a pancake of bacteria and yeast, which is where SCOBY comes from.

The name of Kombucha Mushroom probably comes from a misinterpretation of the original Chinese name, but it has stuck, and now many people call it Kombucha Mushroom Tea.

But how can a single Kombucha Mushroom be both a Kombucha Baby and Kombucha Mother? Well, aren’t humans both mother and baby at some point? Kombucha Mothers just have a shorter life span, that’s all. They are nearly Kombucha Babies and Kombucha Mothers at the same time. Maybe we should stick to calling them Kombucha Mushrooms! (just don’t call them Kombucha fungus please – even I have limits – lol)

Okay, enough about the name, let’s find out how easy it is to make Kombucha Tea!

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Kombucha Tea sure has had some funny names over the years. In Russia, they call it Tea Kvass or Grib. In Japan it’s called Fungus Japonicus, in France Champignon de Longue Vie (Tea of Long Life), Manchurian Mushroom Tea. My mother in law calls it Kambucha, which is a lot better than some of the crazy variations I’ve seen on the web: Kombacha, Kambucha, Kumbucha, and of course the most famous misspelling, Kombuha. Oh “c” where do you disappear to?! lol. If you have had to search for a kombucha mushroom tea starter culture, look no further, you can find kombucha cultures here. Whether you call it Mushroom Tea, Kombucha Mushroom, Kombacha, Kambucha, Kumbucha, Kombuha, Tea Kvass, Fungus Japonicus, Manchurian Tea Mushroom, Champignon de Longue Vie or just plain bacteria and yeast, raw, organic Kombucha properly brewed at home is a wonderful gift to your body, mind, spirit and soul. Try it for yourself and see what changes you notice.

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