I used to make that fermented tea years ago... it was quite gross. I make it in a large glass fishbowl. Save yourself the time and trouble and just do apple cider. They call the kombucha (mushroom) because it grows like the shape of a big slimey mushroom.
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LuAnn:)
Stem, I did that mushroom years ago too. I reminding me of The Blob movie. I agree, drink apple cider and save yourself ~~ danger ~~ danger LOL
The tea I drank at the restaurant was actually really good, but since I'm not vegan I'll stick to kefir for now.Well, I gots me a Kombucha Mother! I tasted a bunch of kombuchas at my workshop and they were delicious, especially the Earl Grey with Lavendar one. If you bottle it after it's fermented it gets quite fizzy. But LuAnn is right the Kombucha Mother is quite offputting to look at----like a big hippie slime pancake. MMMMM. I laugh every time I see it.You're not selling anybody here! LOL
Mmmmm. Need to go get some slimy mushrooms, dear!
Pip
It's not really a mushroom; it's a colony of yeast and bacterias (kind of like a kefir grain, but different yeasts and bacterias). After a few batches the Mother has a baby which grows to become the next Mother.
It does look like a big slimy pancake, though.Still not convincing me.
Wow. I'm walking through the wood and see a giant slimey pancake. I'll take a closer look, wonder what it is, think it's pretty interesting and maybe take a picture. I promise you it won't cross my mind to take it home, boil it up, and drink the water. Who does that?
Stoners?
LOL I'm kidding!!! It's just that.......my ex did that once.....he wanted to try 'shroomin....so he just grabbed one he found.....
I never said he was a bright crayon....
LOL you twoP.S. - Why couldn't like.................chocolate do the same thing? Why does it always have to be something ICKY that's good for us? Why not gummi bears? Or powdered donuts? I'm just sayin'
So how'd that work out for him Katie?Yeah...it's not a mushroom, so no one does that. It's one of those ancient perpetual things where no one knows where the first one came from. So my Kombucha Mother is thousands of years old.
Primordial ooze. Mmmmmmmmmmm!"Primordial ooze."
Oh, even better. LOL
Link - he puked all day. :) Stupid little.....
Gimp. Hun. I gotta be honest. That looks like something you'd find in the back of the fridge.....LOL
I know....that's why I laugh every time I see it and show all my friends to gross them out.
But the probiotic tea it makes is delicious! And it costs me two tea bags and 3/4 cup sugar per gallon, as opposed to for an OTC bottle of the same bacteria all processed and packaged and gasoline shipped (although I still take those as well).Snow Owl, that's okay---I thought it was funny. Believe me, if I saw that thing before I drank the tea the first time I wouldn't have drunk that tea! But it was really tasty.
If it were green it would look like Nickelodeon Slime. If you put it in a can, I know a couple of boys who could make it "fart". Well, they aren't boys anymore.
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STAY OUT OF MY FRIDGE!!!!!
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If it were green it would look like Nickelodeon Slime. If you put it in a can, I know a couple of boys who could make it "fart". Well, they aren't boys anymore.
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I'm confused. Is apple cider a probiotic?
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Stem, I did that mushroom years ago too. I reminding me of The Blob movie. I agree, drink apple cider and save yourself ~~ danger ~~ danger LOL
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Apple cider vinegar often is, I believe.
Alkalizer - I don't think it's probiotic...GoGo?
And my first thought was "Brains!"
As kids, a very long time ago, my brother's called this pancake tea. As it ferments with yeast and bacteria--the "mother" is actually a colony---some of it can have a real alcoholic kick.
I stopped drinking it for that very reason when I first started on MTX.
Wow, just read this thread for the first time, and was very intrigued...but then I saw the pics...now I scared. LOL
Actually I find it all very interesting. Being British, I love my tea...would like to have some more info about it if you wouldn't mind sharing...where would get one of those things??
In the back of Kelly's (JasmineRain) fridge, apparently....
LOL
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist!!!
Usually you get them from other people who make kombucha. The Mother (sometimes referred to as "Scoby": symbiotic culture of
bacteria and yeast) will have "babies" every few batches
that people give away to friends. You have to keep one because
eventually the Mother retires and you need a new Mother. Like with
kefir grains, there are kombucha mother exchanges you could try.
Kombucha is really easy to make. You make 4 litres of tea (must have
caffiene content) with 3/4 cup white sugar. Cool to room temperature,
add Kombucha Mother and the bit of Kombucha she lives in, cover with a
clotha nd ferment for 8 days. Remove Mother, any babies, and store them
in a bit of the kombucha. Refrigerate or bottle.
Kombucha can produce alcohol but the woman at the workshop says it never gets over 1%.
I don't know why my font is all messed up for this post but it just is.
I told you it reminded me of The Blob. I couldn't believe how big and fast it reproduced. Gimpy, it really doesn't taste that bad, I just couldn't keep up with it LOL And I meant apple cider VINEGAR, sorry. Baking soda and water too. CathyAK
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