My very own Kombucha baby

A few weeks ago I put an add in Craigs' List looking for someone who would share their Kombucha Culture (or Scoby) with me so that I can start to ferment my own Kombucha. I've drank it for years and enjoyed the benefits, but it's really expensive and I'd heard it's pretty simple to brew. Soooo, amazingly there was a women close by who said that she would share hers and as of yesterday afternoon I am the proud owner of a little Kombucha baby (soon to be a Kombucha Mother!) I am so excited!!!! I took it home and made it sweetened green tea and gave it a home in a large gallon glass jar. I can bearly wait to go home and see if it has changed at all. I've only just begun and I already love the process. YAY Kombucha!!! I'm giving a link below that shows how to make your own Kombucha...let me know if any of you become inspired, I'd love to share notes on the experience.


For those of you who aren't familiar with Kombucha it is a tasty fermented drink that you can buy at your local health food store. I'm posting a list that I found on a Kombucha site listing all the amazing ways Kombucha has affected so many people.
This "Benefits of Kombucha" list was compiled by Bev Ferguson, owner of Kombucha Manna International. These results are from a survey she posted over the Kombucha Mailing List. The Kombucha mailing list is a group of over 600 people from all over the world who share their experiences with Kombucha on a daily basis. These benefits are based on their own experiences.
1. Great beverage
2. Sense of well-being
3. Helps to relieve congestion in airways
4. Thicker hair (whoopee!)
5. Energy boost
6. Straightens hair out!
7. Helps osteo arthritis
8. Great conversation piece! :)
9. Licked Calcifying tendonitis
10. Helps with asthma
11. Has brought people together
12. Stress buster
13.Very calming
14. Increase sex drive
15. Regulates Intestines.
16. Cured Candida Overgrowth.
17. Aides digestion - especially on top of diary.
18. Addictive taste.
19. Eliminates or reduces heat rash.
20. Improved circulation/controlled venous stasis in shins
21. Clears and Improves skin
22. Makes a good hair rinse
23. Redundant 'Momma's make good brass cleaners!
24. Helped take the "scales" from a friends Skin disorder
25. Makes a wonderful, soothing foot soak.
26. Shrinks large fatty tumors.
27. Flattening and fading old age carotene patches on the face.
28. Stops severe menstrual cramps
29. Makes a wonderful facial.
30. Makes you much more mobile with gout.
31. helps reduce light sensitivity.
32. Reduces / stabilizes blood pressure.
33. Prevents and helps heal bladder infections
34. Eases carpal tunnel syndrome
35. Heals boils and staph infections on skin.
36. Prevents oral canker sores
37. Prevents eczema and psoriasis
38. Household Cleaner: cuts grease, cleans stoves, bathroom tiles, windows, copper
39. Hair and nails grow faster
40. clears eyesight.
41. More energy
42. Clears nail fungus
43. Improves the sense of well being for people with liver Cancer
44. Helps an older woman feel and look younger
45. Helps Arthritis sufferers
46. Cleanses toxins from the system
47. Soothes burns and sunburn
48. Takes the sting and swelling away from Bee Stings
49. Good underarm deoderant
50. For some people; eliminates desire for alchohol, & helping to relax
51. Smashes flus and colds
52. Significant progress healing chapped lips from topical application of KT
53. Kombucha Colony makes a great poultice
54. Removes rust
55. Returns grey hair to it's natural color for some people
56. Improved eyesight

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