Kombucha Curious
by Jessica @ 11:54 am 6 comments »
After reading about Synergy Kombucha, a totally raw, all-natural and organic Chinese tea, while flipping through a health mag recently, I was left intrigued. Boasting health benefits like increased energy levels, improved digestion, healthier skin and hair and stronger immune system functioning, the product sounded more like liquid gold than tea.
Curious, I picked up a bottle at my local natural food grocery (a bit over $3 per glass bottle) and got to work sampling. Here, a few of my first impressions on the bizarre concoction, should you decide to taste test it yourself.
First, yes, there are floaties in the drink. They’re supposed to be there—they are “strands” of Kombucha culture, a sign that the drink is living and active. (Yikes!) Second, the drink is carbonated (DON’T vigorously shake it to break up those floaties like moi. It doesn’t work. And the drink, which is carbonated, will explode everywhere.) Third; that vinegar-y taste is normal. The beverage is actually cultured, similar to fermentation, and even contains trace amounts (.05%) of alcohol. (Sitting at my desk, I wonder, is this considered drinking on the job? Hmmm…)
My overall impression? A quirky health drink that doesn’t exactly taste great, but doesn’t taste bad either. The appeal, in my mind, are all those supposed health benefits. Do a bit of research online and you’ll find plenty of people who report accuracy in the claims. Will I buy it again? I think so. Have you tried it? What are your thoughts?
For more info on this alternative tea, visit www.gtskombucha.com.
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I tried Synergy Kombucha recently too. It’s definitely an acquired taste, but I really great after drinking it, so I’m going back for more!
I agree, Justin. I picked up a second bottle, this time Synergy’s Guava Goddess, and although I sipped on it, it was finished MUCH faster than the first.
It sounds bizarre, but for as unusual as the taste is, it seems that you get used to it quite quickly!
I have not tryed synergy kombucha yet, but I have tryed one called kombucha wonder drink. So far I have found and tryed three flavors. The one I recomend is asin pear with ginger.
The place I get them at cost $1.98 for (i think)an 8oz bottle!
May I suggest trying some of the fruit flavors, they’re 5% fruit and 95% Kombucha, the strawberry and grape are delicious. I don’t know about all the claims, but from personal experience Kombucha 1. gives me a nice natural ‘happy-high’ and I can not figure out why and
2. any bubbly-guts or other unmentionable intestinal goings-on, Kombucha gets you back to normal superquick
I’ve tried many many of them & i love them. I posted my reviews on my site
Leafygreen.info or http://www.leafygreen.info/?s=kombucha
Indeed…
“And the drink, which is carbonated, will explode everywhere.”
So, from personal experience, a word to the wise — do NOT grab one off the shelf, shake it up and try to open it in the store to enjoy whilst you shop. Results WILL be disastrous — and quite sticky too.
(My deepest gratitude goes out to the Rainbow grocery staff that helped me clean it all up…)