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And I thought I had tea on the brain!

by Mary R » May 4th, '09, 18:27

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Found this kinda cool print on etsy and had to share. Apparently it was painted with 6 types of tea, too.
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by Pentox » May 4th, '09, 18:40

But it's got Kombucha, Yerba Mate, and Rooibos on there!
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by Proinsias » May 4th, '09, 19:02

Nobody's perfect, due to my upbringing my brain-tea map includes a section for tea=10 minute break at work and tea=dinner.
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by joelbct » May 7th, '09, 22:53

Pretty cool! But yah, looks like there are more than a few herbal infusions frolicking about in her brain, masquerading as Tea ;)

Pentox, Kombucha qualifies, it is brewed from Camelia sinensis!

But Strawberry? Ginger? Almond? Sorry... and "Detox?" No that's where we send Chip when he's had too much Shincha ;)
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by Chip » May 8th, '09, 00:04

joelbct wrote:"Detox?" No that's where we send Chip when he's had too much Shincha ;)
... impossible ... :shock:
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by Pentox » May 8th, '09, 02:12

joelbct wrote: Pentox, Kombucha qualifies, it is brewed from Camelia sinensis!
Huh? Kombucha in the two terms I've heard it used for is either made from kombu as in the seaweed or the stuff made from the weird bacterial colony that floats in a jar. Either way they don't have true CS in it.
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by Mary R » May 8th, '09, 04:47

Much to my eternal dismay, one of my housemates is a kombucha fiend. He brews a strong tea (usually from Lipton bags), cools it down, then sticks his scoby in it. After the fungal/bacterial complex sits in the tea for a few days, it's basically kombucha.

No power in the 'verse will ever get me to drink it.

Anyway, the point of this post was to say that yeah, there often is some CS in kombucha.
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by joelbct » May 9th, '09, 15:35

Mary R wrote:He brews a strong tea (usually from Lipton bags), cools it down, then sticks his scoby in it. After the fungal/bacterial complex sits in the tea for a few days, it's basically kombucha.
Er what's a scoby? That like his bacteria-laden dirty gym sock holder or something ;)?

I wouldn't trust a homebrew or no-name brand, but I actually kinda like that commercially available GTS/Synergy stuff... i like the acidic taste.

Who knows abt the health claims. I think it does contain some probiotics and antioxidants, but it is raw/unpasteurized so i believe there have been contamination reports here and there...
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