Kambucha

Fermented tea

A back lit picture of the Kambucha 'mother' (tea mushroom or tea fungus).

Let the mother grow. New grown kambuchas are used to make the Kambucha drink; a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black tea drink. Offten juice, spices or fruits are added.

 

Fermented tea is a class of tea that has undergone microbial fermentation, from several months to many years. The exposure of the tea leaves to humidity and oxygen during the process also causes endo-oxidation (derived from the tea-leaf enzymes themselves) and exo-oxidation (which is microbially catalysed).

 

 

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