The ancient fermented tea drink has grown in popularity in recent years due to a range of purported health and energy benefits, though evidence to support many of the claims is thin.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    I recently watched a YouTube video of someone making Kombucha and when they added in the large amount of sugar I thought that there is no way it is “healthy”. Ive never tried kombucha so I don’t know how sweet it should be, but I’m hoping that recipe was the outlier

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      41 year ago

      The bacteria eat up a most of the sugar however it has sugar in it. I was into the homemade stuff for a while and if you spilled it outside ants had a party there the next day and you could feel that sticky sweet residue.

    • SeaJ
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      11 year ago

      If it is prior to fermentation, the bacteria will eat up most of the sugar and either make alcohol or carbonation.