Kombucha is trending. It’s trending HARD. It is a beverage that has taken the health food market by storm, and in Victoria we are loving it!
But what is this mysterious and funky carbonated concoction? Where can you get your hands on some here in Victoria? Read on to find out…
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Kombucha is a fermented beverage that is made up of sugar, tea, and scoby (or Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast). These three elements paired with various flavours come together to create a tasty and extremely healthy bevvy. Typically, green or black tea is used in this process. The scoby resembles a mushroom and has the ability to digest all of the sugars and produce copious amounts of probiotics and other amino acids, which are incredible immune boosters. Hurray for healthy guts!
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You may taste a hint of booziness in your cup, and that is because the yeast and sugars create alcohol just like any other fermented liquor. The difference with kombucha is that the culture and the bacteria convert the alcohol into aminos. You will still have some alcohol content in this concoction, but it will usually max out around 1%.
The list of health benefits from kombucha is loooooong. It includes the improvement of liver health, stress issues, fatigue, metabolism and many others. Basically it’s super juice and you should be drinking some as we speak.
In Victoria there are a number of locations where you can pick up a bottle of kombucha (think every health store ever), but what we love most is the ability to fill your growler with fresh kombucha!
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You can find kombucha taps at the following Victoria locations: Cafe Bliss, Picnic Too, Enerchi Kombucha, Galey Farms and Cultured Kombucha.
Cheers to good health!