Kombucha

Brace yourselves as you take a step into the un-ordinary... into the weird... as we step into the world of...

KOMBUCHA

Not long ago, I was shopping at the grocery store when I noticed an end cap full of what was labeled "Kombucha". Intrigued, I paid far too much for the product and drank it right up. It was a tart and almost acidic tasting bastardized root beer. I checked the ingredients to see why it was so strange and found out that a large part of this beverage was the yeast cultures.

I forgot about kombucha until I found some at random on serious clearance and bought them all.

I decided to do some research and discovered some interesting info.

What kombucha is, is fermented tea. In many countries (including Russia, Japan, and China) this beverage is called Mushroom Tea. 

As you can see from this sample, it looks like a big mushroom top inside liquid. 

There are as usual many health benefits from drinking kombucha, including... all sorts of stuff.

The other side of this story (as there always is in popular media) is that there is no benefit from drinking kombucha.

Then back to the other side again, it is all a scam from popular media to make people not put money towards something that costs 50 cents a gallon to brew. 

You get the picture. There's no way to tell if it is actually beneficial to drink, but it is pretty cool and has been around for freakin ever.