Geeks Making Kombucha Tea

[snowsamurai00]

This is a germohobes nightmare! When I make kombucha it takes hours because I wash, rinse, vinegar rinse, sanitize, purify & destill everything before starting the fermentation. My jaw dropped when you touched the SCOBYs. Hope you had fun though.

[SUPERSS90]

Where can i buy one Kombusha?

[MachuLawl]

@SUPERSS90 Depends where you live. But you could always buy one from the internet.

[tiffyj85]

Does anyone know if we could use Green Tea?

[MachuLawl]

@tiffyj85 You're actually supposed to use Black, but White and Green are good substitutes. Never use fruit or herbal.

[tiffyj85]

How does the Kombucha tea taste? Even if you sugar it? Does it have a weird or bad after taste?

[MachuLawl]

@tiffyj85 Personally I love the smell of Kombucha. It has a tart taste, kinda like sour wine.

[TroyGotham]

Kombucha tastes good, its been used since 2nd century B.C. in China for healing. The mushroom or SCoBY is a "Synergistic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast" not a mushroom, although looks that way floating on top. Because of this, it helps to balance gut bacteria. It kinda reminds me of a cross between beer and apple cider vin. The American Cancer Soc, hasn't accepted Vit C, D,A,B17,E, or K for helping with cancer. They stick with the good old drugs, chemo, rad & scalpel. Good Video BTW. : )

[justintrayford]

According to the American Cancer Society there is zero scientific evidence supporting health claims by Kombucha Tea. However there have been reports of serious side-effects, and even several deaths linked to Kombucha tea.

[Skurvy2k]

@justintrayford show me your sources. I just like the taste of kombucha and don't buy into the health benefits....interested in seeing your death stuff tho

[justintrayford]

@Skurvy2k I got the info from the ACS. It was a cut and paste job so what you see is from the ACS website. Like you I don't really buy into the "health" stuff either.

[Shljoonackque]

"Its like a living mushroom thing" ......XD dumbass

[deelberg]

Dude who says your geeks for making kombucha ill kick their asses for you lol. Im kidding. Hey can i add Yeast while brewing this stuff??

[feastoffun]

Posted a video response, about the casual approach to making Kombucha!

[2004carlt]

Tastes sweet with a slight apple vinger taste. I'm drinking it now for the first time. Nice. Trying to find the origins of Kombucha (in nature) and there seems to be a connection with Chaga a mushroom that grows on birch trees. It can be made into a tea and is much like Kombucha. Birch tree sap or syrup is one to look into.

[ponkkaa]

Can I use herbal (caffeine free) tea instead of white tea?

Doc says NO CAFFEINE! nice vid

[johnboymccraken]

@ponkkaa The caffeine degrades during the process of fermentation. Use common black tea: Orange Pekoe and white sugar.

[blackswan230]

can u eat the Kombucha Scoby?

[ShaufayeSu]

i am not very sure it is right if you use the metal containers.

what i am doing from people who passed me the kombucha, tole me i am not allowed to use anything with metal

[fetymann]

Why the hell are you calling it SPORES? Kombucha or even the scoby is not a fungus.

[francescorengifo]

check out The effects of Dr Emoto and writting on jars to create energy in water. This also might help the energy of the mushroom

[BryanObryn]

uhhhh

i think you need some lessons in paper rock scissors.

usually the winner... wins

[iStig]

I tried some of this stuff the other day. I'm a big tea drinker, but I couldn't down this stuff. Still, one of those things to cross off my life list, I guess.

[mikedub1219]

same here, it kindof tastes like beer, i could only get down about half a bottle

[jvaish]

It's really meant to be drunk as a tonic, one cup in the morning, one in the afternoon etc..Sometimes the store bought stuff is pretty harsh. Homemade can be made much milder.

[barbariandoom]

Kevin is a big tea person.

[Phibes87]

omg yeah, that last comment.. dude.. I was just searching for 'kvass' recipies... I'm russian and that's what we have and this is meant to be the equivalent? hehe... it's so cool..

And i like system of a down, and it just reminded me of sugar... I haven't listened to them in a long time but i remembered, 'kombucha mushroom people sitting all around the world'

[mortalkombat969]

kombucha mushroom people sitting aroung all day.

[paketillo3]

who can believe you?

[krees91]

who can believe you?

[paketillo3]

let your mother pray...

[FoamingGypsy]

Rofl... Sugah!!!

[kz10863]

that one guy wearing a black shirt is kind of sexy

[thaskizz]

that's kevin rose

[pyrowuzzup]

where did you get square scobys? lol.

[RenyandLuna]

making kombucha isnt only for geeks! lol i make it and im not a geek haha. but i make it with 4 tea bags of organic black tea and like 2 cups of sugar i think. i cant handle the mushrooms though, they creap me out!

[prometheancurse]

THe dude in black is kevin rose, he is like a sovereign geek, sultan of nerd, magnate of dorks

[fetymann]

how much (volume) are you talking about? typically you use 1 cup sugar per gallon and 8-12 tea bags.

[chunder123]

How do you actually start a batch without the actual kombuvha culture itself. I left mine to long and it went moldy so had to ditch it. How do you grow culture without an initial culture to start one off.

[ThunderMedia]

you really need a scoby (Symbiotic culture of Bacteria and Yeast) You can find them on Ebay for quite cheap. You can't just leave tea out and have it turn into Kombucha Tea. Its pretty good tasting stuff for a probiotic Drink!

[sk8cre8]

just go buy a bottle of unpasturized, unflavored kombucha and use it for starter, allow a couple weeks for the culture to grow

[Thorpe]

Doesn't look nice. :|

[WIGNSWORD]

Geeks Making Kombucha Tea? I'd name it 'UPRIGHT YOUNG FOLK MAKING KOMBUCHA TEA'. O what frolicsome youths and maids, O the joys of youth! But you didn't mention the brown suger requirement for the green tea!

[fergie232]

a kombucha brewing party? haha awesome!

[yndig]

DO NOT cover your kombucha with a lid.  This suffocates it and allows condensation to form on surfaces where it will grow bacteria that would typically be suppressed by the culture.

[fergie232]

he put the lid on top of the cloth, because the cloth will absorb the condensation

however, there is no air able to get to the kombucha

so i do think it was a bad idea

the kombucha needs air

and the cloth stops condensation, gives it air, and stops fruit flies + mould

[ostende3]

Humm... Weird stuff...

Yerba Mate FTW

[drewmartell]

Kevin Rose is different when he is sober.

[tanjentsdotcom]

I acquired this great organic ginger tea by Organic India that tastes amazing...

[YukiKun]

I know. Is he an alcoholic now? And what happened to him and Sarah? Did they break up? :(

[mmilian]

An alcoholic? What's wrong with you.

[vgerster]

Long time ago, sarah is married to brendan moran, also a TechTV alum

[chelcee0015]

What was this, like a tea making party? That'd be sweet, haha.

[Vermishis]

Whats with Kevin and Tea.

[apachedisco]

hmm, Smells like...Victory.

[johnnyonline]

hmmm... kombucha? not really my cup of tea.

ha, i'm hilarious.

[ryelisean]

Yea, Kevin! I know Sarah was into kombucha back in the day, glad you still are as well. There's a kombucha tribe with TONS of information if you're ever looking for any info:

kombuchatea dot tribe dot net

i 'digg' kombucha :)

[PixelKid]

Great now am going to find out what the hell kombucha tea is like I haven't got enough to do :p

[0cujo0]

I think I'll stick to yerba mate...lol

[mcalloway]

I am so confused yet so intrigued. Did he eventually gain super powers?

[johnnycagex]

a guarantee of superpowers is the only way i could drink that.