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Since there are more & more Kombucha Sets available on the market, we have decided to compare our Kombucha Set with some other Kombucha Sets that are currently available on the market. This will hopefully steer you towards purchasing our Kombucha Set, as we think it is the best one that is available out there. Below, you will find out why we think so! One of the first differences that we have discovered is the size of the main brewing jar, especially in reference to the overall price of the set

After writing the four parts of Kombucha History, some additional information was sent to me by Reetta Näätänen from Finland. (For which I am grateful). This particular post will be updated in the future, if additional information comes out, or if it's sent to me in the future. Enjoy Reetta's post! ....... KOMBUCHA – TRUE OR FALSE? NB. In this text I use the term microbe drink to make a difference from the original Japanese kombucha drink that is made of kelp. Sources of information are linked i

This is the last part in this series & it will cover the time from around 1995 till present. As I mentioned before, the previous time span (from 1913-1995) was largely influenced by Germans. This time it's the US that starts playing the crucial role. And that has a lot to do with the fact that a lot of food & lifestyle trends originate in California & later are spread throughout the US, starting with the East Coast & eventually become international trends. Kombucha was no different. Kombucha tha

Continuing with Kombucha history, we move into the second time span which covers the time from 1913 till about 1995. The reason that I have used these cut off dates is quite simple. Starting around 1913, we finally have some historical documents that relate to Kombucha. Also, Kombucha (as a drink) stays practically unchanged till 1995. It is a home brewed drink, made with a higher amount of sugar & it is consumed as a folk medicine. Even the commercial brands that appeared in Germany at the begi

For the ease of presentation, I have decided to present this entire topic in 3 different parts. Part 1 will describe the period spanning from the beginning up till the year of 1913, a year in which the first scientific papers in Russia & in Germany were published about Kombucha. Part 2 will describe the time period of 1913-1995, a pretty well documented period of strictly medicinal Kombucha. And finally the last part, Part 3 will describe the recent history, which goes from 1995 till present, th

My name is Tadeusz Zagrabinski & I am the founder of Bärbucha Kombucha in Berlin, Germany. I had recently presented a short history of Kombucha during the Virtual Kombucha Summit that took place in November, 2020. Since I only had a limited time frame to do that, I have decided to expand on this topic, in this & in the upcoming posts. It is not an easy topic to research, as the sources of information that we have are scarce, especially when it comes to times before 1913. Another thing that makes