Very recently, kombucha has become one of the hottest things to hit people that are health conscious. Kombucha is a fermented drink made from tea. First recorded in Asia more than 2000 years ago. Kombucha is created by “culture mass” called Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast (in short – SCOBY), and all SCOBY’s are unique in their own way.
Fermented tea with friendly bacteria needed by the stomach to keep the gut healthy, also known as probiotics. Kombucha is largely classified as a functional beverage, this means it is a non alcoholic drink that contains vitamins, amino acids and other nutrients associated with health benefits, all starting with gut health.
Kombucha tea has fewer calories and less sugar than juice or sodas. Plus it contains natural acids & antioxidants to promote fat loss & increase metabolism.
Kombucha contains bacterial acids and enzymes to bind toxins & expel them from your body and glucaric acid to boost liver efficiency.
Glucosamine in kombucha tea enhances hyaluronic acid production, which helps relieve arthritic pain.
Small amounts of caffeine, B vitamins and iron enhances oxygen flow giving an energy boost.
Kombucha contains bacterial acids and enzymes to bind toxins & expel them from your body and glucaric acid to boost liver efficiency.
Acids, enzymes & probiotics promote healthy digestions.
Microorganisms found in kombucha may activate natural concer-killing cells.
Vitamins B1, B6 & B12, in kombucha enhances concentration & stabilizes mood.
We very often mix and match these pairings because these are our favourite ingredients. They play so beautifully together! We’ll just hodgepodge a bunch of delicious fruit together to make a flavouring. It’s not unlikely to find a bottle of passionfruit, raspberry, pineapple or ginger in our fridge. And it is not hard to come up with something interesting that will please your tastebuds when you start with a basis of quality ingredients.
We don’t measure when we puree or juice my fruit, so none of our flavour combos have a set “recipe.” We adjust based on our taste preferences, so we recommend that you rely on your tongue to dictate your recipe.
As a general guideline, we like to use about 1/4 – 1/3 cup of puree/juice per 500ml bottle.
This is a riff on GT’s Trilogy recipe, but I think homemade is better, if I do say so myself!
Use the rosewater sparingly, it can be overpowering
Alternatively, you can use bagged hibiscus tea
Use the orange blossom water sparingly, it can be overpowering
To understand the current state of Kombucha and it’s growing market potential, it is important to place a critical lens over the drink’s long history and its surprising informative pivots.
Kombucha is a live product full of probiotics and yeast. The fermentation process starts with a SCOBY (pancake-shaped symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast), which we at LUV EARTH place in organic rooibos tea, slightly sweetened with unrefined brown sugar. It is then left to ferment at room temperature for a few weeks. The probiotics and yeast will continue to consume the sugar, tea, and caffeine, making the drink more and more acidic until it reaches the required pH. It is now ready for consumption. (The antimicrobial properties of this process make its production process sanitary and safe for brewing under controlled/hygienic conditions).
If algae like strings appear in Kombucha, it just proves that the process is still “alive and at work”, indicating excellent quality. Drain it if you want to before use, with an ordinary sieve. (Fruit added to kombucha and left to ferment even more for a few days, starts to be bubbly! Be careful to not close the lid too tightly as pressure will build up.)
Maybe you would rather do a lot of things before guzzling some bacteria down your throat, but research indicates that the “good” bacteria inside kombucha and other probiotics can lead to a lot of health benefits. Some of these benefits include improving one’s digestion, promoting a healthy liver and has many other nutritional perks, weight loss, boost immunity, helps the body to detoxify all in a natural way.
So just how much kombucha should you drink? Too much of anything is bad for you, of course. The Centres for Disease Control recommends that 240ml of kombucha can be safely consumed during a day. Enjoy with your water intake (5-8 glasses water is healthy) or any fruit juice. Just add your preferred amount to it to change the taste of your daily water. (Remember that you shouldn’t consume more than about 240 ml of kombucha a day).
Kept refrigerated, kombucha has an extraordinary long shelf life due to low ph. Typical Kombucha ranges between pH of 2.8 and 3.2. For comparison, typical pH for natural clean water is 7 and the pH of lemon juice is about 2.
Our Kombucha Tea is available in the following bottle size:
You can send the bottle back to us to get is refilled, and you will receive a discounted price on you purchase.
We do deliver, but only on purchases of 1L or more and within Windhoek CBD and the immediate residential areas.
Start with a few sips to get used to the flavour. The first few times you drink Kombucha, stick to 110ml (Shooter Cup included with Bottle) 2x per day.
Drinking a large amount without easing yourself into it can cause an upset stomach.
Mornings and Evenings or even during the day.
You can dilute Kombucha into your daily water intake if taking a shooter of it is too intense for you.
Here are some Kombucha Flavour ideas to add:
This whole process takes about two weeks and you will end up with a fizzy, tangy beverage. The benefits will start to fall into place. The process of Kombucha might sound funky, but trust me, the drink is great.
LUV EARTH is a vital component of our lives and represents our journey in finding different but natural ways to improve overall health and general wellbeing.
We strongly believe that, in order for future generations to also survive on earth, the human species will have to take full responsibility in order to preserve the limited and precious natural resources that all life on earth need to survive. This as is widely recognised, will require all human beings to adopt an attitude of “preserve, reuse, recycle and reduce”.
Now you may be wondering—how did this ancient beverage, brewed with an unappetising Scoby, become an artisanal beverage and an influential part of Luv Earth?
We were inspired to start exploring natural alternatives and “earth friendly” options to the “modern consumer and quick result, factory produced cures” for conditions mostly caused by modern living. Amongst many other equally important priorities, we decided to focus on basic natural health. We realised that Namibia, as the rest of the world has a great need for something affordable that could greatly improve health in a more natural way. Hence the decision to focus, as a start, on this ancient beverage with many natural health benefits, namely Kombucha.
Kombucha originated in Northeast China (historically referred to as Manchuria) around 220 B.C. and was initially prized for its healing properties. Its name is reportedly derived from Dr Kombu, a Korean physician who brought the fermented tea to Japan as a curative for Emperor Inkyo. Eventually, the tea was brought to Europe as a result of trade route expansions in the early 20th century, most notably appearing in Russia (as “Kambucha”) and Germany (as “Kombuchaschwamm”). Despite a dip in international popularity during WWII due to the shortage of tea and sugar supplies, kombucha regained popularity following a 1960s study in Switzerland comparing its health benefits to those of yoghurt.
We and our company, Luv Earth Health and Eco-Friendly Enterprise CC, pride ourselves on providing the best customer service; producing unique, high-quality blends of Kombucha customized to meet our client’s individual needs; producing/brewing our exceptional-quality proprietary blends and mixes to suit every requirement, and a strong expertise in this healthy drink—Kombucha.
If you have any questions regarding Kombucha or want to order some Kombucha teas, please fill out the form below. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
If you have any questions regarding Kombucha or want to order some Kombucha teas, please fill out the form below. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Phone: +264 81 655 4386
Email: info@luvearth.com.na
We do deliveries, but only on purchases of 1L or more and within Windhoek CBD and the immediate residential areas.
