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Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by Denise

Denise — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:23:00 +0000

For folks who like to drink this after supper, do note: I’ve been making this with decaffeinated black tea bags after experiencing insomnia from using caffeinated tea!

A great post; thanks.

Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by krista

krista — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:58:50 +0000

Thanks for the clear instructions. I drink Kombucha but buy it from the store where it is 3.99 a bottle! Definitely going to start making it on my own….

Comment on I’m Addicted To Coffee (and no, I don’t drink it!) by mama 2 two

mama 2 two — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:34:00 +0000

I’ve often contemplated the “upside down coffee” and maybe one day I’ll give this a try. Encouraging post. Thanks. I enjoyed “healing the gerson way” and made some life changes at the time I read it. Maybe I’ll have my coffee alternatively one of these days soon.

Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by Rose Ketel

Rose Ketel — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:52:21 +0000

I use the Sun Tea jars with the spout on the bottom. I found them at a thriftstore. It’s easy to pour off the batch with the spout, leaving a small amount in the bottom. I make the tea komucha, and I have also made coffee kombucha. I got to the point where regular coffee was upsetting to my stomach, but the coffee kombucha doesn’t do that. It’s not the best tasting and I do add some agave or stevia after it’s brewed, but it does give me a quick pick-me-up.

Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by mary Bagnell

mary Bagnell — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:15:43 +0000

I found a 1 gallon pickle jar at B.J’s. Ha, I gave away most of the pickles because I just wanted the jar. I think that it was about $4.25. I heard that Target also has them.
Make sure that you get the wide mouth kind….The mother gets as wide as the jar.
Enjoy!!!!

Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:15:45 +0000

I’m on my 3rd batch of Kombucha and I’ve been making more and more each batch. I didn’t experince any ill effects from consuming a normal amount and I usually have a several glasses of it a day. In my experience, some people find the smell a little off putting, so I use a BPA free plastic cup with a straw and lid (found at WMalMart, Target, Bath and Body etc), just so no one has to smell the vinegar baes. I also make my batches in mason jars. They provide a perfect single serve size. After my brew is done, I bottle it up and refridgerate for 24 hours before drinking. Perhaps I should let it sit unrefridgerated for 24 hours after it’s done…side note for next time! Enjoy your foray into Kombucha making!! PS: add the fruit or juice last, I put some an orange slice into my last batch and the orange fused to the SCOBY and I had to throw them all away. No worries, I still have PLENTY! Another PS: my family hates it, so it’s my selfish treat .

Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by Helen V

Helen V — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:26:45 +0000

I have brewing Kombucha for 4 years now and am making 4 gallons at a time. Pineapple in the second ferment is our favorite and I do the second ferment in the long necked resealable bottles that our local market sells sparkling lemonde in, the kind with the metal hinge on the top. They really pop when we open them and the fizz has helped me stop drinking soda.

Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by Katie M

Katie M — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:17:16 +0000

Yissell, I found that the cheapest way to get glass jars was to go to Sam’s Club or Costco, or other such store, and buy the gallon size jar of pickles.

Also, for anyone interested in brewing their own kombucha, but who doesn’t know anyone with an extra starter to give away, it is really easy to start growing your own. Follow the steps above, but rather than add the scoby and starter to the tea, add 2 bottles of unflavored store bought kombucha. It will take longer to brew, (I think we left ours for 2 weeks) but a mother will begin to grow.

Comment on Kombucha: The Ultimate Liver Cleansing Elixir by Dr Cole

Dr Cole — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:33:44 +0000

It may have some interesting properties but the ultimate liver elixer? I think that’s a stretch. I could think of several things above this on the elixer such as schizandra, milk thistle, reishi, lipoic acid, etc.

Comment on I’m Addicted To Coffee (and no, I don’t drink it!) by Christine

Christine — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:22:23 +0000

Hi Pamela,

Even if you don’t have a gallbladder, the coffee enemas are still excellent to do as they are cleansing to the liver and they detoxify the blood as the blood filters through the liver. The liver is the organ responsible for producing the bile, the gallbladder is the organ that stores it. So, even though your gallbaldder is gone, the liver is still making it, and releasing it.