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Traditionally, black tea was always used for brewing and maintaining kombucha mushroom culture. There. are reasons for using black tea that aid in the longevity of the cultures vitality working as a nutrient solution. contained within the plant in question. Kombucha does not like herbs or plants with high amounts of volatile. oils, an example would be peppermint tea.
Kombucha is a probiotic beverage, which is made by fermenting black tea and sugar with special probiotic cultures, known as kombucha or mother cultures. Some people refer to the resulting beverage as a tea, whilst others call it a tonic or elixir. Kombucha is often referred to as kombucha mushroom tea or simply mushroom tea. However, it does not contain mushrooms but rather probiotic bacteria and beneficial yeasts. Thus kombucha is also a probiotic food.