Kombucha is popularly known as a healthy and tasty drink. The names of the fungus are many, the most common:
- Japanese mushroom;
- Kombuha;
- Fango;
- Sea brew;
- Tea jellyfish;
- Japanese uterus;
- Tea mushroom.
Kombucha - what is it?
The scientific name of the tea fungus is Medusomyces gisevi (medusomycetes). This compound is a whole of yeast with acetic acid bacteria. In addition, in the process of fermentation, yeast-like mushrooms and ethyl alcohol are added to the composition.
Medusa is a substance because of its resemblance to marine life. Kombukha (or kombut, kombucha) is the Japanese pronunciation of the name of seaweed tea. Fango (or Hongo) is the accepted pronunciation of the mushroom in Spain and France.
Looks like a mushroom, if viewed in a transparent container like this:
- Thick multi-layer film;
- Changing color depending on the conditions of care: white, yellow, brown and pink;
- Located on the surface of the water.
The liquid obtained during the infusion of a fungus includes various sugar-containing substances:
- glucose;
- fructose;
- sucrose.
Scientists have studied the properties of the fungus, its ability to retain its beneficial properties in tea water. Medusomitset does not absorb components of other infusions. It is not affected by flavoring, tanning properties.
But the fungus alone in a pure liquid, and not in tea, does not synthesize ascorbic acid, which it considers to be one of the most important components of a healthy drink.
The fungus fermentation process is based on the interaction of yeast with sugar: alcohol and carbon dioxide are formed. Bacteria chemically react with ethyl alcohol and form acetic acid.
The composition of tinctures on the mushroom, depending on what it is based on, is rich in the chemical elements contained:
- On honey: acetic and gluconic acid, alcohol, choline;
- On black tea with sugar: gluconic and kojic acids, lactic and acetic acids, carbonic and citric acids, sugar, caffeine, ethanol. The drink contains vitamins B, C, D, PP.
What is useful Kombucha for the body?
The drink has various healing properties. Therefore, the recommendations on its use are many. The main diseases and preventive measures are as follows.
Kvass helps:
- In improving and normalizing the metabolic process;
- Colds;
- Flu;
- Throat diseases;
- Improving eyesight and prevention of ocular pathologies;
- Restoration of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Constipation - dysentery;
- Mild tuberculosis.
Tinctures made on the basis of fungal mass help to improve the condition of the skin, structure and appearance of hair. Fungal mixture cleanses the skin from age spots, removes warts and other neoplasms.
The main therapeutic properties of the fungus:
- antibiotic;
- the ability to numb;
- removal of inflammation.
Infusion drink to reduce blood cholesterol, normalize blood pressure. A positive result in the treatment of various types of sclerosis. Special assistance is provided for chronic ENT diseases.
How to grow yourself Kombucha
There are two ways to grow and get Kombucha yourself:
- Black tea;
- From dogrose.
First way
To start the process you will need the following items and ingredients:
3-liter clean bottle or other convenient glass container;
- Gauze fabric;
- Boiling water;
- Granulated sugar or lump sugar;
- Teapot and black tea welding.
Any tea will be suitable for brewing, but it is better if you buy large leaves without any additives. The price for brewing does not matter, you can buy inexpensive, affordable for the family budget.
An important condition is considered the sterility of the capacity for the reproduction of fungal substances. Dirt and infection adversely affect it, the process may not occur, or the fungus dies.
Wash a can with soda. It will not leave on the walls of the chemical components of modern detergents. Rinse the jar should be under running water several times, sterilized optional.
Then take five tablespoons of dry tea leaves and pour them into the teapot. Spoons for understanding the desired volume - table, but without a slide. Poured tea 0.5 liters of boiling water. Tea is left for infusion.
After cooling the liquid, sugar is added to it. You need 7 tablespoons of granulated sugar or 7 pieces of sugar. Instant sugar is better not to choose.
Everything is thoroughly mixed. Brewing with sugar is filtered through cheesecloth. It is advisable to repeat the filtering twice. The resulting tincture is poured into a three-liter jar.
Fermentation tank is closed with gauze rolled in several layers. It is necessary to prevent dust or dirt. Put the jar in a warm place. It will take about 6-7 weeks.
After about two weeks, the liquid will give off an unpleasant vinegar odor. Take any action is not worth it. The smell confirms that the fermentation process is underway. Gradually the smell will disappear. A thin film will appear on the surface of the water; this is the first layer of the future mushroom. Thin film will gradually grow.
Second way
The process of growing a fungus from wild rose is similar to brewing.
Preparing the infusion of the fruit of useful berries. Suitable and dry mix, and freshly harvested fruit. The best way to brew rosehip is not a teapot, but a thermos. Take 4 spoons of fruit and 0.5 liters of boiling water.
Wild rose infused longer: about 4-5 days. After that, black tea leaves are added to the briar. Pre-liquid from a thermos filter and pour into the jar. It will take 1 tablespoon of dried tea leaves for 1 cup of boiling water.
Sugar add 5 spoons. All the collected mixture is worth another day. Then all the liquid is filtered and poured into the bottle for a future healthy drink. The rest of the procedure is the same as with brewing. The fungus will appear in about 2 months.
Kombucha reproduction
Medusoidal basis from the layer of the fungus reproduces. It is best to carefully remove the top film. You can do the breeding procedure in stages:
- Remove the mushroom from the container;
- Rinse it;
- Remove the top layer gently;
- Put it in a jar with warm clean water (boiled);
- The bank must be closed with a cloth or gauze.
- Boiled water is constantly poured to the water level was always the same.
Maintenance and care
Kombucha requires care.
Wrong actions with the created mass lead to its damage.
The drink will be similar to the mixture with vinegar, there will be no benefit.
Check the condition of the fungus is easy.
It should be located on the surface of the liquid.
There are certain rules of care.
How to care for Kombucha:
- Follow the growth of layers, they should not be much. The approximate thickness of the fungus - 1-3cm;
- Increase the amount of water in the bank, the best volume for growth - 3 liters;
- Add brewing (you can already used);
- Follow the rules with sugar. The optimal amount is 2 tablespoons per 1 liter of water;
- When adding, it is necessary to filter the tea;
- Do not allow contact between fungus and sugar. Grains of sugar corrode layers and violate the integrity of the fungal film. The mushroom dies;
- Once a month to clean the fungus and jars;
- Rinse the mass with warm water and maintain in air for about 2-3 minutes to saturate with oxygen;
- Try not to deform the resulting shape of the fungus. Spread on a flat surface, do not bend, do not tear;
- To wash the fungus, use non-chlorinated water, but clean water without impurities.
What does it mean if Kombucha is lowered to the bottom of a can?
If the usable mass has dropped to the bottom, then the mushroom is sick.
An urgent intervention and treatment of the product is required. The main means is cleanliness. The mushroom is removed from the jar, washed, and the spoiled layers are removed.
Can I lose weight by using Kombucha?
Properties of the substances that make up the drink, tested by doctors. They confirm that the infusion will help with weight loss. What processes activates the drink, entering the human body:
- Improves metabolism. It leads to the removal of harmful elements from the body, promotes regular self-cleaning.
- Enhanced enzyme activity. The work of the digestive system and the digestive organs is gradually improving.
- Lipase is formed, which is responsible for the timely and proper breakdown in the body of harmful fats;
- The intestines are cleaned. Slags and toxins go out naturally, gradually without a sharp impact on the internal state.
If you take kvass regularly, hoping only for his help, the result can not be obtained. It is important to understand that the drink can be part of a set of measures aimed at weight loss and weight loss. It is necessary to change the diet, increase physical activity, physical activity.
Slimming tea: a recipe
How to cook:
- Take one thin layer of fresh mushroom;
- In 1.5 liters of water pour 100 grams of sugar;
- Mix it thoroughly in water;
- Put the mushroom in sweet water;
- Cool tea;
- Pour into a jar of young mushrooms;
- Leave the jar open for infusion;
- Wait 3-4 days.
The tea should turn cloudy, the layer of fungus will begin to rise closer to the surface.
Tincture should last 7 days. After that, it is ready for use. The fluid is filtered. What is left in the jar is poured with fresh sweet black tea.
Some people suggest for slimming to use not black, but green tea. The whole cooking process is repeated. You can choose for the recipe tea blends for weight loss, then the effect will be even more noticeable.
Rules for taking healing drink for weight loss
How to use the infusion of Kombucha:
- Do not drink with meals;
- Do not drink a meal with a drink;
- If you choose a calorie counting diet, then you need to take into account that the drink contains 38 calories per 100 grams.
- It is not recommended to drink in the morning;
- When taken on an empty stomach, heartburn and belching appear;
- With increased acidity, you need to take a mushroom kvass in limited quantities.
Who should not use tea kvass: harm and contraindications
There is a certain list of body conditions and diseases in which drinking is strictly prohibited.
The most severe contraindications:
- Diabetes;
- Gastritis and gastric ulcer.
Prohibited the simultaneous reception of fungal kvass and antibiotics: tsiprolet, nolitsin. If you start treatment with kvass and take antipyretic drugs, painkillers, the normal level of the bone marrow state decreases. The patient will notice deterioration in the work of the nervous system.
Tea in large quantities adversely affects many vital systems of the body:
- On the mucosa, burns may occur;
- Blood coagulability worsens;
- Reduced work of the kidneys.
There is a risk of getting anemia, shock. There is a real opportunity to get an allergic reaction.
Harm gives vinegar and medusit. They appear in the drink with the wrong preparation and care. Therefore, the infusion should not be too strong, sweet, tart.
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