Kombucha

A fizzy-drink addict? Loved a sugar-laced iced tea in your past life? Let me introduce you to The ’Bucha. You might have seen kombucha-crazed kids parodied about town and rolled your eyes with the masses. Fair enough. It’s kind of boundary-pushing stuff. But I’ll try to ground it for us. Kombucha is a slightly fizzy, fermented ‘iced tea’ made by adding a SCOBY (short for ‘symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast’) to a batch of brewed tea. This spongy, mushroomy thing propels the drink (by eating sugar – yes, sugar!!) to become an ‘alive’ gut-healing beverage. The stuff is brimful of probiotics and is a standout for digestive health.