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SCOBY [skobi]symbiotic culture of bacteria and
yeast [simbiottk] [jist](細菌和酵母菌共生培養;紅茶菌)
的首字母縮寫,symbiotic 表示「(動植物)共生的」,yeast
指「酵母菌)」。
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Facts about
Kombucha
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-Helen Yeh
Toad.cn
You may have come across kombucha
on restaurant menus and wondered what
it was. If you had tried it, you would
have noticed it tastes like fizzy vinegar.
Recently, it has exploded in popularity.'
But what's so special about this drink?
Kombucha begins its life as a mixture of
tea and sugar. The secret ingredient² that
turns this sweetened tea into kombucha
10 is a pancake-shaped blob called a SCOBY,
which is short for symbiotic culture of
bacteria and yeast. The SCOBY ferments*
the tea by gradually converting the sugar
into acids.
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years ago in China, where people drank it
for its health-promoting benefits. As the
story goes, a Korean doctor by the name
of Kombu brought the tea from China
20 to Japan to cure an ailing emperor. From
there, kombucha eventually made its way
to Europe.
While kombucha has been seen as a
miracle cure for some diseases, there is no
nedical evidence to support such claims.
However, like other fermented products,
combucha can aid in digestion and keep
our gut healthy. And since it's lower in
ugar than many sodas, it could also be a
jood choice as a refreshing beverage.
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