0 a drink made by allowing sweet tea, bacteria and yeast to ferment (= go through a process in which the sugar changes to acid, gas, or alcohol), that is thought to be good for your health
It forms a gelatinous substance that allows it to be easily transferred from one fermenting substrate to the next, much like kefir grains, kombucha, and tibicos.
Although it is generally believed that usnic acid is exclusively restricted to lichens, in a few unconfirmed isolated cases the compound was found in kombucha tea and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
It is always found in kombucha.
People who do not wish to consume dairy products may find that water kefir provides probiotics without the need for dairy or tea cultured products, such as kombucha.
As a result, kombucha is relatively easy to maintain as a culture outside of sterile conditions.
They are sometimes, but not always, found in kombucha.
The kombucha culture can also be used to make an artificial leather.
The term is often used to refer to cultures of bacteria and yeast present during production of the fermented beverage kombucha.
