Kombucha tea

• Buzz around Kombucha tea has returned. A few weeks ago, the touted health elixir made waves with claims of cures for cancer, performance enhancement in sports, weight loss, and an overall panacea for ailments.
(Examiner)
• Among the latest health kicks is kombucha tea, a fermented beverage that has resurfaced in popularity after it faded from the limelight in the 1990s.
(eMaxHealth.com)
• What do kombucha tea and sourdough bread have in common? They both are bred from a "mother," a solid mass that is a culture of yeast and bacteria often called a mushroom or SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast).
(Examiner)
• Since the '90s when it first gained recognition as a cure-all for ailments for everything from cancer to graying hair, kombucha tea has continued to gain popularity despite minimal scientific validation and potential risks.
(Northwestern University)
• An ancient cultured beverage with origins in the Far East, kombucha tea has been revered for thousands of years as "the Elixir of Life" and "the Tea of Immortality.
(PRLog (free press release))
• It may not sound very appetizing, but a home-brewed concoction of tea, sugar, yeast and bacteria has quickly become the latest health fad to sweep the nation.
(E Canada Now)
• Kombucha is a natural, organic, fermented tea that originated in Russia during the early 19th century. It is said to be a magical elixir that, when ingested, produces amazing benefits for all people, especially athletes.
(YAHOO!)
• She saw some information on kombucha, a fermented tea purported to enhance the immune system, and began drinking it to boost her own health and wellness after Ciara's birth.
(a magical elixir? - Reno Gazette)
• "People keep asking for (fermentation) starters." Another hot seller at Sydney's is G.T.'s Kombucha, a fermented tea. Although people like Mayo Clinic internist Brent A.
(INFORUM)