This is a beautiful little organic baby SCOBY and Starter Fluid for you to brew your own Kombucha at home.

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Kombucha – the slightly-fizzy fermented tea drink that’s become a firm-favourite in our fridge – has boomed in popularity in the West in recent years. Currently there are three varieties in the Blighty Booch range – Original, Cherry, and the intriguingly-named Blood Tonic. T he new brand of kombucha has been wowing taste testers with their organic high mountain tea. Their ginger flavour won three gold stars at the Great Taste Awards, the highest possible accolade, and Liz agrees! Blighty Booch’s natural brewing method seeks to harness the goodness of nature, nurturing abundant bioactive compounds, antioxidants and polyphenols for their anti-inflammatory benefits. Using only the finest organic ingredients, Momo Kombucha is brewed the old fashioned way in small 8l batches. They also ferment their kombucha entirely in glass and is always unfiltered, meaning you get more of the good stuff with every sip. Plus their sustainable amber glass bottles protect all the gut-supporting probiotics within.The pair now produce their own brew in Portugal where they say they’ve found the ideal conditions to produce high-quality and tasty kombucha. There is much general interest in the health benefits associated with consuming traditional fermented products. Blighty Booch Kombucha is engaged in a “Future Foods” research product at Aberystwyth University IBERS dept looking at how the evidence for this may be established.

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The venture has been helped by Cywain – a Menter a Busnes delivered project that supports the development of growth orientated businesses in the food and drink sector in Wales. The brand originally evolved from work carried out at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Food Technology Centre (FTC), Llangefni. The kombucha tonics also claim to bring with them a variety of other beneficial nutrients, including vitamin C, vitamin B12 and folic acid. And Liz is a big fan, especially of the Rosehip flavour.

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I tried it when I was touring in Canada and found it to be beneficial to my general health and well-being,” he said. Read More Related Articles Blighty Booch was founded by Mark Pavey, a former music manager and recording artist from Llandudno. Each bottle is made by fermenting green tea without using colourings, stabilisers, preservatives or pasteurisation processes of any kind. The makers at Lewtress say that this ensures the beneficial probiotics in the drink survive. A key factor in the investigation of the beneficial health-­giving and wellness properties of Kombucha in humans is to investigate the metabolism and excretion kinetics of Kombucha, and the concentrations of key metabolites within the brew. We are studying this with the WEFO funded Future Foods Programme at Aberystwyth University, looking at ‘Functional Foods’, using high resolution metabolomics and quantification methods.

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There are currently three varieties in the Blighty Booch range – Original, Cherry, and the intriguingly-named Blood Tonic. Already popular in the US and Canada as well as many parts of the world, Kombucha is a fizzy fermented drink made from tea. The functional benefits of the drink are starting to be seen in England and Wales now too. Blighty Booch Kombucha is brewed traditionally in small batches using Blighty Brew Organic Loose Leaf Tea. Blighty Booch Kombucha and Blighty Brew Organic Loose-leaf Tea started in 2018. We import our organic tea from the High Mountains of Hunan China and use it to make our traditionally, slow and small-batch brewed Kombucha. Blighty Brew Organic Teas are selected to have an elevated L-Theanine level, which is believed to be a long-term energy substance. Mark is now working with Aberystwyth University, via Project HELIX, to substantiate some of kombucha’s health claims.of tea drinkers surveyed perceive tea out-of-home as poor value-for-money. This indicates more work is needed to boost consumers’ estimation of tea served in cafés. 31% of UK consumers surveyed who preference loose-leaf tea over tea bags. A resolutely Welsh drink, Blighty Booch captures the increasing interest that is surrounding fermented products in national and international markets. Mark is determined his label will sit at the top of its product category. Its design deliberately echoes those of bottled beers - the product is targeting the “social lubricant” niche. While once only gracing health food shops, kombucha has broken into the mainstream and can now be found in supermarkets, food shops and even pubs.

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Its fans are passionate advocates of a drink that the ancient Chinese maintained had detoxifying and energising properties. Our Blighty Booch Kombucha requires refrigeration/cellaring through bottle conditioning and secondary fermentation within its 12-month fridge-life. Kombucha’s acidity makes it “safe” indefinitely with the flavour drier and fizzier as the sugars transform into beneficial acids. It should not be shaken or stirred, just carefully opened and poured. While only being founded in 2016, Mighty Brew is a company that has already made its mark, dedicated to creating ethical, organic and sustainable food products that are good for you and the planet. Says Cywain development manager, Llior Radford, “It’s been great working with Mark at Conwy Kombucha with this innovative soft drink, bringing in a bit of Stateside to North Wales.” Mark Pavey, a former successful music manager and founder of the company developed Blighty Booch after a health issue caused him to look further at the functional benefits of Kombucha;“I tried kombucha when I was touring in Canada and found it to be beneficial to my general health and well-being I developed a passion for the stuff. After years of working with some of the finest artists in the folk scene I’ve developed an appreciation for true authenticity and that’s essentially what I’m trying to do with Blighty Booch.He developed the brand after a health issue caused him to look further at the drink’s functional benefits. Depending on the flavour of Lewtress, each bottle contains between 2.4% to 5.5% residual sugars from the fermentation process. Their traditional, small-batch kombucha is available in a number of flavours, offering a fun and tangy low alcohol alternative. Delightfully refreshing! Not all kombucha is created equal; we brew our Kombucha traditionally, in small batches, allowing it to double ferment for over 3 weeks. It is unpasteurised, full of prebiotics, living probiotics and cleansing postbiotics, Certified Vegan, Organic, and never force carbonated.