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All Blog Posts Tagged 'tea' (6)

Holy Basil Tea

Eric gave me some of this Holy Basil tea. The striking thing is its taste. It's delicious.

Nearly as surprizing is how far it goes. I made a pot using one tea

bag. It's extremely strong. It easily yields several cups from a tea

bag. Wikipedia describes Holy Basil as "

Ocimum tenuiflorum (also tulsi, tulasī) is an aromatic plant…

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Added by Michael Levin on June 25, 2010 at 11:16am — No Comments

How to Make Kombucha

These "Instructables" videos are great! No muss, no fuss. I wish I'd seen them to begin with, but it's really so much fun discovering how-to yourself, the way I went has been fine.…

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Added by Michael Levin on February 7, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Houston, we have Kombucha!

Wow! It worked! I was a little concerned when I saw the Kombucha after about 2 weeks because there was an irregular film on top. The photo below, from the Wikipedia Kombucha article leads me to believe the film on my Kombucha is normal. I'm… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on February 7, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Kombucha: We May Have a Problem...

Here's my first batch. If you have ideas, there's a discussion here, in the Camillia Sinensis group. Hmmmm....stay tuned!

Added by Michael Levin on February 5, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

How to Make Kombucha Tea

I've been curious about kombucha ever since Zach Lutz wrote about here on Zoobird. I tried it for the first time the other day at a coffee shop in Orlando called the Drunken Monkey.

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Added by Michael Levin on January 16, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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