Ok, just added this one. I’ve seen cans and bottles of Kombucha around the stores for years now but this is my first time trying one. So I’m gonna do this right.
Smell in can is… kinda like vinegar? Like a wine-y vinegar? I don’t know how to describe that. (Off to a great start). It’s somewhat sharp and pungent, but not completely unpleasant.
Can has been chilled to fridge temps. Taste is… wow that is ODD. It definitely has that vinegar taste to it that I smelled. But at the same time I’m getting fruitiness as well. It’s not completely horrible, but I’ve never had Kombucha before and after this don’t think I will again. The tea I can tell is very acidic, and tastes that way too. It’s kinda like drinking… how do I put this…. fruity paint thinner? I don’t think I really like this that much. It’s really not my cuppa at ALL. It’s a weird mix of sweet and sour that simply does not appeal to me. Well, at least I can say I’ve tried Kombucha. And now I know, it isn’t my thing. It is what it is.
Flavors: Alcohol, Black Currant, Cherry, Sugar, Vinegar
It was an acquired taste for me, eventually growing on me so much that I made my own. Now I find a lot of the store-bought brands too vinegary. But hey, if you dun like, you dun like it!
I just started making booch a few weeks ago. My neighbir loves it, but he LOVES vinegar so the more vinegary the better to him. I like it….all right but I wouldn’t like the atore bought stuff probably, Homemade is unpasteurized so probably has a lot more probiotics. I started my third? fourth batch tonight. Second ferment is getting really fizzy.
I can’t drink it because the fermentation process it goes through releases certain chemicals that are a migraine trigger for me.