Q&A

Kombucha is fermented tea. Essentially, you make sweet tea and add a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast (also known as a SCOBY) to the mix. The tea ferments as the yeast and bacteria feed on the sugar, creating a probiotic drink beneficial for gut health, as it helps feed the good bacteria in your gut for better digestion and energy, among its many healing benefits. Gut health is important because 75% of our immune system lives in there, so a compromised environment in the gut can affect many other systems in the body, like digestion, mood, energy levels, and skin.

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There are many reports and studies that suggest kombucha is great for our health. Kombucha contains beneficial probiotics that are similar to the healthy bacteria found in the gut. The anti-inflammatory probiotics found in kombucha can help boost our mental health as well as support our digestive health.

Our mission is to explore the magic of tea, meaning that we start each batch with the highest-quality loose leaf. Our flavors are the product of what we do on the front-end of the brewing process. We have fine-tuned our recipes of high-quality organic teas, herbs, botanicals, fruits, and juices that are steeped and blended together to create our delicious flavor profiles.It would be easier to make a large batch of ‘plain’ kombucha with a cheap tea but we’re tea people and we believe in the art behind the flavor. If you love the taste of our kombucha compared to a lot of other kombuchas out there, this is the reason.

Drinking Kompassion Kombucha is a tasty way to incorporate fermented food into your diet. The fermentation process IS what’s so special. Kombucha fermentation creates a mix of naturally occurring live and active cultures, such as:

• Beneficial bacteria and yeasts (acetic acetobacter, lactobacillus, saccharomyces) that can help populate the gut with healthy flora to aid in digestion
• Organic acids: acetic acid, lactic acid, propionic acid, glucuronic acid and gluconic acid. These organic acids are known to improve bioavailability of vitamins, prevent accumulation of heavy metals and insoluble oxalates, inhibit pathogenic bacteria, support joint health and modulate immunity.

A lot of people ask us, "Is sugar added to kombucha?" We’re happy to answer! In order for fermentation to occur, there must be three elements:

• Tea (made from tea leaves and water)
• Specific yeast and bacteria (called SCOBY)
• Sugar (we use organic, cane sugar)

The sugar feeds the yeast and bacteria, aiding in its growth. Without sugar, you have no yeast and bacteria. Without yeast and bacteria, you have no kombucha. So in short, yes, there is sugar added to kombucha, but it's what makes it, well, kombucha!