This recipe is very much like Live Green Soda Pop. Only waaaay more refreshing and infinitely more healthifying!

A friend mentioned making “live green Coke” earlier today, and it got me thinking… “Gee, I’ve got this giant vat of homemade Kombucha in my fridge right now. And I haven’t used it for an LGS because…?????”

What is Kombucha?

Kombucha is made from sweetened, fresh-brewed tea that is allowed to ferment into a sparkling health-tonic  beverage. It has a kind of hard-cider or refreshing light wine quality to its flavor, and develops a fine fizzy quality much closer to champagne than to soda.

(It actually tastes mildly vinegary to me, but don’t let that put you off… I actually loathe the taste of vinegar, but there’s just something oddly, magically appealing about Kombucha).

Kombucha is considered detoxifying and immune-enhancing, and has a long history in Asia as being “the elixir of long life”. It’s rich in enzymes, probiotics, and other beneficial nutrients, and has many devoted daily-drinking fans.

It’s also easy to make at home. Here’s a great resource page with instructions, a video, and an audio call with David Wolfe talking about Kombucha (and many other healthy foods and herbs).

Super-Refreshing Soda Substitute…With a Natural Buzz

Owing to its fermented quality, Kombucha has an extremely low alcoholic content, something around 0.05%. But I always get a nice relaxed “chill” when I drink it, which cracks me up because the alcohol in it is negligible, and any buzz one gets is probably homeopathic in effect.

But it’s refreshing, delicious in Live Green Smoothies, and can even be used to make very tasty Raw Cocktails. Certainly, it’s a vast improvement over packaged, sugary sodas. What an improvement to our culture, have relaxed, Kombuchified tonic-drinkers instead of soda drinkers hopped up on sugar and aspartame.

Pass the word on to your friends and family. This is a trend that would be just wonderful to see hit the mainstream. And it’s so economical, as you can make it so easily at home!

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Recipe for: Kombucha Live Green Smoothie with Parsley and Whole Oranges

• 3 cups (24 oz.) kombucha tea
• 2 whole oranges, peeled (I used seedless navels…)
• 1 cup fresh parsley
• 1 cup ice

Blend until nice and smoothe, and drink up! So refreshing…!!!

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