I recently had the chance to review a few more bottled teas. One is another in a series of GT's kombucha reviews, GT's Organic Raw Multi-Green Kombucha. The other is a collection of several Honest Tea reviews. And, as always, you can read more reviews in the bottled drink reviews section of the site. Enjoy!

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I'm not gonna lie to you--making kombucha is a little bit nasty. It involves intentionally growing bacteria and yeast on top of an otherwise perfectly good batch of sweet tea. This bacteria and yeast (known as a SCOBY, or symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast) looks like some kind of weird organ meat. And it makes the tea smell like vinegar, which (if you're making enough of the stuff) makes your house smell like vinegar.

Ready to make kombucha anyway? Good. If you can handle all that, then making kombucha is for you! (The best kombucha I've ever had was made by someone who also loves composting. It makes sense.) Some of the pros to making kombucha: You can flavor it however you want. You can ferment it as much or as little as you want. You can control all the base ingredients, meaning that you can use, say, organic tea or a particular tea type. You don't have to pasteurize it. You can bottle it however you want. Ans it's generally way cheaper than buying it at a store.

Beyond all that, it isn't too difficult to make! Here's how to make kombucha at home. Enjoy!

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