Kombucha Passion Fruit & Lemon Organic

How much fruit is in this kombucha?

Four per cent passion fruit juice and one and a half per cent lemon juice, added to a fermented herbal extract that makes up the rest of the bottle. Kazidomi works from organically grown agricultural ingredients with no synthetic flavouring, for a fruity and distinctly tart result.

Passion fruit and lemon or lime and ginger: which bottle do I pick?

Both come in the 750 ml size at Kazidomi. The passion fruit and lemon leans tropical and sharp, with the citrus doing the work. The lime and ginger version is drier and warmer, with the ginger giving a peppery finish. The passion fruit one is the easier of the two to start on.

How do I keep this 750 ml bottle once it is open?

Kazidomi says to put it back in the fridge after opening and finish it within five days, while the fizz and the aromas hold. Before opening, the bottle keeps perfectly well somewhere cool and dry. Closing the cap firmly between servings limits how much gas escapes.

What am I actually drinking when I drink kombucha?

A sweetened tea fermented by a kombucha culture. In this Kazidomi bottle the base puts green tea, black tea and maté together with a dozen plants, among them lime flower, lemon balm, lemon verbena, elderflower and liquorice. Fermentation works through the cane sugar and gives the characteristic tartness.

Does this kombucha contain alcohol?

Fermentation leaves a trace, below 0.5%, which places the drink among the non-alcoholic ones. Kazidomi notes all the same that it is not recommended during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. Nothing alcoholic is added to the recipe: whatever is there comes from the ferments alone.