Japanese kombu cha (kelp tea)

[gfron1]

A friend just bought some kombu cha and can't find instructions on how to brew it. This is a solid tea, not powdered. Anyone know?

[Thanks for the Crepes]

No experience with it, but it interested me because I'd never heard of it. I thought it might be the seaweed kelp, but it seems not to be. There's a lot of info on Google about kombucha, and it seems to be a fermented, sour Manchurian tea. 

[Naftal]

I am just curious...

   Are you absolutely certain that you do not have the scoby? The scoby is used to ferment the tea.

[gfron1]

Here you go:

[Naftal]

     According to this very informative site:

 

 

http://www.kombuchafuel.com/search/label/SCOBY%20Photos           

 

the scoby starts life rather cream colored and gets darker through repeated use.

 

So, my guess-and it is only a guess- is that you have an old, preserved scoby.

But the above mentioned website has a lot more info.

[Naftal]

gfron1-Having just discovered this thread

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/106143-kombucha/

I realized/learned that there really is a kelp tea that goes by the same name as the fermented tea I am familiar with! I was unfamiliar with it. I now am wondering, How was your Kelp tea?

I apologize for any confusion my ignorance may have caused.

Edited December 2, 2015 by Naftal (log)