No, not for acne. Thats not why I love it and started drinking it. However, kombucha pioneers claim that it can help, but they can get into that argument.

Me, I just want to sip away.

I actually found this site from a raw foodist friend who knew that my recently-gone-raw self was unimpressed by much of the raw information out there. Most of it is WAY too spiritually-based for me, and I prefer a bit more science behind my practices. So, he recommended Wai, and, really, skin was no...

Yeah, Cy, I would actually like to start brewing.

I found some websites that sell starter kits. Any suggestions (if you are still out there)?

For what its worth, if there is anything I can take away from Wai's site about acne, it is her topical skin recommendations. No, I don't do the pure water on my face, and I engage in vigorous exercise on a daily basis, but I have turned away from glycolic acid, traditional moisturizers, and Walgreen...

Yeah, and I didn't realize it but yeasts are in the kingdom fungi. Huh, yeast as food. Mushroom as food. I would be interested to know the evolutionary history of human's dietary relationship to these. Anyway, kombucha is quite expensive--$3 a bottle, at least--so I wouldn't worry if it doesn't fall...

Kombucha is definitely a living product. It needs constant refrigeration even before opened and fizzes and spurts and smells like baking bread. Normally, kombucha production is pretty straight forward--grow some culture in a bucket--but I just don't know the exact details or how GT does it, specific...

Just saw your post: Its GT's brand kombucha that you can buy in any health-foodish store, so I actually don't know how its made (but it is "raw"). I haven't had any the past few days--its a tad expensive (and now I'm buying sparkling mineral water) so it won't kill me to give it up. Nothing the matt...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Wai recommend eating edible boletus and chantrelles (for their serotonin level benefits)?

I drink Kombucha everyday, right now, and love it. Will this really have negative effects for skin (or weight or Wai's practices, in general?)