Synergy Organic and Raw Kombucha

Have you tried kombucha yet? It is a healthful tea beverage that is enjoying a comeback. It has been around literally for thousands of years, and was once considered a "Tea of Immortality" among Chinese royalty. For many years, the only way consumers could obtain kombucha was through mail-ordering a culture themselves and brewing their own tea. While this is still a wonderful, available option, in recent years companies have gone national to sell this amazing product.

G.T. Dave began bottling and selling his homemade kombucha, under the name Synergy, in 1995, after his mother 's bout with breast cancer. Her health and well-being improved, possibly as a result of drinking kombucha. Though the Food and Drug Administration has yet to make any public claims to the health properties of the beverage, many people have reported increased energy and better digestion through drinking it.

I decided to give Synergy a try. I went to my local Wild Oats store, where there were several varieties of the beverage available for $2.99 a bottle. The nice thing about Synergy is that they make many flavors of the tea, which to the uninitiated palate can be more tasty. There is strawberry, ginger, grape, cranberry, ginger -blueberry, citrus, ginger-raspberry, guava, and original, to name a few. They come in lovely, colorful bottles with fun, hippie names.

My first choice was the flavor Trilogy. That is a mixture of organic kombucha, lemon juice, and raspberry. I found the first sip to be surprising. They are not very sweet, and have a bit of a vinegary taste, at first. I like the fizziness, and the drink felt good on my stomach. Since I suffer from occasional stomachaches, this was a definite plus.

So I liked it, but was not bowled over at first, but several of my friends encouraged me to keep drinking it. "Just drink one a day for a week, and see how much better you feel," my friend Lauren said. So I did. I tried the fruity flavors as well as the spicy ones, and I've got to tell you, she was right!