Kombucha Apple Elderflower Organic

What does elderflower bring to this kombucha?

A natural extract at 0.3%, which supplies the floral note. It sits alongside 5% apple juice and a nanah mint extract, on a base of fermented green and black tea. The whole thing, made for Kazidomi, stays gentle and only lightly tart.

Apple elderflower or passion fruit lemon: which is the gentler one?

The apple elderflower from Kazidomi, without question. Apple juice and elderflower give it a round, floral, easy profile, in a 250 ml bottle made in Belgium. The passion fruit and lemon version pushes the other way, sharper and more exotic, on a fermented herbal infusion rather than tea.

Where do the bubbles come from?

From the kombucha cultures fermenting the tea, topped up by the carbon dioxide listed among the ingredients. The fizz is fine rather than sharp, gentler than a soft drink. Kazidomi suggests serving this 250 ml bottle well chilled and not shaking it before you open it.

How long does it keep once opened?

Three days in the fridge, according to Kazidomi, to hold on to the taste and the fizz. Before opening it sits at room temperature in a cool, dry spot, since the drink is pasteurised. Once the bubbles have gone the kombucha is still drinkable, but it loses the liveliness that makes it worth opening.

What exactly is in the recipe?

Filtered water, green and black tea, 5% apple juice, kombucha cultures, unrefined sugar, natural elderflower extract, natural nanah mint extract and carbon dioxide. The agricultural ingredients chosen by kazidomi.mome from organic farming. The bottle holds 250 ml and is produced in Belgium.