Over this past year, I have been attempting to get myself healthy. This process involved changing habits and a slow process, still going on, of changing what I eat.

I started the year trying to find foods that would fill me in general, bad or good. One thing I found is that I love sushi.

I also began to eat things Loke cream of rice and almond butter and the coolest thing I can say I got into this year is a drink called Kombucha.

Kombucha is a drink made of fermented sweet tea.

i began making this drink myself and it is very interesting.

To make Kombucha you need a colony of bacteria called a scoby. Scoby is an acronym for symbyocic, a culture of bacteria and yeast.

You also need black tea, green tea, or a combination of both. I use a combination of the two.

You need to boil the tea and let it cool to room temperature. while it's cooling, add your white sugar. Add in a half cup of the old tea or a third of white vinegar. Then add your scoby.

The bacteria and yeast in the scoby eat the sugar in the tea and in about a week to a month a new scoby will form.

To keep the culture alive, it needs to be stored out of direct sunlight. The resulting drink will smell like vinegar and taste slightly acidic and if prepared correctly, it will be sweet. Temperature also plays apart in the taste. I keep mine around 70 degrees.

Health benefits of Kombucha are improved digestion, weight loss, increased energy, and can be used for a detox, immune support, reducing arthritis pain, and cancer prevention.

Fair warning: other than the initial boiling, you should not use any metal in your tea unless you are going to drink right away.