What is Kombucha Tea good for? Hannah Crum, or “Queen of Kombucha” as our own Sarah Masoni calls her, can tell you. Hannah’s company, Kombucha Kamp is THE encyclopedia (or Wikipedia if you prefer) of Kombucha Tea. Her mission is to teach, inform, supply and tell the world about the good things Kombucha can do – and cannot do – for the body. Her journey began when she visited a friend in San Francisco in early 2000. The friend had a jar with floating “stuff” in it and was told it was Kombucha. It wasn’t ready to drink, so when Hannah got back to Los Angeles she immediately went to Whole Foods where Kombucha was everywhere. It was the typical love at first sip and Hannah was hooked and had to learn to brew it. She checked out every book in the library and started making it for her own consumption. Eventually, friends tried some, liked it and wanted to make their own as well. Hannah saw this as passion turned into a side hustle and figured she could charge people to teach them not only how to brew their own, but it’s usefulness as well. That’s when she started Kombucha Kamp at her house. She began a blog around 2007 and then there came the Kombucha withdrawal around 2010 which saw commercial brewers get squashed by taxes and led to the formation of the Kombucha Brewers International to fight against the unfair tax. She has served as Master Brewer for several commercial operations and wanted to share her knowledge. For some reason, the Kombucha world is very secretive and don’t want to share the golden nuggets, but she has changed that. Hannah wants people to avoid anecdotal stories about the so-called miracles of Kombucha Tea and look for scientific fact. For example, there are many stories of people whose joints suddenly stop hurting when they begin drinking Kombucha. There are even stories of Chernobyl residents who avoided cancer after the meltdown with daily consumption of Kombucha. But here are the facts: 1) Kombucha helps repair damage to the organs and 2) Kombucha reduces the absorption of dangerous gamma rays. Armed with these scientific facts and more, Hannah offers her free DIY Guide book so each person can make up there own mind about the benefits of Kombucha and brew their own if they choose. A teach, an author, a speaker and activist for health and wellness, Hannah Crum brews on.
"Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall
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