- A Chinese medicine huckster. “Zhang asserts that different body organs have their own color preferences: lungs like white food, the liver likes green food, kidneys like black food, the heart likes red food and the spleen likes yellow food.”
- According to Gawker, “kombucha tastes terrible”. Some store-bought kombuchas contain too much alcohol.
Heh, this is my favorite comment from that “Gawker” article:
“I was having lunch outside, and some girl asked if I could watch her bike while she went inside a store. When she came out, I asked how she knew I wouldn’t steal her bike. She replied, ‘You’re drinking Kombucha, I knew it would be safe.’ ”
I’m not sure why so many people in that Gawker thread think that kombucha tastes terrible. I’d drink it even if I didn’t think it had health benefits. I suppose it’s a bit like beer, green olives, or hot peppers — you may not like it the very first time you try it, but it grows on you.
I have the Asian Flush thing where I turn red when I consume ethanol. Store-bought Kombucha turns me slightly red. My own brew does not.