Introducing Kombucha

Kombucha is a fermented tea made from SCOBY - Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast.  Megan is endeavouring to isolate the bacteria to ascertain that there are no strains of bacteria present that are new to New Zealand.  It is proving difficult to isolate the bacteria as the yeast is so abundant in the cultures.  

Megan showed me the yeast and bacteria on slides. she had prepared.