Green Coffee and
Green Tea

A powerful drink enfused with green coffee beans. This Kombuhca is a living energy drink, brewed using a speciality coffee bean that was grown on the slopes of the Tecapa volcano in El Salvador.
This fermented drink has been created to energise your body and mind: probiotic bacteria helps your gut health ^{[1] [2]} and green coffee stimulates your metabolism ^{[3] [4]}.
The beans used are Red Bourbon: a coffee that was chosen for its fruity taste, excellent quality and for the reputation of its grower: Gilberto Baraona, who has won the Cup of Exellence award fifteen times and is known to pay his workers well above the minimum wage ^[5].

Ingredients

Water, Organic sugar, Kombucha culture, Green coffee beans (Red Bourbon) (1.5%), Organic sencha tea (0.1%)

Nutrition

Typical value per 100ml

Ginkgo, Ginseng and Sarsaparilla

A fruity, lightly sparkling drink. This Kombucha has been brewed with a blend of ingredients known for their medicinal properties and designed to help increase your vitality!
This raw, vegan health drink has been fermented with ginkgo, ginseng and sarsaparilla to help contribute towards gut health, mental well-being and focus.
Ginseng supports energetic alertness ^{[6] [7] [8]} and the body's natural defences ^[9] and Ginkgo helps the maintenenace of good cognitive function ^{[10] [11]} and contributes to normal blood circulation^[12]

Ingredients

Water, Organic sugar, Kombucha culture, Organic sencha tea (0.1%), Ginseng (0.1%), Sarsaparilla (0.1%), Ginkgo (0.1%), Cinnamon.

Nutrition

Typical value per 100ml

Citations

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[12] Wu, Y., Li, S., Cui, W., Zu, X., Du, J. and Wang, F. (2008). Ginkgo biloba extract improves coronary blood flow in healthy elderly adults: Role of endothelium-dependent vasodilation. Phytomedicine, [online] 15(3), pp.164-169. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944711307003157.