Sunday Kombucha Rituals

This piece was originally published on B+YND

I walk into the local health foods store and turn left, add 4 avocados of various ripeness to my cart, and then turn right and smile. I scan the labels for my favorite flavors before adding two ginger, two pineapple, and two lavender-flavored Kombucha to my cart. This has become my weekly Sunday ritual: after my afternoon run, I walk sweat-damp to my favorite Brooklyn market to pick up the fruits, veggies, and other whole foods I'll need for the week… plus the fermented tea I incorporated into my diet 3 months ago.

When it comes to health and wellness staples, Kombucha is as trendy as they come. And it helps that kombucha is one of the easiest ways to get a daily dose of gut friendly bacteria. But what exactly is Kombucha? Kombucha is a fermented tea that is naturally carbonated, filled with amino acids, loaded with probiotics, and has a number of natural healing properties. Kombucha has an acquired taste which non-lovers compare to vinegar, I found that the acidity is pretty easy to get used to once you have started drinking it on a regular basis. Now, I not only tolerate the taste, I crave it (and so does my body).

While I haven't yet begun making my own Kombucha- yes, I live in Williamsburg and work at a fitness studio, but no, I'm not that hip, I have gotten into the routine of drinking a bottle of Kombucha every other day… and it completely transformed my stomach and my body. Here's how that's possible: