![]() ![]() Costco is bulk food and very cheap in comparison to Safeway and specialty stores such as the Berkeley Bowl. The Berkeley Bowl is very nice, but is is not cheap. I am finding that juicing is quite an expensive way to go, so I am relegated to purchasing my vegetables from Costco versus the Berkeley Bowl. So I purchased it about a month and a half ago. I read a bunch of reviews on and found that a ton of people recommended it and it was also recommended in the book "Green Juicing Diet" by John Chatham. The guys in the film used the Breville as well, so I did some research and saw that Martha Stewart recommended the Breville as well. I watched "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead" on Netflix and was pretty fascinated by the story and how juicing turned these guys' lives around. I bought a Breville BJE820XL Dual Disc Juice Processor from. My hands down favorites in this category are the Grape Chia, the Green Chia and the Black Chia, i'm less fond of the Raspberry Chia, and i'm simply not a fan of the Cherry Chia but then as much as i like Cherries i'm not a big fan of cherry flavored stuff. Their Enlightened Synergy flavors like Cosmic Cranberry, Mystic Mango, Guava Goodness and Passionberry Bliss. Their Enlightened flavors like Botanic Number 3, Botanic Number 7 and Botanic Number 9. Their Classic Synergy Flavors like Trilogy, and Gingerberry. I love their classic flavors like Multi-Green, and Gingerade. Some brands of course are better then others and personally GT’s is my favorite so far - although a new brand just appeared in my local grocery that I’m very excited about and will talk about next week - For me GT’s has the best flavor, and the smoothest taste. Once not so long ago it was the kind of thing you had to make yourself or buy in little out of the way health food stores, but now several companies make it and it’s begun showing up in national large chain groceries. By the third sip I was hooked, and hooked for life I might add.Īs for what kombucha to buy and where to buy it - it’s become something of a revolution. I cracked it open, took a sip, squished my eyes shut at the pungent taste and took another sip. I stood there scrutinizing the bottles, reading each flavor carefully and wondering to myself "Is it really as bad as I remember?" In the end, after many minutes of curious contemplation I broke down and bought another bottle. ![]() ![]() One night I found myself tired and thirsty staring into a massive display case of Kombucha. There will come a time when curiosity will get the better of you again and you’ll ask yourself, was that really as bad as I first thought? When that happens you’ll buy another bottle, you’ll take a sip and be hooked." He sounded like a wise old sage and if you knew T you would know there is nothing sage-like about him, and yet he was absolutely right. ![]() T told me not to worry, that I’d be back, and when I asked him what he thought would ever posess me to buy another bottle when I thought it was so awful he just smiled and shrugged. I couldn’t finish the bottle I’d bought and ended up dumping it down the sink. GT’s Synergy is his favorite, and after talking it up for weeks and weeks my curiosity got the best of me and I bought a bottle. It was my friend T who first introduced me to the stuff nearly two years ago now. Having said all of that, it must also be said that kombucha has a ‘taste.’ Some people find it horrible, unpleasant, undrinkable, tart, vinegary, pungent, potent and just down right awful, and I’ll admit that I used to be amongst the haters and naysayer’s. All this and more has been said about kombucha and while I couldn't say exactly what is fact and what is fiction I can at least tell you about my own experience with kombucha and how it makes me feel. It’s said to improve eye sight and heal joint damage as well as improve skin elasticity, and aid in digestion. It’s been said to increase energy, reflexes, and sharpness. It’s been said to help prevent cancer, cure it and aid in the recovery from it. Kombucha has been said to be able to detoxify the body, and energize the mind. However very little research has actually been done on this ‘elixir’ and so truthfully no one really knows what it’s long term health benefits may be - well not in any scientifically proven way at least. Called everything from ‘dangerous’ to ‘the cure for cancer’ people’s opinions and claims about kombucha are rather strong. From there it’s said to have spread to other parts of Asia such as Japan and Korea, and to Russia from where it spread to other European countries like Poland, Germany, Denmark and so on. Kombucha has been drunk for years by many different cultures, and though it’s origins are a mystery to us - it’s story lost in the sands of time it would seem - it’s believed that it was originally developed in China sometime in the 200's BC. ![]()
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