Lady Grey Bärbucha Kombucha

Aktualisiert: 23. Mai 2023

Another Kombucha in our Classic line - Lady Grey Bärbucha Kombucha.

Lady Grey is a very catchy name for a tea, a tea that is delicious on its own, but even more delicious as a Kombucha.

We fell in love with it from the very first sip, and as a result, it became a part of our Classic Line Kombucha.

So, let's start with the origin of the tea.

It seams that almost everyone has heard of Earl Grey tea. It's probably one of the best known flavored teas - one that is made by mixing black tea with Bergamot essential oil.

Earl Grey was created in England in the 1830s. Lady Grey on the other hand, is quite a recent creation, and according to the article by The Telegraph it was only created in the 1990s by Twinnings Tea Company in effort to find a lighter version of the original Earl Grey.

A version that would appeal to the Nordic market.

So this creation was made by using a green tea and a smaller amount of Bergamot oil, than in the Earl Grey. With time few other variations were created.

The version that we are using to make our Kombucha, besides the Bergamot oil, has also Calendula flowers mixed in.

That makes a quite an impressive mixture. A very tasty one, especially after being transformed into a Kombucha.

Here's the steeping shot from the production process of Lady Grey Bärbucha Kombucha.

And here's a single batch (10L) just before bottling, with all the bottles ready to be filled.

Here's a shot from the fill up.

When all is done...

There's a confusion about using teas with essential oils for Kombucha production.

As far as we go, we do not see any negative effects on our Scobies.

But we use good quality teas, with natural (Organic) essential oils.

This is also not the only tea of this type, that we have used. Other examples of teas with essential oils that we used are: Black Orange tea and Earl Grey tea.

And that was also with no noticeable side effects on our cultures.

As can be seen below: