What happens when you ferment tea? Well if you are fortunate a nice leathery pancake forms on top and the remaining liquid has a nice carbonated apple cider like taste.

This alcoholic tea is called Kombucha and it contains 0.5 to 1.7% alcohol by volume. 

Kombucha traces its history back to China around 250 B.C. Referred to as the Tea of Immortality it aids the stomach in digestion of food. In Russia they call the tea elixir Tea Kvass.

Kombucha is a pro-biotic (in favor of life), contains enzymes, organic acids and balances pH naturally. 

Lack of clinical studies leaves Kombucha still as an alternative remedy with great claims of success, but that should be carefully considered.