After navigating the labyrinthe and challenging barrage of Facebook comments and clever posts, an unusual yet effectively grueling hazing ritual, myself and Mombucha will be riding for a cure to the devilish disease of AIDS this June.

In honor and support of my team and fellow Lifecyclists (Aviva Yael too!), Mombucha has specially blended Indian black tea, marigold flowers, and passion fruit essence affectionately dubbed “Wino Juice,” a vibrant burst of fruit juiciness, turbo strength nutrient rich and black tea flavonoid blast.

Best of all, you can donate while drinking – half of every purchase will go towards our goal.  Just request “Wino Juice” in your next order either through our recently updated “Shop” option here or through our local customer portal at Zaarly.com.

You can also donate directly here.  Go Winos!

Just look.

Mmm.. let’s see, Gingermint? Yes.

“Thé” pronounced “TAY” means tea… in French.

Hey you little guys!

Gingermini

Sun combined with water.

Green tea’s got the most flavanoids.

The crew looking askew.

Warm light with a hint of mint.

Sunshine in a bottle.

One, two… TEA!

Pretty ladies.

Standing tall and glowing.

Scattered about.

Birds on a wire.

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How did such an epiphany arise? Where else but in a Greenpoint loft over a farm table discussion with some dear friends burnt out from a day of editing or programming something for someone they may or may not have cared much about. Regardless, it was late, we were lucid and overworked and the utterly tweetable one-liners kept rollin’ off the old tongue.

The topic of pricing of the new 16 oz Mombucha bottles now available through Nextdoorganics.com was at hand. It comes to $10 for a new bottle and $8 for the refill, exactly half of what the liters cost.

The computer programmer guy raised an eyebrow and exclaimed, “Dang those CSAs are expensive.” The producer girl said that people are willing to pay higher prices for raw foods made only one degree of separation away from the consumer. The editor guy said, “Mombucha is the Dr. Bronners of kombucha! You can stretch a liter of premium punch out of one 16 oz bottle if you know what you’re dealing with.”

The discussion inevitably evoked the question, “Do quality foods need to be outrageously expensive?” The answer is complicated but in Mombucha’s case, it’s one that can be solved by providing a product of the highest quality and potency and promoting its use as a concentrate.

Mombucha is neither diluted nor pasteurized which means it retains its full capacity of nutrients and biological elements per sip. Cutting the recommended daily dose of 4 oz of pure Mombucha with 6 oz of water or seltzer yields a refreshing, health-quenching beverage that will keep you pretty well keyed-up and immuno-supercharged all day (avec or sans alcohol). It’ll also double your value.

Anyway, to celebrate this discovery, I present to you the insultingly simple…

Ginger Rail:

Step 1. Add 4 oz of pure Gingermint Mombucha to a tall glass.

Step 2. Add ice.

Step 3. Add seltzer. Stir and enjoy with a loved one.

Mombucha: Refreshtafarai.

- Sultry.  Seductive.

- Golden.  Effervescent.  Gingerminty.

- Action packed.  Dreamy.  Flowing.

- Stoic.  Magnificent.  Exceptional.

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The label was hand painted using “Cerulean” blue watercolor pigment.  The contrast with the gold design makes for an attractive entrance.

The taste is decidedly herbal, heavy in the nose with more pungent spices like star anise and cardamon.  It’s well balanced between sweet and tart, nice and fizzy with mysterious twists and turns through a labyrinth of flavor.  The seduction is in simply trying to figure out just how one is realizing the experience of imbibing.

Its hue is like that of the sunset over Cypress.  My Lebanese ancestors would likely have seen a sky like this over the Mediterranean on a warm summer evening, arid desert winds combining with cool mountain gusts to conjure an ether of amber light more beautiful than any eye had ever borne witness.

Click “NEW” to order a fresh bottle or “REFILL” for a  home-delivered refill in exchange for your empty.