“I was delighted to find that Thorncroft has now left the hedgerow for more exotic climes with Kombucha, a delicious new cordial made from unlikely-sounding ingredients: fermented tea, cane sugar, peach juice and cider vinegar. Fermented tea, which contains enzymes, lactobacilli and yeasts, has been drunk by the Chinese for thousands of years – the Chinese believe it aids the digestive system and instills a feeling of well-being. But even if it were to do you no good at all, Thorncroft’s Kombucha has a rich, peachy character, and, like most products sold for their “health” benefits, makes you feel wonderfully virtuous.” (Giles Kime, Sunday Telegraph Magazine) “Pleasant, peachy and rich, yet balanced and soothing” (Andy Knott, Sunday Times Magazine) “we love the tart taste of Thorncroft’s Kombucha Cordial” (Health and Fitness Magazine)

Kombucha Kombucha is a truly remarkable and ancient health drink from the East, made by fermenting sweetened green tea with a special microbial culture. Kombucha aficionados, who often make their own Kombucha at home, believe it contributes to general well-being by strengthening and stabilising your metabolic and digestive processes. Among them is Nobel prizewinner Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who wrote in his autobiography that it saved his life in the Siberian slave camps. You can find out more at www.Kombucha.org.uk. Thorncroft are the only people to make a concentrated Kombucha Cordial. We do this by evaporating off most of the water from the fermented Kombucha base at low temperature and pressure, leaving a concentrate 30 times stronger than the original brew. We then blend this with other ingredients to improve taste, such as fruit tea, apple and peach juice concentrates, and cider vinegar, to give a fine flavoured cordial ready for mixing with mineral water. A huge amount of research has been done on the effects of Kombucha, much of it in Russia, and Germany, and we have a bibliography of over 200 scientific articles. Like all Thorncroft cordials, Kombucha is also a great taste – fruity, rich, tangy, and quite unlike any other soft drink.