kombucha

Etymology
Origin. Possibly from, a different type of beverage, and not related to fermentation.

Alternatively, derived from Kombu, reportedly a Korean physician who brought the fermented tea to Japan as a curative for Emperor Inkyo in 414 CE +.

Noun

 * 1) A fermentation of sweetened tea of Mongolian origin.

Translations

 * Catalan: kombutxa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紅茶菌
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 紅茶キノコ
 * Maori: tī moī
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: kombucha
 * Russian: ча́йный гриб, комбу́тя
 * Spanish: kombucha
 * Ukrainian: ча́йний гриб