>
> Hello!
>
> Anyone heard for "koombusha" (I'm not sure how to write it, so
> the name may be wrong)?
>
> It's some kind of 'mushroom', I think.  Looks like sea medusas,
> and is kept in tea (Indian tea, or some other, in the bottle).
> It swims at the top of it. It transforms tea into drink that
> is very good for health of the persom who drinks it. Originaly,
> it comes from Orient (China, Japan, ...). The drink has a taste
> of coca-cola (not really, but something alike). It can be used
> to improove health, to live longer, against sicknesses, etc...
>
> This is what I have heard about koombusha. I'm not sure if all
> of this is true. I have heard that it is used a lot in Japan.
> If there is anybody that knows anything about it, please write
> me. I'd apprechiate any information about it (or something
> similar, since I'm not sure all I wrote is correct).
>
> Since I dont use Internet very often, please write me at:
>
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> Thanks in advance!
>
> Goran Gasparovic
>
 
It is Kombucha.  There is a gopher devoted to it.  The path is:
Other Gophers and Information Servers/International Organizations/
Internet Users Group International Gopher/Manchuria Tea
or   enuxsa.eas.asu.edu
 
Your can also find information on STUMPERS archives.  Gopher to
GOPHER.CUIS.EDU, choose #9, then #6, then #3 and then search
by keyword - in this case Manchurian tea and /or Kombucha mushroom
 
Happy hunting
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