kombucha
English
Etymology
Origin disputed. Possibly from Japanese 昆布茶 (konbucha, literally “kelp (konbu) tea”), 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 + cha (“tea”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑmˈbu.t͡ʃə/, /ˌkɑmˈbu.ʃə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
kombucha (countable and uncountable, plural kombuchas)
- A fermentation of sweetened tea of Mongolian origin.
- Synonym: (colloquial) booch
- Coordinate terms: kvass, jun
- 2020, Chad Turner, The Joy of Home Brewing Kombucha, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- Kombucha is the primary focus of this book and arguably the most popular home ferment and aforementioned store-bought probiotic drink.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:kombucha.
Derived terms
- booch
Related terms
- kombu
Translations
fermentation of sweetened tea
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Further reading
- “kombucha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “kombucha”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “kombucha”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Spanish
Noun
kombucha f (plural kombuchas)
- kombucha