Tag: Tea fermentation

Over 80% of the world's population drinks tea, but most are unaware that only one type truly undergoes a microbial fermentation process. This unique category of tea is known as 'dark tea' or 'hei cha' in China and contains the specific answer to the question, what tea is the most fermented?: Pu-erh.

Though most tea varieties are non-alcoholic, one notable exception is kombucha, a beverage fermented with a SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), which produces trace amounts of alcohol. This fermentation process can be controlled to produce either a non-alcoholic beverage or a commercially available hard tea.