On Aug 8, 2:06 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:40:40 -0700 (PDT), Stevep...@gmail.com wrote: What's the cleanest (from the harmful crap like bacteria/lead/etc) bottled water anyone? Bay area tap water has high counts of bacteria & floride. And is it true a simple UV light will kill 99.9%% of bacteria in a gallon of water? TIA. I saw a UV light, ...

On Aug 8, 5:06 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: I saw a UV light, SteriPENN, that fits in a pocket and will kill even viruses. It's at http://www.rei.com/product/761905 Problem is, though, the water has to be clear or any particulates, such as tea, will cause "shadowing" that prevents the UV from working. bookburn I mentioned this device in my reply, however as I ...

Dominic T. wrote: On Jul 13, 11:19 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: Yipes! I read that the "mushroom" formed during kombucha preparation is susceptible of being invaded by unfriendly fungae and bacteria unless care is taken; plus the brewing is capable of causing chemicals to leach out of non-glass containers. bookburn That's why it is the one bottled "tea" I enjoy. I ...

On Jul 14, 3:15 pm, "Dominic T." <dominictibe...@gmail.com> wrote: On Jul 13, 11:19 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: Yipes!  I read that the "mushroom" formed during kombucha preparation is susceptible of being invaded by unfriendly fungae and bacteria unless care is taken; plus the brewing is capable of causing chemicals to leach out of non-glass containers.  bookburn ...

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:48:03 -0700 (PDT), "Dominic T." <dominictiberio@gmail.com> wrote: On Jul 14, 3:37 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: I can recommend the following interview with Patrick Stewart about playing Hamlet's father and Claudius, because it's like a scene-within-a-scene about personal "time," and not a Holo-Deck memory about Captain Picard's life.  Very poignant, ...

On Jul 14, 3:37 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: I can recommend the following interview with Patrick Stewart about playing Hamlet's father and Claudius, because it's like a scene-within-a-scene about personal "time," and not a Holo-Deck memory about Captain Picard's life.  Very poignant, honest, and revealing. I'd like to see Stewart, at 66, play Lear or Shakespeare, himself. I'm ...

On Jul 13, 11:19 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: Yipes!  I read that the "mushroom" formed during kombucha preparation is susceptible of being invaded by unfriendly fungae and bacteria unless care is taken; plus the brewing is capable of causing chemicals to leach out of non-glass containers.  bookburn That's why it is the one bottled "tea" I enjoy. I figure the folks who brew it ...

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:36:09 -0700 (PDT), "Dominic T." <dominictiberio@gmail.com> wrote: On Jul 13, 2:07 am, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: If anyone has a comment about making kombucha tea or use of tea to dissolve kidney stones, I would be interested to read it. bookburn Welp, I broke out my copy of Back to Eden to see what it said about kidney stones just for you so here goes (...

On Jul 13, 2:07 am, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: If anyone has a comment about making kombucha tea or use of tea to dissolve kidney stones, I would be interested to read it. bookburn Welp, I broke out my copy of Back to Eden to see what it said about kidney stones just for you so here goes (and it was actually cool that by total chance it offers a tea) I'm going to paraphrase to shorten ...

On Jul 13, 2:07 am, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote: I followed up a reference on drinking tea to dissolve kidney stones and came to the following about kombucha. (quote) This 2000 year old tea is made using a extraordinary mushroom* that is placed into a batch of regular sugary tea. The tea then begins to ferment and in about 7 days it is ready to drink. During that same 7 day ...