Make my own kombucha. I learned how at a kombucha forum. I'm glad I did, too, because kombucha has risen in price from $2.50 a bottle to almost $4 now! And I can go through a bottle real fast.
Another reason is that I like my own so much better. It's tastier and the degree of tartness is more to my liking.
Yet another reason I make my own is the fun of flavoring it. I like experimenting with different flavors and I am always on the lookout for new ways to flavor it. I squeeze my own fresh tangerine juice, and I have several different types of blenders to do a flavor like kiwi or pineapple. A lot of times I will just flavor it with juices--not the kind they mix with grape juice, but the kind you have to go to WF or a specialty store for. One hundred per cent pure cranberry, for example.
The disadvantages of making it on your own, though, are that it takes time. I'll bet I spend 30" a day, 5 days a week making it. Plus you have to rinse out the bottle for re-use and so consequently I have a lot of bottles sitting around. I am constructing a special shelf in the butler's pantry to hold all the bottles so I don't have to have them on my counter.
Here's a pic of some of my flavors:
cherry berry, pineapple-ginger
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