231324 Tue Feb 21 14:58:08 -0800 2006 4 18 Manhattan 0 1228195 a co-worker was asking about this drink-- is it availible in NYC? She is from CA and said she wasn't sure if has appeared on the east coast yet... Tue Feb 21 14:58:08 -0800 2006 0 jessica 1 1228201 In Whole Foods cooler, also at Integral Yoga Natural Foods on 13th St. One brand available: Kombucha Wonder Drink. Tue Feb 21 15:57:47 -0800 2006 1228195 0 DKB 1 1228293 You can buy it at most japanese grocery stores Wed Feb 22 10:15:51 -0800 2006 1228195 0 Ricky 1 1228436 lol! please tell your friend that i knew of several places that made it "live" in columbus, oh in the 1980's for one thing. fresh fermented kombucha tea is certainly even today under the radar of the masses, but it was always a well known house made hippie shop drink. not to mention what other cultures did with it. its somewhat dangerous to make because you can get bacteria and get sick very easily, but the retail boxed brands of the tea are all perfectly safe -- if not as tasty. Image: http://www.earthcalls.com/kombucha/kmimage.gif Wed Feb 22 17:13:55 -0800 2006 1228195 0 mrnyc 1 1228646 You can find it at the Organic Market on the corner of 7th Ave and 26th St. I have never found/seen it at any of the three Whole Foods stores in NYC. Kombucha Wonder Drink, however, and which I have seen at Whole Foods on 14th St., is pasteurized--which means all of the life in it (pro-biotics) has been killed from the heat of pasteurization--so I don't know why anyone would want to bother with drinking something that is the antithesis of what Kombucha is supposed to be (i.e. a pro-biotic). Kombucha is an aquired taste to be sure. I'm looking for the Gingerade version. Haven't found it yet (except online--very expensive--as is the above mentioned). Thu Feb 23 18:12:03 -0800 2006 1228195 0 Me