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The more you live, the more you learn. Or as I like to joke, life is a school. DWI clients call and tell us their problems even post DWI. My IID is not working, I'm locked out on my IID, my IID failed me because of the extreme cold or because I used mouthwash or because I drank a lot last night, and I guess it's still in my system. When I heard that Kombucha tea can cause a failure, I'm like what?
Kombucha comes in many flavors, but its base is always the same, made by leaving a fungus of yeast and bacteria to ferment for several weeks in sugary tea. The resulting brew has some alcohol and tastes tart, vinegary and is slightly effervescent. It then often is made palatable by adding juice.
In order to maintain its probiotic benefits, kombucha is left unpasteurized, or raw, although some companies recently have started selling pasteurized varieties.ABC News
So apparently Kombucha has some degree of alcohol in it because of the fermentation. So say that the tea has .5% alcohol. I guess depending upon how much tea you drink will cause an alcohol reading. Since drinking tea is the new coffee, at least with my millennials it is good to know that the tea has more than just tea. It is now being investigated by the FDA, and the government is looking into taxing it as an alcoholic beverage.
More government craziness with Kombucha tea but does it or can it trigger an IID failure?
