Kombucha is a sweet, sour, and healthy beverage that originated in China over a thousand years ago Kombucha also spread widely in Japan and Russia then gained its popularity in Europe during the 29th century. Kombucha is a drink make from fermentation, the same process used in making beer, wine, and liquor, its also the process used in making other healthy foods like kimchi, sauerkraut, and yogurt, the primary ingredients of kombucha are bacteria, yeast, sugar, and tea the mixture is fermented for most than a week, causing acetic a did the living symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, also known as SCOBy.