Chapter two · Jun tea
Green tea, raw honey, and a gentler mother.
Jun is kombucha's quieter sister: green tea fed with raw honey instead of black tea and sugar. Lighter, drier, softer on the tongue — and much rarer, because it is slower to raise.
A short history
A mountain ferment with a short written history.
Folklore
Said to come from the Himalayan foothills, where honey was easier to keep than sugar and green tea grew close by.
1990s
First appears in Western brewing circles as a “champagne kombucha” — prized, and rarely sold.
Today
One of very few jun teas bottled in Singapore, fed on honey from a single apiary.
How we raise it
Cooler, slower, sweeter to begin with.
1
Raw honey, not sugar
Fed on unpasteurised honey, so the finish is rounder and drier — with honey's own enzymes along for the ride.
2
Green tea base
Lighter tannins and a softer body than black-tea kombucha. Naturally lower in caffeine.
3
Slower to raise
Jun ferments cooler and takes longer, so we make less of it. That is why it is rarer, and a little dearer.
Four flavours
Pick your jun
No. 08 · Jun tea
Original — $7.50
Green tea & raw honey · light, dry
No. 09 · Jun tea
Bentong Ginger & Honey — $7.50
Warm Pahang ginger · light body
No. 10 · Jun tea
Raspberry & Lemon — $7.50
Sharp berry · soft lemon
No. 11 · Jun tea
Pink Guava — $7.50
Tropical · faintly floral
Why people drink it
Why jun costs a little more, and why it is worth it.
Everything kombucha offers, with a gentler profile. We are brewers, not doctors — here is what is in the bottle and what it is known for.
- Live cultures — a jun mother carries its own blend of yeasts and bacteria, raised on honey.
- Raw honey — unpasteurised, so its enzymes and trace minerals survive into the bottle.
- Green tea — lighter tannins, gentler caffeine, the catechins of sencha.
- Drier finish — less residual sweetness than kombucha, closer to a light sparkling wine.
Jun is a food, not a medicine. It contains trace alcohol (under 0.5% ABV), a little caffeine from green tea, and honey — not suitable for infants under one. If you are pregnant, immunocompromised or unsure, ask your doctor first.
In every bottle
Four things. One of them is honey.
Filtered water, green tea, raw unpasteurised honey from a single apiary, and our jun mother — plus the real fruit or root that names each flavour. Nothing else.
Filtered water · Green tea · Raw honey · Jun mother · Real fruit & root
Let the mother look after you.
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