Buncha.
A probiotic fermented drink made from handrolled wok-fired green tea and raw honey from Chetna Farm. Rooted in Jun — the ancient Bon drink brewed from green tea and honey in Tibetan monasteries. Lightly effervescent. Alive. Made in small batches.
Availability is seasonal and batches are small. We confirm stock within a few hours.
What it is
Buncha is a living drink. A SCOBY — a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast — is fed on our handrolled green tea and raw honey from the farm's Apis cerana hives and allowed to ferment. The result is lightly effervescent, mildly tangy, and complex in a way that shifts slightly from batch to batch depending on the season and the honey.
It is not kombucha. Kombucha is made from black tea and white sugar — a product of a different tradition entirely. Buncha follows the lineage of Jun: the ancient Bon drink brewed in Tibetan monasteries from green tea and honey, long before fermented drinks became a commercial category.
Why we make it
The farm grows its own tea. The farm keeps its own bees. Buncha is what happens when both come together in the right conditions. The SCOBY culture at Chetna Farm has been maintained continuously — it improves with each cycle.
It is not for everyone. If you want something predictable and shelf-stable, this is not it. If you want something alive, made from ingredients you can trace back to a specific farm, this is exactly it.