Can I use a gold filter to strain my Kombucha Tea?
The question was raised about using a gold filter since it is not a reactive metal. There is one line of thought that the k-tea acts in a fashion similar to chelation in the body. A molecule of the gluconic acid latches onto a heavy metal or toxin molecule and makes the resulting molecule water soluble due to the water soluble nature of the gluconic acid. Gluconic plus a metal makes a metal gluconate. If the spot on the gluconic acid molecule where a metal would attach is already occupied by a metal ion that was obtained from a metal filter or metal fermentation pot, that is one less gluconic acid molecule that will take something out of the body. The reaction may be chemical and gold may not bother the gluconic acid, or the reaction may be physical and the gold may attach to the gluconic acid or some other material in the tea and cause it to work less effectively. This is speculation on some people’s part and may or may not be true or may be partly true. In any event, it is better not
