Kombucha Carica

Limited edition with fig leaves and smoked Malawian tea with guava wood: when contrast becomes harmony — 375ml

The smokiness that emerges, the sweetness that welcomes: there's no conflict, there's a dance. P-Etna-Tea in a meditation format.

Selvatica Lab's Kombucha Carica

Carica Kombucha is a small-bottle (375ml) interpretation of one of Selvatica Lab's masterpieces, P-Etna-Tea, reimagined in a delicate and sophisticated limited edition. It's born from the encounter between smoked Malawian tea—smoked with guava wood, not the traditional pine: a fruitier, more elegant, and less invasive profile than European Lapsang—and the velvety sweetness of fig leaves, which add no sugar but a honeyed, floral, and slightly musky roundness, with hints of honey and warm wood. During fermentation, the two elements don't compete: they coexist, alternate, and complement each other. The smoke never tires because the sweetness cleanses it; the sweetness doesn't cloy because the smoke balances it. It's the kombucha of balance: produced in limited numbers — when the bottles are sold out, this combination may not return in exactly this form.
 
 
 

The roots of this Kombucha Carica are deep in tradition

The name pays homage to Ficus carica, the common Mediterranean fig: the oldest tree ever domesticated by humanity—its fruit was cultivated even before wheat—and a sacred plant to every civilization that has ever overlooked this sea. But while the fruit has enjoyed glory, the leaves have guarded silent wisdom: Mediterranean chefs have always wrapped cheeses and fish in them to release their honeyed, herbaceous aroma, a culinary secret passed down from generation to generation. Carica brings that secret to fermentation, adding the gentle smoke of guava wood: two distant traditions—the Mediterranean fig and African smoked tea—that meet on Mount Etna.
 
 
 

The sensory profile: the smoky-sweet dialogue

Visual examination: dark amber color, animated by a fine natural perlage.
Olfactory examination: Upon opening, a complex aroma is released: the smokiness of the Malawi emerges with notes reminiscent of lightly toasted fruit, while the sweetness of the fig creates a honeyed and floral background.
Taste test: At the first sip, the smokiness takes center stage, cloudy and enveloping but never aggressive; with subsequent sips, the velvety sweetness of fig leaves emerges, in a continuous interplay. The finish is harmonious and lingering: smokiness and sweetness coexist in a single sensation of completeness, with the fine perlage keeping the sip fresh until the very end.
Service: Serve at 8-10°C in a glass or flute to observe the color and perlage; the 375ml size is designed for thoughtful tastings, not for rushing through.
Match with: Smoked and aged cheeses, grilled meats, honeyed dishes such as duck à l'orange or roast pork with honey, desserts with fresh or dried figs, dark chocolate with toasted notes; also splendid on its own, as a conscious digestive or at the end of a dinner in small glasses.
 
 
 

How to Best Use: Kombucha Carica

• THE DUCK AND THE FIG — The honeyed pairing suggested on the label: aWhole Farm Duck Baked and glazed with honey: the honeyed notes of the dish and the fig leaves mirror each other, and the smoked flavor ties everything together.
• THE TWO SISTERS' CHOPPING BOARD — The Selvatica house tasting: mature cheeses including Organic Aged Caciocavallo Reserve has always been Organic Buffalo Scamorza in slices, with Carica and her sister Kombucha Luisella in side-by-side glasses: the smoky-sweet against the bergamot-verbena, may the palate win.
• THE CONSCIOUS DIGESTIVE — The meditative finale: at the end of the dinner, small glasses of Carica with a small bowl of Fresh figs and dried figs instead of pastries: the fig in the glass and the fig on the plate — Ficus carica closes the circle of its name.

The Producer: Selvatica Lab

From the village of Presa, on the northeast slope of Etna, Selvatica Lab is Leonor and Marco's creative fermentation laboratory: live, unpasteurized kombucha, fermented with volcanic water and selected teas from around the world, where limited editions like Carica recount the most daring moments of research.
 
 
 

Ingredients

Water, cane sugar (fairtrade), Thyolo Moto Malawi tea, fig leaves, kombucha cultures (scoby).
 
 
 

Nutritional Values ​​(average values ​​per 100ml of product)

• Energy value: 11,2 kcal / 46,9 kJ
• Lipids: 0 g, of which saturated fatty acids: 0 g
• Protein: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 2,8 g, of which sugars: 2,8 g
• Fiber: 0 g
• Salt: 0 g

Naturally sparkling and unpasteurized, it may contain culture residues and traces of alcohol. Vegan and gluten-free. Live product, open with caution. Drink me chilled: ideal at 9-10°C.
 
 
 

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