Quote Originally Posted by Propp
Quote Originally Posted by JenTheSquirrel
Hey, does anyone know about this ?

About 20 years ago my grandfather served up this strange, cold stuff, he said it was a Russian tea...can't remember what he called it.

It was made in a bucket which had water with this fungal "culture" floating on top, about the size of a plate.

It tasted mildly sweet.
It is called "гриб".
Или "чайный гриб". А еще бывает кефирный гриб, который, соответственно, перерабатывает молоко в кефир (kefir).