Gyokuro Luxury Sparkling Tea

Palate. YALA describes the drink as elegant and umami in flavour, with a rich texture.^[1]

Structure. The evidence supports a single structural point.^[1]

• Body: rich texture

Declared ingredients: pure water, gyokuro tea, and live cultures from S.C.O.B.Y. (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast).^[1]

S.C.O.B.Y. Cultures — Fermentation Agent. Live cultures from a S.C.O.B.Y. (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast) ferment the tea.^[1]

Specifications. Classification and base:^[1]

• Category: fermented luxury sparkling tea (kombucha)
• Tea base: rare Jade Dew Gyokuro, a premium Japanese tea

Production. YALA Kombucha brews in Abu Dhabi, UAE, handcrafting its kombucha in small batches and maintaining batch-to-batch consistency through an in-house lab.

The bottling belongs to YALA's luxury sparkling tea line, which the producer describes as crafted with precision fermentation to deliver a gentle effervescence and luxury tea blends.

Gyokuro Luxury Sparkling Tea received a Commended recognition at the 2025 World Alcohol-Free Awards, and a Commended recognition again at the 2026 edition.^[2],[3]