KOMBUCHA: Make delicious, gut-healing kombucha at home!
- Kathy Timmermanis
- May 26, 2022
- 1 min read
Kombucha is a fermented food, meaning it contains live bacteria, which help to create and maintain a thriving healthy microbiome in our gut!
Follow these easy step-by-step instructions to make delicious gut-healing kombucha at home!
Ingredients:
1 scoby
1/2 cup raw kombucha
1/2 cup coconut sugar (or other sugar)
8-10 tea bags or 1/2 cup looseleaf tea (green or black tea)
2L filtered water
Instructions:
1st Ferment:
Boil water, add tea bags. Let steep for ~30 minutes (or longer for stronger flavour)
Remove tea bags and let cool to room temp
Stir in sugar to dissolve
Place kombucha scoby and raw kombucha into large glass jar. Pour cooled tea into jar.
Cover opening of jar with a cloth and elastic band
Place in a dark
cupboard for 7-10 days (can also cover with a cloth)
Taste after 7-10 days. If still too sweet, leave for a few more days. Flavour will turn towards vinegar as the scoby 'eats' the sugar
2nd Ferment:
Pour kombucha into individual glass jars / bottles.
Leave at least 1/2 cup of kombucha in brewing jar with Scoby for the next batch
Optional: Add any other additives (such as cut fruit, ginger, turmeric)
Close bottles with lids and leave on countertop with 2-3 days to carbonate
Place into fridge to store
Scoby Care:
If not making another batch right away, add a teaspoon of sugar to feed scoby in between brewings. Store in cupboard with cloth covering the jar.
Scoby doesn't like metal! Never use metal to stir the kombucha, or move the scoby. Always use plastic, ceramic, or clean hands.
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