How To Brew Your Own Kombucha
What is Kombucha? It’s basically fermented tea that is brimming with probiotics. You can typically find these fermented beverages at the grocery store but you will quickly find they are expensive and can add up very fast. What would you say if I told you that you can make Kombucha for a fraction of the cost? Interested now? Let’s do it. There are a few things that you will need for this:
Glass jar with a breathable lid (unbleached coffee filters and a rubber band work great)
Kombucha SCOBY (Click HERE for an awesome selection of SCOBY’s)
Strong starter tea (or finished, unflavored, unpasteurized, store bought kombucha)
Water
Loose tea leaves or tea bags (the type of SCOBY you have will determine which variety of tea you will need.)
PURE cane sugar
Now lets get the measurements down. For every 4 cups of kombucha you want to make you will need:
2-3 Tea bags
1/4 cup starter tea
1/4 cup sugar
Directions for your activation batch (4 cups):
Heat 1 cup to nearly a boil. Turn off heat and let sit one minute.
Add tea bags and steep for 15 minutes. You are essentially making a tea concentrate at this point.
Remove tea bags and add sugar. Stir to dissolve.
Cover and let cool to room temp. Between 65-90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Add 2 3/4 cups water.
Stir in 1-4 cup strong starter tea from your last batch or store bought kombucha. Make sure it is unflavored and RAW. You want the good bacteria in there. Pasteurized Kombucha has been heated and the beneficial bacteria killed off. Adding starter tea drops the PH to a low enough level to deter mold growth.
Add Kombucha SCOBY.
Cover with a breathable lid, let sit ABSOLUTELY undisturbed, and out of direct sunlight for 7-9 days. At 7 days you can take a whiff and taste your brew. If it is too sweet let ferment a day or two longer. If too sour, brew for a shorter period the next batch. Fine tune the brew time to your personal preference. There is no hard and fast rule to when it’s done. It’s done when you say it is!
The SCOBY’s we offer and the type of tea:
Hibiscus Kombucha SCOBY- Black tea and Hibiscus tea.
Island Girl Kombucha SCOBY- Oolong tea
Tibetan Kombucha SCOBY- Pu’erh Tea
Black Tea Vintage Heirloom SCOBY- Black Tea
Pu’erh Tea Vintage Heirloom SCOBY- Pu’erh Tea
Oolong Tea Vintage Heirloom SCOBY- Oolong Tea
