How to make Kombucha

Kombucha is like black tea and is fermented with something called scoby and scoby is from bacteria and yeast. Scoby you can get by someone or maybe somewhere in a market or in amazon. I would highly recommend making kombucha with organic black tea for a beginner.

What you will need to make kombucha is…

• A clean gallon clear glass jar
• 8 black tea bags
• Scoby
• 1 cup of white sugar
• clean fabric and a rubber band with some kitchen twine
• 2 cups of previous made kombucha

Make sure your clear gallon jar is clean because you don’t want to get bad bacteria into your mouth. How to get the previous made kombucha is you could get it by a friend or in a shop or if you it isn’t your first time you could use your own one. If it is your first time and you don’t have previous made kombucha, it’s okay because you can use 2 tablespoons of white vinegar only white vinegar not apple cider vinegar or raw apple cider especially because that can have vinegar eels in it, vinegar eels are okay but they could eat your scoby!! You only use 2 tablespoons of vinegar if you don’t have the previous kombucha.

So now we need to add 3 quarts of water that we heat up in a pot. So now you will need to put 2 quarts of water to a measuring cup. Then, pour the measuring cup to your clean clear gallon glass jar. Then, pour the last bit of water still in your pot into your clear gallon glass jar. Then, we need to tie up all those 8 black tea bags together and take of the little pieces of paper on the top of the tea bag strings because the paper might fall in the water. Now we leave them in the water for only 10 mins because if higher it will be too strong and might be off flavor. Now we take away the black tea bags by anything, it would be good if you use a spoon. Do not squeeze or press the tea bags to the side of the jar or it will give your tea a very strong taste. Use a plate to get all the drippings. Pour 1 cup of white sugar to your clear jar. Now let inside of your jar cool down, the temperature needs to be under 80 degrees. Now we are gonna pour our kombucha from your previous batch or add 2 tablespoons of your white vinegar(so you don’t worry about your vinegar eels that can damage your scoby) Now you need to put a little bit of water. Use your clean hands and put the scoby into the jar. It’s okay if if your scoby floats or sinks. Leave your jar for at least 7 days or if you want your kombucha to be tangy then you should do 10 or 14 days not in the direct sunlight. Now take out the scoby’s out of the jar and put it on a bowl and don’t put the scoby to the refrigerator because scoby doesn’t like to be cold, they will get mold or it might make a weaker kombucha, instead you need to put your scoby in a container Do a good stir using a spoon to mix the jar well. Pour 2 cups of kombucha into the measuring cup then pour to the container over where the scoby is. Now you need to add things so your kombucha is fizzy. You can maybe add a fruit or ginger, maybe you want to strain your ginger or put it in tiny chunks. If you want it sweet you could put some real natural sweetener that you want in your kombucha. Wash and slice up your fruit or thing you want in your kombucha( I like to put fruit in my kombucha) I will show you a strawberry kombucha. Wash and slice the strawberry, then you blend them and I would pour the mixture to a bottle with a screw top. Optional: you can use a bit of honey or sugar to sweeten your kombucha. Now, give your kombucha another well stir. Pour 2 cups of kombucha to a measuring cup then pour to your bottle with the screw top. Leave a space in the top. If it’s too much leave a bit to the side. Give your bottle a stir. Put the cap on the bottle and tighten it. Wait for 1-2 days then you can drink it, if you want it more days use a swing top bottle, but those could break.