Brew a new batch of tea and sugar in another mason jar. Sterilize a plate and your hand, or use sterile gloves, and gently scoop the mother out of the brew, placing it on the plate. Take a cup of kombucha from the brew you just made and pour it into the new one. Gently pick up...
Is Homemade Kombucha Safe to Drink? The first question many people have about homemade kombucha: is it safe to drink? With fermentation, there’s always some possibility of mold contamination when brewing at home in an uncontrolled environment. After all, you’re creating a warm, moist environ...
With kombucha, a fermented tea containing probiotics, growing in popularity it's no wonder everyone suddenly wants to know how to make kombucha at home. We asked experts to explain what is a SCOBY, how to brew kombucha safely and more.
Kombucha has been around for more than 2,000 years and was originally consumed in China. It is a fermented tea, made from either green or black tea, fermented with sugar and a tea fungus known as a SCOBY, over a one to two week period. How to Make Kombucha I have had a lot of f...
I loved it so much that I eventually wrote a book about kombucha, along with cider, beer, and other favorite homemade beverages called True Brews. Astute readers will notice that the method I give here is a little different from the one I first shared in the book, and also a little di...
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Thus, every fibre of our being will be screaming for sugar — even if it’s displacing the very foods we need to eat more of in order to start feeling better. Some people have strong wills, and they can just plow through their sugar addiction even while their body is suffering intense ...
Anywho! Make sure the sugar is completely dissolved. Let’s put the kombucha starter into our1 gallon glass brew jar. Sometimes I add this last sometimes I do it at the beginning. It’s all going in the same place. I do this so I can easily clean up as I go. ...
Here’s my original kombucha tutorial and recipe. To use the elderberry mash, follow the directions for rosehip and hibiscus kombucha, substituting the mash for the herbs in step 1. It may not seem like much, but using up every bit of food that comes in the kitchen is a great way to...
It’s also possible homemade kombucha could give rise to molds, such as aspergillus, that can produce mycotoxins, which are “fairly toxic and carcinogenic,” Cornell microbiologist Ramón Mira de Orduña toldMother Jonesin 2010. “If you do that at home, and you’re not sure how to contr...