Making Kombucha At Home 🍾 Splitting The Mother + Brewing A Batch Start To Finish

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds flavor and is less processed.

scoby

Scoby is essential for fermentation.

tea

🥗Healthier: herbal tea

💰Cheaper: black tea

Herbal tea provides variety without caffeine.

flavorings (optional)

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: dried fruit

Fresh fruit enhances flavor with fewer additives.

Boil 3.5 quarts of water in a pot.

Add 250 grams of frozen fruit (mango and blueberry) to the boiling water.

Add 200 grams of white sugar to the boiling water and stir until dissolved.

Add 8 tea bags to the boiling water and turn on the vent to cool it down faster.

Mash the fruit using a potato masher to extract the juice.

Strain the mixture to separate the liquid syrup from the fruit pulp.

Optionally, spread the fruit pulp thinly on a tray to dehydrate in a convection oven at a low temperature.

Fill the bottles evenly with the syrup made from the fruit and sugar.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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Dietary