How To Brew Your Own Kombucha

• Produce

  • 6 Tea bags, organic and natural green

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/4 cups Cane sugar, organic

• Liquids

  • 24 cups Water, filtered

• Other

  • 1 cup Already brewed kombucha (you can get this at health food stores or at whole foods
  • 1 Dish towel
  • 1 Elastic band or piece of string
  • empty glass bottles (amount will depend on size of bottles
  • 1 large GLASS jar (only use glass - i used this one but any large mason jar will work
  • 1 Scoby*

Found on thehealthymaven.com

Ingredients

• 1 SCOBY*
• 24 cups of filtered water
• 1 1/4 cups organic cane sugar
• 6 organic and natural tea bags (green, black or oolong work great - I used green)
• 1 cup already brewed kombucha (you can get this at health food stores or at whole foods)
• 1 large GLASS jar (only use glass - I used this one but any large mason jar will work)
• 1 dish towel
• 1 elastic band or piece of string
• empty glass bottles (amount will depend on size of bottles)

Directions

• Clean out your glass container so there is no possibility of remaining bacteria.
• Boil 24 cups of water in a large pot and once boiling, turn off heat and add tea bags.
• Steep until water has reached room temperature.
• Remove tea bags and add SCOBY, 1 cup of kombucha, cane sugar, and steeped tea to jar.
• Cover with a dish towel and secure in place with string or an elastic band.
• Store in a cool, dark place for 10 days. Do not touch at all. I keep mine in a cupboard.
• After 10 days, remove dish towel and divide kombucha between jars, leaving 1 inch of space between kombucha and lid in each jar.
• Your kombucha is ready! You can drink and store them in the fridge for several months.
• If youd like to flavor your kombucha, here are two options (note* flavored kombucha requires a short second fermentation):
• Add 1/4 cup of freshly squeeze grapefruit juice to a medium sized bottle.
• Top with kombucha, leaving 1 inch of space between kombucha and lid.
• Let sit in a cool, dark place for 1-2 days with lid secured and then store in the fridge until you decide to drink.
• Add 1 tsp of freshly grated ginger to a medium sized bottle.
• Top with kombucha, leaving 1 inch of space between kombucha and lid.
• Let sit in a cool, dark place for 1-2 days with lid secured and then store in the fridge until you decide to drink.

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