In this video, I will share how I fermented my first kombucha at home. Surprisingly, making kombucha at home turned out to be super easy.
Here, I will give you my step by step process of kombucha brewing.
To ferment 1 gallon of kombucha, you will need:
1 gallon of spring water
7-8 bags of organic black tea
1 cup of organic sugar
1 homegrown baby scoby
How I grew my own baby scoby – https://youtu.be/Xt1sh9f2Qm0
Large glass jar
Start by heating up 1/3 of the water, pour the sugar in and heat it up until the sugar is dissolved. Then add the tea bags, turn the heat off, cover and let the tea brew for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, take the tea bags out and pour the rest of the water into the tea brew. This way your tea will cool down much faster to room temperature. You need the tea brew to be at room temperature (70-85 degrees F) because the next step is to add your brand new baby scoby to the tea brew and if the brew is too hot, it will harm the scoby. Also add 2 cups of the original liquid where you grew your scoby because your future kombucha will need some acidity to start the fermentation process.
So, add the cooled tea brew to a sterilized glass jar (wash hands and jar with hot water and vinegar and DO NOT use antibacterial soap) , add the 2 cups of liquid where your baby scoby grew, add the baby scoby, cover with clean table cloth, secure it, put it in a dark and quite place, give it some love and let it be for a week.
If this is your first kombucha, keep an eye on it to assure there is no mold growing, but if you follow the steps your kombucha should be just fine.
As far as how long it takes to ferment kombucha, it all depends on your climate. I am in the dry Arizona desert and the temperature in the house is between 80 and 84 degrees F. So, it took 7 days for my kombucha to be done.
At day seven, you can take a straw and taste the kombucha. If it’s too sweet, it needs to be fermented longer. And if you waited too long, it will taste vinegary.
I am now on my 3rd kombucha jar and I still tasted just to make sure I got it right.
I hope you find this video helpful and if you have any questions or suggestions about kombucha fermenting or growing your own scoby at home, please post them in the comment section and I will answer them.
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