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Key Moments:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 What Is Kombucha?
01:19 Cost Per Gallon
01:42 Ingredients & SCOBY
04:10 Supplies
08:15 First Fermentation
11:34 Bottling & Second Fermentation
12:45 How To Prevent Exploding Bottles
14:23 Flavouring
17:10 SCOBY Hotel
19:08 SCOBY Feeding
19:50 SCOBY Management
*The cost of any products we mention and our recipe costs will vary depending on where you are located, what foods are in season, and how prices change over time. Our cost comparisons are meant to merely demonstrate potential savings.
Ingredients:
Kombucha (makes 3 litres)
First Fermentation:
4-6 teabags unflavoured caffeinated black tea (or 2 tbsp loose leaf tea)
¾ – 1 cup organic cane sugar
1 gallon filtered water
1 SCOBY (at least 1 cup starter tea from a previously brewed batch of kombucha + a pellicle)
Second Fermentation:
¼ cup fruit of choice (puréed, mashed, diced, or juiced)
1 tsp organic cane sugar
Fresh herbs or spices, optional
Our Favourite Flavours:
-Blueberry Lavender: ¼ cup mashed frozen blueberries, 1 teaspoon cane sugar, ½ – 1 teaspoon culinary lavender buds
-Apple Cinnamon: ¼ cup applesauce (or apple juice), 1 teaspoon cane sugar, 1 cinnamon stick
-Cherry Vanilla: ¼ cup mashed frozen cherries, 1 teaspoon cane sugar, ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
-Lemon Ginger: 2 inches of ginger peeled & sliced, 1 teaspoon cane sugar, zest of one lemon
-Orange Cardamom: ¼ cup orange juice, 1 teaspoon cane sugar, zest of one orange, 1 green cardamom pod (cracked or lightly smashed)
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