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Kombucha Brewing

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Strawberry, blackberry, mint kombucha (i.imgur.com)
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[–] Frexican21@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Very nice! Did you make it yourself?

[–] peeteep@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes I did! I'm going for simple syrups for the F2 these days, less fruit pieces and mini pellicles floating around at the end

[–] Frexican21@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm thinking about starting Kombucha soon, if you could share the recipe and any tips or tricks I would greatly appreciate it!!

[–] peeteep@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I would normally refer to Reddit, where I found my base recipe as well.. but we are now on lemmy!

Basically:

  • Make strong black tea, dissolve 70g cane sugar per liter. I think some people use less sugar maybe.
  • when cool, add to scoby from previous batch in large container with access to air through a cloth (prevents insects etc from getting in)
  • ferment for 1-2 weeks depending on temperature and desired tartness. This is F1
  • make syrup with fruits, sugar, water and strain or take some fruit juice
  • add to bottle that can withstand pressure (flip top bottles from Grolsch work well). Fill up with F1 kombucha. I think I use more or less 1:6 ratio of syrup:kombucha. Make sure to fill the bottle almost completely.
  • Ferment for another few days (I did 4 days now) in closed container to build carbonation. This is F2
  • refrigerate and enjoy