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# Pour starter liquid in to the jar | # Pour starter liquid in to the jar | ||
# Cover the jar with cloth and elastic bands | # Cover the jar with cloth and elastic bands | ||
#Write down the date on the jar with a marker | |||
Exact measurements don't matter that much, just approximate. | Exact measurements don't matter that much, just approximate. | ||
This takes around 30 minutes. | |||
== Second fermentation == | == Second fermentation == | ||
Tools: | Tools: | ||
* | * 12 750mL flip-top bottles | ||
Ingredients: | Ingredients: | ||
* 4L | * 4L kombucha | ||
*Cane sugar | |||
*Measuring cups | |||
*Funnels | |||
*Blender (I use a nutribullet) | |||
*Various fruits | |||
Instructions: | Instructions: | ||
* | # Set aside 800mL of kombucha as starter liquid (include the gross pellicle) | ||
#Pick an empty bottle | |||
#Using the funnel, add two teaspoons of cane sugar to the bottle | |||
#Using the funnel, fill a third of the bottle with kombucha | |||
#Cut and blend up some fruit | |||
#Using the funnel, pour the blended fruit up to the bottle's neck | |||
#Number the bottle with a marker and write down its contents somewhere | |||
#Repeat from step 2 until you have no kombucha left | |||
Pouring directly in to bottles like this is probably not the best method, it might be better to make a large intermediate jar then pour that in to bottles | |||
This takes around 1.5 hours. | |||
== Brew log == | |||
=== 2022-01-16 - 2022-02-31 === | |||
* Brewed for two weeks | |||
* Bottle 1: Blueberry, banana and apple purae | |||
* Bottles 2-4: Apple | |||
* Bottles 5: Mango orange | |||
* Bottle 6: Mango banana | |||
* Bottle 7: Half full, mango banana |
Revision as of 13:58, 31 January 2022
Kombucha is one of the only drinks that I enjoy. Here's a list of reasons I like it:
- It's fizzy
- It comes in a wide variety of flavours
- It feels more hydrating than soft drinks to me
A lot of the Internet push it as a health drink. I don't care about this aspect enough to investigate.
Note that the hydrating feeling is just a feeling. Usually when drinking soda or coffee I need water nearby to somehow balance a feeling I identify as dehydration. It could be that I'm responding to sugars or some other taste. Regardless I don't need that with kombucha, and that's a benefit.
First fermentation
Tools:
- Large jar for brewing
- Cloth to cover the jar
- Elastic bands to hold the cloth in place
- Large containers for holding water
- 1L container for starter liquid
- Metric measuring cups
- Water filter
- Wooden spoon
- Stove
- Pot for boiling
Ingredients (for a 4L batch):
- 800mL starter kombucha liquid (20% of the batch)
- 3.2L water (80% of the batch)
- 200g raw sugar (50g per litre)
- 16g black tea bags (4g per litre) (I use 8 Lipton black tea bags)
Instructions:
- Wash the brewing jar using hot water and a cloth, no detergent or vinegar
- Refrigerate and filter 2.6L (82% of the batch) filtered water
- Boil 576mL (18% of the batch) water on the stove
- Put the tea in the water
- Close the lid on the pot and let it brew for 10 minutes
- Add the sugar to the tea
- Stir tea with wooden spoon until the sugar is dissolved
- Pour chilled water in to the large jar
- Pour tea in to large jar
- Wait 5 minutes for the tea to cool
- Pour starter liquid in to the jar
- Cover the jar with cloth and elastic bands
- Write down the date on the jar with a marker
Exact measurements don't matter that much, just approximate.
This takes around 30 minutes.
Second fermentation
Tools:
- 12 750mL flip-top bottles
Ingredients:
- 4L kombucha
- Cane sugar
- Measuring cups
- Funnels
- Blender (I use a nutribullet)
- Various fruits
Instructions:
- Set aside 800mL of kombucha as starter liquid (include the gross pellicle)
- Pick an empty bottle
- Using the funnel, add two teaspoons of cane sugar to the bottle
- Using the funnel, fill a third of the bottle with kombucha
- Cut and blend up some fruit
- Using the funnel, pour the blended fruit up to the bottle's neck
- Number the bottle with a marker and write down its contents somewhere
- Repeat from step 2 until you have no kombucha left
Pouring directly in to bottles like this is probably not the best method, it might be better to make a large intermediate jar then pour that in to bottles
This takes around 1.5 hours.
Brew log
2022-01-16 - 2022-02-31
- Brewed for two weeks
- Bottle 1: Blueberry, banana and apple purae
- Bottles 2-4: Apple
- Bottles 5: Mango orange
- Bottle 6: Mango banana
- Bottle 7: Half full, mango banana