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HOW TO MAKE KOMBUCHA TEA
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE KOMBUCHA TEA
SUPPLIES
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a large glass container (4L minimum)
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a spoon
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a cover for the jar such as towel, cotton cloth
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a rubber band
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a bowl
INGREDIENTS (To make 3.5L Kombucha Tea)
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300ml starter liquid
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8 tea bags / 15grams loose tea leaves
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3200ml water
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one cup / 200g cane sugar
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING KOMBUCHA TEA
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Prepare sweet tea, steep tea in hot water for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags. Dissolve sugar in hot tea.
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Pour hot sweet tea into the glass container and fill with cold/room temperature water to 3200ml total.
(too hot temperature will kill all the good stuff in the scoby, the cold/room temperature water will bring sweet tea temperature down.) -
Transfer kombucha scoby and starter liquid into the container.
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Cover container with your choice cloth, secure with a rubber band.
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Brew, place the container in a quiet place for 7 - 14 days to culture.
(The longer the fermenting time, the less sweet it will taste.) -
Taste, when it is pleasant to you, your kombucha tea is ready.
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Separate kombucha scoby from finished kombucha tea and retain 250ml to 500ml of finished kombucha tea.
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Repeat, prepare sweet tea, transfer kombucha scoby, and 250ml to 500ml of finished kombucha tea from the previous batch to start brewing a second batch of kombucha tea.
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Drink, or store finished kombucha tea in the fridge.
STEP 1:
Prepare sweet tea. Steep 8 tea bags / 15g loose tea in hot water for 5 mins. Remove tea bags/strain loose tea from the liquid. Dissolve one cup / 200g of sugar in the hot tea.
STEP 2:
Transfer sweet tea to the brewing vessel and top up cold or room temperature water to a total of 3200ml, to cool the tea down.
(too hot temperature will kill all the good stuff in the kombucha culture.)
STEP 3:
Transfer scoby and 300ml of starter liquid into the glass container.
STEP 4:
Cover and allow to brew for 7 - 14 days in room temperature, away from sunlight.
STEP 5:
After 7 days, or when you feel ready, do a taste test. If it's too sweet for you, allow to ferment for a few more days. Taste again, until pleasant to you.
Baby Scoby
STEP 6:
When culturing is complete, retain kombucha scoby + 1 to 2 cups / 250ml to 500ml of finished kombucha tea as starter liquid for the next batch. Repeat: Step 1 to 5.
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