Do you have a kombucha habit? That’s good! You’re improving your health with every sip of that probiotic brew. Is your kombucha habit eating into your weekly budget? That’s bad! It’s time for you to start brewing kombucha at home. You’ll be amazed at how easy – and inexpensive – it is. Average Cost Savings…

With at least two thousand years of history behind it, there’s little dispute over the fact that kombucha has an effect on the human body. Kombucha has played a part in human health ever since its discovery in China around 200 BCE. You can read more about the history of kombucha in this article. Over the centuries,…

One warning you may read about (or hear via word of mouth) if you start making Kombucha second ferments is that you need to ‘burp’ your Kombucha containers every day or two (by opening up the lid) otherwise you risk the bottle exploding. Now, even though I have a website about making Kombucha, in the…

When you make kombucha tea, the microorganisms in your SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast) are acting together (that’s what the word “symbiotic” means) to transform the caffeine, polyphenols, and sucrose in the sweetened tea mixture into a vitamin-rich probiotic kombucha brew. The yeast eats the sugar and creates carbon dioxide (CO2) and ethanol,…

Freshly-brewed kombucha tea is a little sweet, a little tangy, and a little alcoholic. Don’t worry about giving your kids kombucha, though! There’s usually about as much alcohol in a glass of kombucha as there is in a glass of unpasteurized apple cider – in other words, not much. Most bottled kombucha has less than…

When it comes to flavoring kombucha, the sky’s the limit, with the exception of a few ingredients that have the potential to damage your SCOBY (the Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast the does the work of fermenting sweet black tea into the tart-sweet probiotic kombucha brew). Although some people prefer the taste of plain…

Before talking about how, let’s look at why you should make Second Ferment Kombucha. More Nutrients You already know about the many health benefits of drinking kombucha tea, but did you know that second ferment kombucha has even more healthy nutrients? That’s because the yeasts and the bacteria that make up the SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria…

All kombucha is made in essentially the same way. You put a SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast) in a mixture of brewed tea (the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant are the best choice of tea for making good kombucha consistently) and sweetener and give the microorganisms enough time to ferment the nutrients and sugars in the…

You have three different opportunities to adjust the flavor of your kombucha: The last is the easiest, of course – just mix your kombucha with sparkling water, fruit juice, or flavoring syrups. You can even use kombucha to make cocktails and mixed drinks, or use it in cooking. But you’ll get the most interesting flavors, and ones…

Typically, most Kombucha guides will tell you to add the extra ‘flavoring’ to your kombucha after the first ferment is finished and you have removed the SCOBY. But you can instead choose to flavor your Kombucha during the primary fermentation either though a change of ingredients or by adding in extra ingredients to the ferment. If…