Kombucha. If you never heard of such thing – Kombucha can be described as ‘fermented tea’. Since the first time I’ve tasted kombucha I was interested to brew my own kombucha at home. Main reason – to know what’s inside and to make my own different flavors.
In order to make kombucha, you’ll need a kombucha mother, also known as a SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast)…it took me more than a half year to find one here in Latvia and manage delivery! At the end, I found one at my home town Salacgriva and drove there to get it. It was pre-made in a 3-liter glass jar. I took it home and waited for 5 days to get my first glass of kombucha.
Nelle tried it and said that’ s better than the one we bought in the Germany. And the one in Germany was pretty good! But I love this one better too! OMG! There are so many options you can make! All you need is to grow extra SCOBY to experiment with.
So, to make kombucha, you’ll need a SCOBY, Black, green, or white tea, sugar, and water. Brew the tea, add the sugar, and let it cool. Pour the tea into a jar and add the SCOBY. Keep it in a safe place and wait for it to ferment.
Now I’m in the experimentation mode 🙂
Ilze
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Great post! I love Kombucha. I like to prepare from mushroom directly, however where I live now it is difficult to find one 😦
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Oh that beautiful Nelle!!!! Your girls are so precious. Happy you found your SCOBY!!
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I found my scoby in the February, but couldn’t manage the delivery. Have you ever tried raw kombucha?
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Never. Know n
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Know nothing about it until this.
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Now you will see kombucha drink in every store 🙂
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I remember when I was a child there was usually a pot of something brewing which had as its base ginger but it needed some kind of ‘scoby’ to get it going. I can’t remember now what we called it.
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It’s the same thing. Healthy soda 🙂
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Have not heard of it before. Glad you finally tracked down your SCOBY.
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Thank you!
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Whoa…great post. I have never tried one before…would definitely love to 💞stay blessed
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Thank you!
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