Description
Tangy homemade kombucha delivers probiotics and antioxidants. Brew black or green tea with sugar, add SCOBY, and ferment for fizzy wellness drink.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 gallon filtered water
- 8 black or green tea bags
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 SCOBY culture
- 1 cup starter kombucha
Instructions
- Boil water, steep tea 10 minutes, stir in sugar until dissolved.
- Cool to room temperature, add starter kombucha and SCOBY to glass jar.
- Cover with cloth, ferment 7-10 days at 68-85°F, tasting daily.
- Bottle, add flavors like ginger, ferment 2 days more.
- Refrigerate and enjoy chilled.
Notes
Start with store-bought plain kombucha as starter if new.
Use glass jars only, avoid metal.
Burp bottles daily to release pressure.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 days
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Fermentation
- Cuisine: Wellness
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8 oz
- Calories: 30
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg