Brewing my own Kombucha at Home!!
The past two Saturdays, I visited the Bus Stop 7 market, which I wrote about for #MarketFriday as hosted by 
I bought quite a few items at the market and one of the things I bought was a SCOBY!! SCOBY is short for Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast.
A SCOBY is needed to brew Kombucha which is a fermented health drink. You can read more about Kombucha by following the link.
Below is a photo of my SCOBY.
To make Kombuch you need the following:
- 6 x litter Water
- 8 x Black Tea bags
- 1 x cup of Sugar
- 1 x SCOBY
- 2 x cups starter Kombucha
- A jar to ferment the tea in.
You can brew more or less Kombucha at a time, but this is what I used.
Basically, you bring your water to a boil, add the 8 teabags, let it stand for about 5 minutes, remove the teabags and add the sugar.
The tea must then be cooled down to room temperature. When it is cooled down, you can pour it into a large glass jar and add your SCOBY and starter Kombucha. The mouth of the jar must then be covered with a cloth or paper towel, in order for the SCOBY to breathe, but keeping unwanted things out at the same time.
Below is my jar in which I am brewing my Kombucha, this is before the SCOBY was added.
I have now placed the jar, with the SCOBY added in a cupboard, where it should stay for about a week. This is the first time I am brewing Kombucha, and I hope everything will turn out well!!
Kombucha is not a sweet drink as the SCOBY feeds on the sugar and not much is left after the process is completed. The SCOBY can be used over and over, and in actual fact growths over time and can be divided to give more SCOBY's.
Kombucha can be drunk just like it is or, one can add some fruits and herbs for some added flavor.
I hope you enjoyed the post.
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