Brewing Kombucha

Chances are you've at least heard of Kombucha or seen bottles of it at the grocery store.



If you don't know what it is, it's basically fermented tea.  Which sounds boring and mundane but get a look at the Scoby that causes the fermentation.


I kind of liken it to a jelly fish.  It's basically a combination of bacteria and yeast.  It ferments your tea with a little bit of sugar on your counter and turns into a bubbly, delicious-if-slightly-odd-tasting drink.  Especially if you ferment again with fruit.

Here's a picture of it on my counter.  The Scoby mother is in the large jars and the smaller mason jars have fruit in them with the tea for more flavoring.

I loosely follow this flow chart when making my kombucha.  This is all new for us, but so far we are really liking it.  It seems like a good replacement for pop if you drink that.  We don't but it's just nice to have a fizzy, yummy tasting drink.