Make your own kombucha

Kombucha is THE drink right now - refreshing, slightly sour and full of energy for your body. There are so many reasons to love kombucha! And once you've fallen in love, you have to make kombucha yourself. But first a few things:

What is Kombucha?

Kombucha is fermented tea. The trick: to ferment it you need tea, lots of sugar and a tea fungus. In the end, the whole thing doesn't taste sweet as you might think, but sour and the sugar has practically completely disappeared! The sugar is converted by small microorganisms during fermentation, your end product is sugar-free and full of valuable ingredients.

Why You Should Drink Kombucha

Kombucha is a real power drink: it is full of vitamins, probiotic bacteria and enzymes. What that means for us:

• stimulates digestion
• supports the intestinal flora
• strengthens your immune system
• has an anti-inflammatory effect
• stimulates the metabolism

You can store kombucha perfectly in your FAVORITE JAR ! In all simplicity, here are the instructions for your home-brewed kombucha in your FAVORITE JAR . To make your own kombucha in your favorite glass, all you need is fresh tea, sugar, a tea fungus and love! First, some helpful tips about tea mushroom:

• The tea fungus and the starter liquid do not tolerate heat . The sweet tea should ideally be at room temperature before you add the fungus. Otherwise you will kill it and it will be useless.
• Sunlight or bright lighting can damage the kombucha during fermentation. Therefore, make sure it is kept at room temperature in a dark place .
• It is best to cover the kombucha with a sheet of kitchen roll, a layer of coffee or tea filter or a tea towel. This way, no contaminants can get into the container.
• If you are going on holiday, you can seal the starter liquid with the tea fungus in an airtight container and leave it for a few weeks. It will be too vinegary to drink, but this way you can keep the tea fungus

Sometimes the tea mushroom floats at the top of your FAVORITE JAR, sometimes in the middle, and in our case it usually sinks to the bottom. All possibilities are correct and you haven't done anything wrong.

Kombucha

What you need:

• 2 x Ball Mason Jar | Wide | 1.9L
• 3 x Ball Mason Jar | Wide | 700ml
• 4 x Ball Mason Jars | Spiral | 475ml
• 3 liters of water
• 30 g green or black tea
• 200 g sugar
• 2 x tea mushroom including starter liquid

And here's how it works: Bring 1 liter of water to the boil in a large pot and let the tea steep for 8-10 minutes. Remove any loose green or black tea and dissolve the sugar completely in the tea while it is still hot. Add 2 liters of cold water and the starter liquid (WITHOUT mushroom) to the sweet tea. This way you don't have to wait for the tea to cool down. Mix everything well and pour equal parts into the 2 Ball Mason Jar | Wide | 1.9 l . Now add one tea mushroom to your FAVORITE GLASS with the sweet tea. The tea mushroom will either sink to the bottom, float to the top or be in the middle. Everything is correct and you don't have to worry. Cover the opening of your FAVORITE JAR with a sheet of kitchen roll and close it with the screw ring. This way, the kitchen roll sits firmly on the jar and no contaminants can get into the kombucha. Now let the kombucha ferment in a dark place between 20-27 °C for 5-10 days. It is best to taste the kombucha after 5 days to see if it is sour enough for you. Then pour 90% of the kombucha into your Ball Mason Jar | Wide | 700 ml and Ball Mason Jar | Regular | 475 ml for drinking. Leave the remaining 10% as starter liquid together with the mushroom in the Ball Mason Jar | Wide | 1.9 l and fill it up again with sweet tea and it can be fermented again from the beginning.