How To Make Kombucha At Home 

Weird flex but OK.

Word. I would love to have one in my kitchen. Would be dead useful when making gravy.

As a chemist, I have been wondering about this for over 30 years... Initially it was the cost of stirrer hot plates and their poor temp control.

Oh, i made one by hot gluing magnets on a computer fan... But this is for brewing only. Heating and magnetism doesn't go very well =(

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This is always what I do when I'm starting fresh. Never never never use vinegar...

I have never ever seen or heard about this kombucha thing here in sweden but im kinda curious, is it good?

TheCOmpany Kombucha is one of those things where some people think it’s really delicious and other people think it’s absolutely disgusting and there’s no in between. You just have to try it and see which person you are.

@@brendadavis4923 mmm marmite

@@OliverGottberg it's like a dry, tangy soda. I think it's delish!

Don't mind me, just gonna "borrow" this idea real quick...

Literally everybody names their first Scoby that.

Real original, smh.

I named mine 'Puddin' 😊

😂😂😂😂

Proverbial

he said that it helps kick it off

OH man this is an incredibly good idea! I actually remember reading about this a while back and totally forgot to mention it!

The best part is you don't need to do the burping! John from Better Done Yourself talks about and demonstrates the method in his recent video on Sweet Potato Fly.

I remember when we were doing birch sap cider, we stored it in plastic bottles. They got so pressurized, they literally became Humpty Dumpties, spherical bottom and all. Still was good though.

And throw away the Kombucha and the plastic bottle because the plastic has been eaten by the Kombucha, leaching chemicals... If it can destroy metal think what it does to plastic.

@@nancyfahey7518 you do know that some plastics are acid inert, right? Hydrofluoric acid melts glass, but does not react with polyethylene. I highly doubt that kombucha secretes carborane acid, so no, do not throw away kombucha and the bottle.

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Was that 37 picoseconds?

Charlotte Anderson one trillionth of a second

@@thewhatwhat12333 It's not lol

@@wilfriedsteinbach8700 cool, dont care

Same :/

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@@EnvyCatering That's not even funny. That's just fucking dark. Shut up and go love your mom.

@@trashbaglarry943 dude...

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Haha, it is still not considered as fancy in ex-USSR countries))) It seems people had too much of it.

How can we grown kombucha scooby from scratch? Without having any kombucha liquid as a starter, this is what I want to know; because nobody has kombucha scooby when it was made for the very first time, unfortunately today no one seems to know how to grown a kombucha scooby from scratch🤨🤔 Do you have any idea?

@@Veronique428 honestly no idea, babushka always seemed to have it from mysterious sources

@@Veronique428 There are some anecdotal stories about how it formed when a bug landed and died in a cup of tea, likely bringing various bacteria with it. It was probably something like that.

@@Veronique428 someone discovered it when their tea went bad, and then made more of it and shared it. Most fermentations are found on accident. The people in Russia who made this likely had it passed down for generations. So you can't make more kombucha without kombucha, because there's no way to get the right cultures in your tea without introducing them yourself.

One day you'll wake up with one beside you.

Your stomach and intestines are sacs of bacteria-

Its good bacteria

do you drink anything with alcohol or ever eat bread?

Whats wrong with a pregnant bacteria egg giving birth in your tea?

IamIceQueen7 lmao yeah but you are covered in bacteria 24/7

Fun fact: you have more individual bacteria inside of you than body cells, and that's not even counting mitochondria. And without them you'd die because you're living in symbiosis with them. Now stop being silly, we put months-old curdled cow-udder juice on burgers and sandwiches, eat bee vomit and drink half-rotted grape juice all the time.

Have you never eaten yoghurt?

@@Krawurxus speak for yourself, i don't touch the half rotted grape juice.

Bacteria like yogurt

aaronschlegel it is called RU-vid algorithm, if you want people to stop « reading your mind » delete your RU-vid history and clear your cookies (:

Jeanne Elizabeth O'Malley sounds good I will try this one!

Zitronen Tee I am a tbag squeezer myself! I’m actually really excited to make some regular sweet tea and see if there’s a difference because every single person who’s tried my tea says it’s the best sweet tea they’ve ever had! I always bring my water to a boil and then immediately take it off the heat and let it set 10 minutes. He said to not let it boil either, I wonder if that would affect the taste at all?

@@amber_Forever16 I believe it does. @Zitronen Tee the bitterness and astringency of tea (that kinda tongue-puckering sensation you get on the sides and back of your tongue, sometimes kind of a fuzzy-feeling on the back of the tongue) is caused by tannins, which is enhanced by overly high temperatures. Different teas brew best at different temperatures and require the right balance to draw out maximum flavour (and caffeine) but without drawing out too much bitterness and astringency. I personally like a strong black tea so I would boil it, it shouldn't make too much of a difference really, as long as the tea bags aren't sitting in the water AS IT BOILS. For green tea DEFINITELY DO NOT bring it to a boil (green and white teas are far more delicate). =3 I can't wait to try your method of making sweet tea btw, sounds delicious.

Hate to break it to you but.... Its just fermented tea. Nothing here that would make your gut "healthier". You dont get healthier by drinking fruit mead staying healthy has more to do with your overall food consumption and sadly there isnt any wounder food that just fix everything if you've eaten badly. But hey it tastes great so why stop :P

@@EnRandomStenI mean... you contradict yourself within a sentence. You say that theres nothing here to make your gut healthier, then proceed to say that staying healthy has more to do with your overall food consumption. Well.. if youre drinking something every day then that is part of your overall food consumption. Is it the sole key to making or breaking your health? Of course not. But to dismiss it as only having benefit in taste is ridiculous.

No.. Yeah.. Let's just ignore the pro biotic and healthy bacteria. Live yoghurt must be a myth too

@@LeonUK Thats in yoghurt. Are there probiotics in yeast ?

@@-Meric- "Kombucha is a fermented tea that has been consumed for thousands of years. Not only does it have the same health benefits as tea - it's also rich in beneficial probiotics. Kombucha alsocontains antioxidants, can kill harmful bacteria and may help fight several diseases." (www.healthline.com)

Silly Wizard GTS is actually one of the most popular kombucha brands 😂😂

@@dg5450 great facts u got there

In Soviet Russia, scoby ferments you.

How can we grown kombucha scooby from scratch? Without having any kombucha liquid as a starter, this is what I want to know; because nobody has kombucha scooby when it was made for the very first time, unfortunately today no one seems to know how to grown a kombucha scooby from scratch🤨🤔 Do you have any idea?

@@Veronique428 i've read a while ago that these things are indigenous to middle to south China, where they (or their distant relative that was in time bred into its current form), started naturally in little ponds. So i assume, it is not a thing you can start entirely from scratch. Damn, there are chinese for you. Hey, there is a weird jelly disc floating in this pond. Quickly, place it into a jar and feed it some sugary tea!

Kombucha was apparently sorta popular in Sweden in the 70s, and then it was called "Volga-svamp", literally Volga mushroom, implying a Russian origin.

@@Veronique428 short answer: yes long answer: yes, because someone had to have it spontaneously ferment to make the first kombucha. But it takes 2 months and you can potentially fail and have mold.

Thanks so much!

Joshua Weissman lol, np. I also like flavoring my Kombucha with strawberries, I won’t do anything else, lol.

чайный гриб yeah its amazing

The scoby will eat some of the tannins released from squeezing the teabags

Did you just throw the leaves in there or make a syrup? How did you do it?

Why do I need to use ph test strips? I’m new at this and scared I’d mess it up and won’t even know lol cuz idk how. It’s supposed to taste like.

How do you use it for skincare?

Rub it all over your body. All over :] Jk, they are useable as face masks.

You can also cut it up and make gummy candies

Kombucha contains ascetic acid which is basically vinegar dude.

@@MrCharlesfire *acetic acid.

Emily Bartlett yes this should be done instead of vinegar. Ive heard kombucha can get vinegar eels if there’s any vinegar introduced in it

That's how I made my first scoby. I was jumping around like a happy fool as it grew.

Im doing this now and have a solid scoby in only a week. kept it next to my furnace, so a steady warm a d dark environment will really boost the process

How can we grown kombucha scoby from scratch? Without having any kombucha liquid as a starter, this is what I want to know; because nobody has kombucha scoby when it was made for the very first time, unfortunately today no one seems to know how to grown a kombucha scoby from scratch🤨🤔 Do you have any idea?

@@Veronique428 from kombucha, eventually* *results not guaranteed and may vary. Yeah but actually completely from scratch you can just leave out the tea but I don't think it's a good idea because of mold so you probably should have a few bucks for a store-bought one But someone had to have started it...

I used to, now that I make it I’ll never go back. I think it tastes better than store bought too once you get the hang of it.

@@ElLenadorLA I am very interested!! Just cant in my specific location...yet!

Pureeing the fruit gives it more surface area, more for the bacteria to eat, therefore more carbonation. And the square bottles could be decorative which aren't made with the same integrity as fermentation bottles and are more likely to explode or not be airtight enough. Also 3-5 days is kinda long for the second fermentation. If your environment is warm enough it'll only take 1-3 days.

wondering how do you store scoby? thank you

That'll take away the fantastic stories it has

no no no!!!!!!!!!!!! it would damage the iron in the pot anywhere there's a chip

qinn1996 . Don’t panic, make yourself a SCOBY Hotel. Just place it/them into a lidded glass container and emerse in Kombucha and it/they will live quite content on a sprinkle of sugar every month until you make more. Store in a safe place away from SCOBY thieves. 😜. Simple as ......👍. 🐢

Ruth Maxwell do you have to refrigerate it?

Can we use jaggery instead of processed sugar?

you only need fermentation grade for much longer periods of fermentation, we ain't going for super alcoholic drinks, just a few days to give it a little spark ;)

Bcz they hold in the pressure on the 2nd step of fermentation much better than the cheapy bottles. I had a friend who was making them with the cheapy-type bottle in the summer and they started exploding =o

I honestly wondered this the other day. 😂

I'm guessing that it was just black tea that went off so a scoby accidentally formed on top

The same way the first yogurt was made

@@michaelward4256 that's probably right. That particularly colony happened to be edible and delicious.

Some questions are dangerous for your health if asked. Lmao

Why?

@@heatherremlin8607 hmm, do i want to contaminate this giant batch of tea ive just made with whatever was on my finger or in my mouth and potentially grow a giant culture of harmful bacteria. Yes i do, lets stick my fucking finger back into the pot after i lick it

Trying to keep it cost effective. Obviously you could dish a little more and get higher quality teas. I imagine it all works about the same.

Just no tea that is oily. The scoby needs to breath.

Yeah, im gonna pass on drinking vinegar

it's also delicious