Homemade Kombucha Recipe
Learn how to prepare this popular probiotic as a natural substitute for soft drinks.
Equipment
- 1 glass container (previously boiled in hot water to sterilize it)
- 1 stainless steel pot
Ingredients
- 3 l Mineral water
- 1 Cup White sugar
- 10 g Black tea
- 1 Kombucha mushroom, or Scoby
- 1 Cup Kombucha or the liquid the mushroom comes in.
Instructions
- Remember that, when making a home fermentation, the most important thing is hygiene. Therefore, before starting to prepare our kombucha we will sterilize very well all the utensils we use. We will also wash our hands and dry them with a completely clean cloth (although we will never touch the fungus or the inside of the containers with our hands). We will always manipulate it with the utensils that we have previously sterilized.We can wash the utensils with hot water and a little vinegar, we can also sterilize them by boiling them.
- Put the mineral water in a pot on the fire, add the sugar and mix until it is incorporated. Just before it starts to boil, add the tea and remove from the heat, cover the pot and let it rest for about 15 minutes.3 l Mineral water, 1 Cup White sugar, 10 g Black tea
- Transfer the tea to a glass container and wait for it to warm up. When it is at room temperature, and no longer burns, add the fungus and the cup with the liquid or Kombucha, close the container with a clean cloth and tie it to the neck of the container so that it does not move.1 Kombucha mushroom, or Scoby, 1 Cup Kombucha or the liquid the mushroom comes in.
- We let it rest between 6 and 10 days in a cool place without light. We can put it in a closed cabinet. After that time, we remove the fungus with a plastic spoon (remember to sterilize it before). And a new colony will have been generated on our Scoby. We strain the resulting liquid, which we will let stand in the refrigerator 4 days before starting to drink it. Keep some kombucha with the fungus to keep it in good condition.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Homemade Kombucha Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
247
% Daily Value*
Fat
1
g
2
%
Saturated Fat
1
g
6
%
Cholesterol
1
mg
0
%
Sodium
3066
mg
133
%
Potassium
1
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
59
g
20
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
1
g
2
%
Calcium
140
mg
14
%
Vitamin A
1
IU
0
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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