HOW TO MAKE KOMBUCHA: Everything you need to know!
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Kombucha is a tasty probiotic drink that is easy to make at home! With just three ingredients you can be making your own homemade Kombucha today. And starting Kombucha from scratch is simple and inexpensive, this video will show you how to grow your SCOBY. Let's start saving money and making the flavored Kombucha you love!
TheBruSho is your guide to make home brewing simplified. From beginner lessons to tip and tricks to equipment breakdowns, all to give you the confidence to brew your first beer and beyond. Together we will see what shortcuts can be taken to make the brew day easier and get a fermented beverage in your glass faster.
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RECIPE for 1 gal (~3.8L):
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-10g Black Tea
-100g Sugar
-Filtered Water to top
-Ferment @ 69ºF (20.5ºC) for 2 weeks - 1 month, until SCOBY forms
-F2 with Fresh Fruit, herbs, and/or spices
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Subsequent Batches:
-10g Black Tea
-100g Sugar
-Ferment @ 69ºF (20.5ºC) for 4-6 days
Shorter = more sweet
Longer = more funky
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-F2 with Fresh Fruit, herbs, and/or spices for 3 Days
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ABV: Less than 1%
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Kombucha Basics
1:31 Starting Kombucha
3:00 Growing SCOBY
3:35 New Batch
4:33 Adding Flavor
6:15 Final Product
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So I buy one bottle of kombucha and then I can just keep re using that mother scoby indefinitely as long as I just keep my hands sanitized and such?
@@Theandrew189 yup exactly!
Homebrewing is better than store bought. One gallon brewed gives me 7 16 oz bottles every week. This week I made apple cinnamon kambucha and it tastes like apple pie.
For sure! You save a lot and make more unique flavors!
Yum 😊
Man thank you so much.saved me a lot of money
Definitely love this video! So clear and easy to follow!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤👍👍👍
Great tips, thanks for sharing
Great video and very helpful. Look forward to brewing my own kombucha.
Great video ! This is how I make my kombucha. Trying the hard booch recipe n can’t wait to see how it goes . Thank you Trent !
I like ALL the flavors. And yes, we have had it explode on us also! Your video was wonderful! Thank you.
Hi! Thanks for your video, very well done!
Thank you for watching!
This is amazing. I'm going to start making kombucha with this as a guide. I'm a homebrewer already so it's rad to enjoy a "beginner" video that is so well done and totally needed for my having zero experience in this arena.
Thank you thank you thank you.
p.s. I did make a gallon of kombucha and it turned out amazing. Now with my second gallon, I've let it go a little longer to make a strong starter for a 5 gallon batch. Hooked!
Last time I made it from a scoby from a kit. Awesome to know I can grow my own!
😲thank you🎉
Subscribed!!❤❤❤❤
I can't get over how your recipe only calls for 100g of sugar per US gallon... I'm going to try an amended batch to see what difference I get, thanks (as always).
Over here in the UK I use 2 liter jars for my camomile booch and red-bush booch (one jar per type) and for the last 7 months I've been using a recipe that calls for about 1 cup of sugar per gallon (which I adjust from 3.8 liters to 2 liters...therefore using a bit over half a cup per jar).
Next batch I do I'll try the lower sugar version with one of my scoby's from it's hotel in a third jar, thanks again.
Oh, and our three favourite 2nd ferm flavours are either mango, strawberry and mint, or, passion fruit.😀
awesome video trent!
Thanks man!
My husband had coke flavored kombucha and loved it. Any ideas on how to make that?
How long will the kambucha that you added fruit to last in the refrigerator? Great video!! Thanks.
Such a well done video! Let’s BOOCH! 😍
Thanks!
Agree! Very easy to watch and listen to. And lots of content in a short time .❤❤❤❤
Have you ever measured initial gravity and final gravity when brewing kombucha?
It'd be great a video on water kefir (with IG and FG)!
Great video.may I ask how long kombucha can stay once made? will it continue to ferment?
Does using a bigger SCOBY speed up fermentation?
My favourite Kombucha flavour is ginger. It's deliciously refreshing.
Yum, ive had a ginger turmeric one that was fantastic!
Do you have to burp the second fermentation bottles every day?
Subscribed, thank you! 🤍
Hey, great video! Just made my first batch today, can’t wait. Why or what’s the effect of adding the chia seeds?
They add a bit of texture, and supposedly has some health benefits as well. The seeds kind of gel and become soft. I’ve had store bought versions and I liked it so thought I’d show how to do it as well
Yeah ! Boocho with Musho , I was a total ignorant on the kombuchas, thanks for the video 🍻🍻
Hahah should have totally said that in the intro! Glad you liked it
Awesome video! What if you want to keg your booch? Would you run first with the Scooby then add flavours to keg? (Corney keg)
Yeah that’s what I would say, and use a hop sock or muslin bag for your flavor additions. That way you don’t clog up your dip tube. Might have to get a mini keg to have some on tap!
Hi, can we add oleoresins/liquid based flavours of spices instead of adding spices directly into kombucha for flavouring ?
Thank you the video, very inspiring. I decided to make a batch and I am in the middle of it. I am getting ready to take out the first batch. Do I need to worry about the SCOBY while taking out the first batch? or should I just pour out the inital bach leaving 2 coups of the initial batch in the fermenter and then start the 2nd batch?
Pour out what you need and leave the SCOBY and 2 cups behind for the next batch. Good luck!
So if it's a starter batch we leave some of the kombucha behind and strain and drink the rest of it or just drink it the way it is?
Can I drink the first batch or is it just for making the scoby?
I could also only find Gingerade Kombucha and other flavored options no raw will that work? ;(
In the UK it’s so hard to find original organic kombucha, especially as I am in a very rural area. We have Remedy and Equinox but never unflavoured! I had to order a scoby, it arrives tomorrow, I can’t wait to get started!
I had to do the same thing. No unflavoured kombucha here in central Newfoundland. My SCOBY came in the mail from British Columbia, on the opposite side if Canada. I was pleased that it worked! I hope your SCOBY is growing big and strong ❤
Loved your video! May I ask: How do I know if bottles are fermentation grade so I dont get an explosion like you mentioned Which ones are absolutely not okay and which ones are? Are all jars and bottles with rubber rings suitable for example? THANKYOU so much in advance!! ❤🔥
Hey thanks! So it can be hard to tell, that's why i tend to reuse kombucha bottles or fliptop beer bottles from a home brew store. The ones you get at craft stores, dollar tree, or other cheap places are "decorative" and are generally made with thin glass that will break. But online you can google pressure rated bottles and should find some good options. Or just use plastic bottles!
Awh thnx so much, all the way from the Netherlands :) @@TheBruSho There are some conflicting ideas on the internet when it comes to plastic bottles. So, you think I can carbonate my kombucha in plastic and its not bad for health? I likt those fliptop bottles btw, they look very cool :) Gonna Google some. Thnx again!! Great content.
@@brendabee85 I would look for PET bottles as they are usually safe for many many uses, if you’re concerned about using plastic. Best of luck!
@@TheBruShoso excited to start🎉 Watched the vid again. Im guessing ill be back later for prob more questions. For now, Ill start with kefir and also making the mother for kombucha🔥
My husband tried coke flavored kombucha and loved it. Any ideas on how to make it?
Oh interesting! I would say easiest would be to find a soda extract or concentrate and use that in place of the tea. I have some root beer concentrate and might have to try this.
Could you use a natural sugar replacement such as stevia or monk fruit?
Nope those are both non-fermentable
can i drink the liquid i grew the scoby in?
1 galon batch equals how many liter of water?
Might have missed it but do you use starsan on your container, also would a hop sock be too wide as a cover?
I do since I have it around but it’s not necessary if you clean your containers well. And I think a hop sock would be fine as long as the holes aren’t too big for bugs and such to get in
Apple and chamomille kombucha.
Hello, I know this is random, but do you know how to package kombucha for longer shelf like without refrigeration? Thank you
You could try pasteurizing it. That should help it last a bit longer
@@TheBruSho great thank you
Does it work if the temperature in my country goes up to 35 Celsius degree?
Yes but it will ferment much faster so keep an eye on it
@thebrusho make large batches and keg your kombucha? I’m looking to starting kegging my batches because we drink so much. I’m wondering if it’s better to do the first ferment, add the fruit let it sit for a few days, strain it and then keg it OR do the first ferment, and just put the fruit in a bag or something in the keg ?
I would say go for the 2nd option. That way you can drink faster and it won’t over ferment. It’s a great idea I hope to upgrade to kegging the booch soon!
@@TheBruSho I’ll try it out and let you know how it goes! Thanks for the input.
@@TheBruSho we have kegged two batches now. We have been putting the finished kombucha in the keg and the adding a muslin bag with our fruit additions straight to the keg and that has been working very well for us. We hook it up to CO2 at 3 PSI for about 48hrs and by that time the flavors have infused and it’s good and carbonated. Although the last batch we kegged we decided it was at an appropriate carbonation level after only 24hrs at 30psi.
Pineapple ginger is our go to with a greens be black mix! Tried out first batch of straight green with watermelon and mint but it left a little to be desired. The watermelon flavor didn’t come through well and the tea wasn’t quite as strong as we like it.
More experimenting ahead!
@@nathankirgis3899 awesome man thanks for the update! I actually just kegged up some hard kombucha and doing a similar method. If it works I’ll make it into a vid!
@@TheBruSho we just bottle our first 1 gal batch of hard kombucha. Turned out great!
Do you burp them??
Do you need to use part of the last batch as a starter or can you just add the scoby?
You need to use part of the last batch. Apparently that’s where all the good stuff is.
@@TheBruSho Thanks, that's great
For the first batch, is there an amount that would be too much for the size of the scoby? Let's say the scoby is like yours in the video, is it possible to make 3 gallons with it ?
No I don’t think so. It might be more work/time at the beginning to get it to grow but you can definitely scale this up. At 3 gals you will have one big scoby!
@@TheBruSho Thx !
Will using a coffee filter for a cover work ?
Yeah for sure!
I just started making kombucha. I got a scoby from a neighbor. It's only 7 days in but the scoby has really grown. The bottom of my jar has a cloudy kinda of stuff. I tasted it and it's still very sweet so hopefully that cloud goes away.
I should clear up nicely the more you let it sit, sometimes mine goes super clear which is cool
@@TheBruSho Ok good to know. Similar to beer then, dont rush it and have patience. lol
I don't have a kombucha starter, how do i make it from scratch without scoby without a kombucha bottle or any residue
You can't make it without some form of scoby/starter. A lot of places sell kombucha starters online, maybe you can order one?
can we at least admit that the scooby looks like a nightmare when you peel it? haha. Going to make my own from this video. Ill tag you dude :)
Haha no doubt it’s definitely a bit odd. And sounds good!
Thanks for subscribing, we’ve returned the favour. Love your videos - very impressive. I enjoyed a ginger kombucha on Friday 🍻 See you around 👍
Thank you so much!! And same to you, excited to see what you bros have in store!
Do you drink the F1
Sometimes but I like the fruit additions better
@@TheBruSho but it is drinkable? First time making it. F2 is only 5 days ferment with fruit?
I used to make kombucha and love it but I started having reflux from it. I think I let it ferment too long. This inspired me to try again. I bought scoby before, now I can make it myself. 😊👍
You got this!
I haven't made kombucha for a while because I've checked the FG, it was too high, full of sugar. And that's not healthy at all. Now I am making kombucha with beer wort, without the hops and that will deffinitely be more healthy than plain sugar-water.
Hahah there’s also a ton of sugar in wort so if your trying to be healthy I’m not sure that will be better. But that sounds like a cool experiment
2 days in, the wort kombucha tastes horrible. It's sweet and vinegary at the same time. Don't recommend it... Tea kombucha is way better.
@@TheAlchemistsBrewery thanks for reporting back. Brewing is all about experimenting!
Can I start with a flavored kombucha to make the scoby? What are the consequences of that?
Yeah I guess you could. I haven’t experimented with that so give it a try and report back!
@@TheBruSho Gonna give it a try. I have cashew kombucha. Let's see what happens
@@TheBruSho Yep, it is possible, scoby grew strong and fast!
@@GuilhermeZornitta awesome thanks for experimenting and following up!
You can grow it without kombucha starter liquid.
Tell me more!
@@TheBruSho 🤣
Not sure about all that sugar, isn't it very unhealthy??
I think it eats the sugar in the fermentation process?
It takes 46 days to make kombucha?? Damn 😮
From scratch, but you can get a starter kit that will save time. Plus once it’s up and running only takes 5 days or so to whip out each new batch
I thought table sugar was poison?!
Explained it so well, I might just start making it 🥹🫶
I am trying to understand what you mean at 4.02 just make sure to … @thebrusho
“.. to save a cup of the starter liquid”