{"id":579,"date":"2021-02-06T13:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/?p=579"},"modified":"2021-02-06T13:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T13:22:17","slug":"kombucha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/06\/kombucha\/","title":{"rendered":"Kombucha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I read this book<\/a> in 2019 about fermentation as I was already doing sourdough and wanted to learn more things. It is a great about anything related to fermentation. From there I started doing sauerkraut<\/a> (still haven’t achieved the required results though). Another thing I wanted to try was kombucha<\/a>, a fermented fizzy drink. I thought it was difficult to develop the scoby until I watched this video<\/a> and learned that I can buy it! So I got my scobby and started the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- Boil 900ml filtered water. Then add 50-60g sugar, stir well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2- Add two bags of black tea for 10 minutes, then remove the bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3- Let it cool down to room temperature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4- Add the mixture to a 1 litre jar, add the scoby with its liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5- Cover the jar with a cloth and leave it somewhere warm for 5 days without direct sunlight (I put it under the sink)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6- Remove the scoby and 100ml of the mix into a small jar, keep it in the fridge for the next batch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7- Put the rest of the mix into a airtight glass 1l bottle at room temperature for 3-7 days until fizzy. I put it under the sink again. You may release a bit of gas after a couple of days if you dont want to see the bottle explode when opening…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8- Put the bottle in the fridge, and afterwards you can enjoy a refreshing fizzy homemade drink!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a slow process but it is easy. In my first bottle, I was surprised because it was actually quite fizzy!!! The taste was a kind of cider, redbull , etc without the after taste of dead by sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am doing my second bottle and at some point I would like to add flavours, like ginger… I need to check if this is consider ginger beer. Although no idea if it generates any alcohol… (there is a fermentation process involved and breakdown of sugars….)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy with it, and hopefully adding to my routine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read this book in 2019 about fermentation as I was already doing sourdough and wanted to learn more things. It is a great about anything related to fermentation. From there I started doing sauerkraut (still haven’t achieved the required results though). Another thing I wanted to try was kombucha, a fermented fizzy drink. I … Continue reading “Kombucha”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}