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You can make delicious kombucha at home! What Youll Need


Total time: 30+ days _ Active time: 15 minutes + 1 minute daily 1 dehydrated kombucha starter culture (SCOBY)
Water free of chlorine and fluoride (bottled spring water)
A kombucha starter culture consists of a
White or plain organic cane sugar (avoid harsh sugars)
sugar

you symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast


Plain, unflavored black tea, loose or in bags
can do (SCOBY). When combined with sweetened
Distilled white vinegar
this tea and fermented, the resulting kombucha
1 quart glass jar
beverage has a tart zing.
Coffee filter or tight-weave cloth and rubber band to secure
Measuring cups and spoons
Activating the SCOBY Thermometer
1. make sweet tea 2. add the scoby and vinegar 3. culture your kombucha

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A > Combine 2-3 cups hot water and >
D > Add 1/2 cup vinegar to the cool tea. >
G > Allow the mixture to culture
1/4 cup sugar in a jar. Stir to dissolve.
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E > Add the dehydrated SCOBY to the undisturbed at 68-85F, out of
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B > Add 11/2 teaspoons loose tea or 2 tea tea mixture. direct sunlight, for 30 days.
bags. Steep at least 10 minutes. Apply vinegar to the cloth daily to
help prevent mold growth.
sugar

1/4 1/2
c. c. 68-85F
2-3
c. 2

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F > Dampen a cloth or coffee filter with
white vinegar; place it on the jar and
secure it with a rubber band. 68-85F
30 days

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C > Remove the tea bags or strain out

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the loose tea leaves. Cool the tea to >
H > Make your first batch of

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68-85F. kombucha: see the next page

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TIP: Your activation batch of kombucha may be too vinegary to drink, but its great in salad dressing and marinades!

Its normal for there to be no visible The starter culture may or may not
Dont no
change to the tea or SCOBY. produce a baby SCOBY in your first few
toss baby
Finished kombucha is rich and vinegary. batches. Either way, its normal! scoby?
it! Reserve the SCOBY for the next batch. Flip over for troubleshooting tips.
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Making Kombucha After Activation
Once your SCOBY has been activated, youre ready to make kombucha! Use the ingredient
amounts in the chart below and follow these instructions to make kombucha:
1. make sweet tea 2. add scoby & vinegar 3. culture your kombucha
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A > Combine the hot water and
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D > Add the vinegar and tea from >
G > Culture the mixture undisturbed at 68-85F, out
sugar in a jar. Stir to dissolve. the last batch, as directed by of direct sun, for 7-30 days. Dampen the cover with
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B > Add the tea and steep at least the chart below, to the cool tea. vinegar daily to prevent mold.
10 minutes.
sugar
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E > Transfer a SCOBY.
68-85F
7-30 days

Your kombucha is done when it tastes good! It


should be vinegary and less sweet, with a clean but
68-85F
sour aroma. Its normal for there to be no visible

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F > Dampen a cloth or coffee filter change to the tea or SCOBY. Using pH strips isnt
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C > Remove the tea bags or strain with white vinegar; place it required, but if you do, the pH should be below 3.6.
out the loose tea leaves. Cool on the jar and secure it with a >
H > Reserve tea for your next batch. Enjoy your

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the tea to 68-85F. rubber band. kombucha, or flavor and bottle it!
Bottle, flavor, and carbonate your kombucha! Go online: www.culturesforhealth.com/bottling-kombucha

Ingredients Chart Baby SCOBYs


Keep your brews to 1-quart batches until a What are baby SCOBYs?
baby SCOBY forms (see next section). Then you A cloudy, white layer or film might form on top of your
can increase the batch size. Follow this chart for kombucha brew. This is a baby
the appropriate batch size and ingredient ratios SCOBY: a new kombucha
before and after your SCOBY has its first baby: culture. Congrats! This
ingredient ratios means your kombucha
before after baby scoby mother SCOBY is
batch size quart quart 1/2 gallon gallon
vigorously healthy and
Hot water (cups) 2-3 2-3 6-7 13-14 ready to culture larger
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INGREDIENTS

sugar (cups) batches of tea (see the baby scoby


Loose Tea (TSP.)* 1 1 3 6 chart). You can now make
Vinegar (cups) - - - 2 batches at once or give a
Tea from previous
batch (cups) 1 2 SCOBY to a friend. Its also completely normal for a batch of
*If using tea bags, use two bags for every 11/2 tsp. loose tea. kombucha not to form a baby SCOBY. Keep brewing as usual.

Baby SCOBY or Mold?

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If your starter isnt performing as Baby SCOBYs are weird looking. They may look like mold at
expected, dont throw it away! first, and if you have any doubts, we recommend letting it
Let us Put a tight lid on your culture and grow for a few days until its more obvious. Mold is typically
help contact customer support at fuzzy, whereas baby SCOBYs are rubbery. You can always

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that
Fermented foods often have a
sour but clean aroma and flavor.
We have dozens of recipes, how-to
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smell?
Never consume anything that and kombucha pros on our website, more?
smells or tastes unpleasant. www.culturesforhealth.com
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