Flavoring My First Batch of Kombucha Tea

    My Kombucha tea is ready for some flavoring, mind you it is drinkable at this stage of fermentation but I like fruity teas better than unflavored ones.
   
     I fermented my first batch for a about 21 days, I know that seems like a long time, but considering I have a sugar free lifestyle, I wanted to make sure that the sugars had been eaten up before consuming any.

 

    The first thing I noticed when decanting my brew into a sterilized mason jar was that it had lots of bubbles. YAY for bubbles, which seems to be the one thing that most new brewers like me can't seem to make happen.

    I put 2 Tablespoons of raw strawberries into a 1 quart mason jar and filled it with Kombucha leaving a 1" headspace and am letting it sit at room temperature for 2 days.

 
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A Kombucha SCOBY From Store Bought Kombucha

     I started my adventure into growing a SCOBY from store bought Kombucha in this post.  Fast forward to today, 8 days later. I not only have a SCOBY but I had to find a brewing vessel. I got this 3.5-liter Locking Clamp Beverage Dispenser.

 

     I've fed the baby SCOBY twice since I began this adventure and now it needs to move to the bigger container ... look isn't it cute... it needs a name, so please leave me a comment with your suggestions...

I need a name!!

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Starting Kombucha Tea from Store Bought

December 19, 2014

     I am experimenting with growing a Kombucha SCOBY from a bottle of store bought tea. One of the biggest dilemmas has been finding a brand that has the likelihood of growing the SCOBY without an issue.

     I belong to a fermenting group of Trim Healthy Mamas on Facebook that have a lot of experience in this area and they were kind enough to point me in the right direction.
     I also read a couple articles about how to go about this process and decided to follow this one. I am brewing using oolong tea.

      So let the adventure begin !!