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Making your own Kombucha tea
If you have ever experienced an exceptional taste of Kombucha tea, you may be quite surprised to know that it’s not a great deal to make Kombucha tea on your own. Below I’ve mentioned some guidelines that would help you in preparing your own Kombucha tea at your home whenever you want. Kombucha culture is the main ingredient required and you can purchase it at your local health food stores. Additionally, you’ll also require water, green or black teabags, and any type of distilled vinegar. First of all, you’ll have to prepare the base tea, which will offer the abode for your Kombucha culture to feed. For this purpose, you brew your green or black tea (6 teabags and almost a quart of water), letting it to boil, and later on, steeping for around 5 minutes.
During this process, add 3 cups of finely granulated sugar. After you ensure that the added sugar is dissolved properly, it’s your time to add another 2 quarts of water. Let your teabags steep for another 15 minutes before removing them.
After you find that the tea temperature has lowered to reach your room temperature, shift it to a container that should be necessarily gallon sized with an open mouth, like a gallon-sized pickle jar. Then add the Kombucha culture along with 4 tablespoons of vinegar to complete the process. Now use a piece of a rubber band and muslin for covering the jar’s mouth properly and place it in a place where air is accessible, but keep in mind that it’s not good to place it to direct sunlight. You’ll need to place it at same location for around 5 days. After passing of 5 days, taste your Kombucha tea. A culture should be formed on the surface of liquid if your tea is progressing appropriately. If you want to ensure that your tea has been properly processed, taste the liquid whether or not it’s acidic or sweet. If it’s sweet then your brew is not properly ready yet, and if it’s acidic you can enjoy your creation. In case you find sweetness in your tea, cover it properly with the muslin and wait for 2 days, at least. After 2 days, taste your Kombucha once again. Once you ensure that your Kombucha tea is absolutely ready to serve, remove both the cultures lightly and then pour the Kombucha liquid gently into some clean bottles which you can seal. Keep them into your refrigerator and don’t let them out before another few days. The main reason behind placing them in refrigerator is that the cool temperature will let the Kombucha tea to build up its effervescent consistency and also improve the taste. It’s really a lot fun-having and money saving decision to make the Kombucha tea yourself.
