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Homemade Kombucha

Easy homemade kombucha recipe and instructions
Cook Time30 minutes
Fermentation Time7 days
Servings: 12 cups

Ingredients

  • 12 cups filtered water
  • 1 layer of scoby OR 1 cup of organic unflavoured kombucha
  • 1 cup organic cane sugar
  • 5 tea bags of your choice

Instructions

  • Boil the water
  • Add sugar and let dissolve
  • Remove from heat
  • Add tea bags and let steep 20 minutes
  • Remove tea bags
  • Let cool to room temperature
  • Pour tea into desired vessel
  • Add 1 cup of purchased organic raw kombucha or newfound SCOBY (or both!)
  • Cover with a tea towel and elastic
  • Allow to ferment for approximately 7 days in a dry, dark place
  • Pour your kombucha through a strainer into your bottles leaving 1-2 inches headspace