How To Bottle My Kombucha

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How to bottle my kombucha. Do not use anything metal from this point on. Cover jar with breathable fabric. Boil 2 cups water and then remove from heat. Drawing off finished kombucha from the continuous brew primary ferment vessel ready to bottle and flavor.

2nd fermentation f2 is when you flavor your kombucha and bottle it for around 3 4 days at room temperature to create carbonation. Leave the bottled kombucha to ferment for 2 14 days at room temperature. Use plastic utensils and a plastic funnel. Once the second fermentation.

Remove the scoby start by washing your hands then running white vinegar over them this makes it safe to handle. See the photo above and below. Add your kombucha to clean bottles. Bottling step by step remove the scoby from the finished kombucha.

Make sure to leave 1 5 inches of head space to avoid pressure build up. It s essentially bottle conditioning similar to how in beer and champagne making you add a little bit of priming sugar then seal it up to let yeasts eat up the sugar and convert it into carbon dioxide. In the case of kombucha that added sugar typically comes from fruit. Sanitize your bottle with.

Do not use soap you could kill your scoby. At the end of first fermentation you ll have unflavored largely un carbonated kombucha. Before you remove your scoby sanitize your hands with white vinegar. Kombucha is a funky fermented tea packed with probiotics that are excellent for gut health that s why i m drinking so dang much of it.

There are several things to note. Store your first ferment jar away from drafts or. That s what makes it fizzy. Metal will react with the kombucha.

We generally fill ours up to the point in the bottle where the sides start to curve into the neck. Place scoby and starter tea in a gallon mason jar. Bottle the flavored kombucha in airtight bottles leaving a few inches of head space. Seep tea in hot water for 10 minutes.

So often when i open a bottle of kombucha say one i have toted along in my bag to work it s been jostled and bobbled along the way and out of the fridge. Seal and store bottles. That also means that it s alive and wants to expand and it s hell bent on escaping its glass prison. Add the desired flavoring and mix to combine.

How to bottle kombucha step 1. Using a funnel pour your fermented kombucha into your airtight bottle or jar.