If you want a consistent, safe, and delicious brew, you have to understand your ingredients on a functional level. When preparing a new batch, the most critical decision you make isn’t the tea — it’s selecting the best sugar for kombucha. Sugar isn’t there to sweeten your drink; it is the primary reactant that powers…
When winter rolls around and your kitchen temperature drops, your fermentation process hits a brick wall. A cold brew means a slow brew, which opens the door for mold to ruin your hard work. Adding a kombucha heating pad to your setup is the easiest way to keep your brew active, safe, and tasting great year-round. Let’s…
If your latest batch of kombucha developed mold or off-flavors, there is a high probability that your sanitation process failed. In the world of home fermentation, hoping your equipment is clean is not a viable strategy. A successful brew requires protecting your SCOBY from competing microbes. To achieve consistent results, we have to eliminate the…
If you are just starting out with home brewing, there is one visual element of kombucha that raises more questions, concerns, and confusion than anything else: what is a kombucha SCOBY. When you first look into a fermentation jar and see a thick, rubbery, alien-looking mass floating on top of your tea, it is easy…
