It's Kombucha time!
Today my friends the Cats came over with Kombucha in a jar. I had pre-washed 4 jars, and I made tea while they took some weird hour-long detour on the way to my house. I made black tea in one container, and ginger/green tea in the other. Both with lots of sugar. He came with a squat, wide-mouthed jar that had 5 or 6 "babies" in it. When the tea had pretty much cooled down to room temperature, we poured it into the jars and separated the babies, putting one into each jar. Then we split the remaining liquid amongst all the jars (the goal is to save 1 cup to put into each new jar of tea). I closed the jars up with paper towels, and held them down with a rubber band or the mason jar rings. Then I had to figure out where the hell to put all these jars- my house seems to have all these moldy spots, and mold doesn't go well with kombucha.Apparently Herman buys a lot of kombucha, so now he'll be able to make his own. :) After I figure out how to get all these jars to him. :/ I want to find out how to make flavored kombuchas, such as raspberry- it'd probably taste a lot like the raspberry lambic that we like, but with lots less booze in it (around 1/2%).
How to make kombucha
About kombucha
The Manchurian mushroom
Cooking measurement equivalents
posted by mahtin @ 7:48 PM
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