Making Your Own Kombucha

This isn't hard to do, it just takes some organization. We saved up glass kombucha bottles from ones we'd purchased, and I bought a couple of 2 qt canning jars for the fermenting. The instructions published here are really great, and I just followed along. To match the volumes called for in the instructions, I used 2 of the large canning jars.

It takes a little while to make your own SCOBY, but once you have them they're pretty low maintenance.

My SCOBYs and some starter kombucha liquid, ready for the next batch

Brew a big batch of tea with some sugar and let it cool completely

Let the kombucha ferment in a quiet dark place

When fermented, strain it into your clean bottles and add flavor and a raisin or two for sugar

We've experimented with flavors, including berries, pear, ginger, citrus, etc. Our general favorite is ginger, and it's easy to toss in a small piece of peeled ginger to each bottle. The bottles last in the refrigerator FOREVER.