Kombucha
Intermediate7–12 days
Kombucha Basics
Your first gallon of kombucha: sweet tea, SCOBY, starter liquid and the signs your ferment is on track.
Read the guideLiving tea, brewed with care.
Kombucha brewing
Kombucha is sweet tea transformed by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It's brewing in slow motion — and surprisingly easy to get right.
Learn the first ferment, then experiment with fruit, ginger and botanicals in the second.
- Ferment
- 7–12 days
- Temperature
- 22–27°C
- Target pH
- 2.5–3.5
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Kombucha recipes
- KombuchaAssam · Tea4.6(88)out of 5 stars
Ginger Lemon Kombucha
- Dose
- 8g
- Water
- 1000ml
- Temp
- 24°C
- Time
- 7 + 3 days
Flavor notes: Ginger · Lemon · Effervescent
Recommended equipment
Gear for better kombucha
Halden
Fermentation Jar 4 L
Wide-mouth glass jar with spigot and breathable cotton cover.
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Brew Scale with Timer
0.1 g resolution, auto-timer and a heat-proof silicone pad.
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Picking the right tea for kombucha
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Hibiscus berry second ferment
Green tea kombucha
- Dose
- 10 g dried hibiscus
- Water
- 1 L
- Temp
- 25°C
- Time
- 3 days
“Ruby red, super fizzy, tart like cranberry. Add a few raspberries per bottle.”
- Halden 4 L jar
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