{"id":4598,"date":"2020-04-29T15:39:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buildthebottle.com\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2020-04-29T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:40:05","slug":"how-to-make-scoby-for-kombucha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buildthebottle.com\/2020\/04\/29\/how-to-make-scoby-for-kombucha\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make SCOBY For Kombucha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How To Make SCOBY For Kombucha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Making homemade kombucha has three main steps (click the links below to jump around the post):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Make SCOBY 7-10 days<\/li>
  2. First Fermentation (6 to 10 days) \u2013 makes the actual kombucha tea<\/li>
  3. Second Fermentation (3 to 10 days) \u2013 to carbonates the kombucha tea<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Making The SCOBY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast) Is the yeast that makes the fermentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    While you can buy a ready-made SCOBY (online ), it\u2019s easy to make it yourself! Just buy a bottle of Kombucha and you are ready to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Make a Tea and let cool to room temp add a 5 more cups of water and a cup of sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pour the sweetened tea into your jar, then pour store-bought kombucha in, making sure all of the residue in bottle is pored into your fermentation this is because kombucha has live yeast in it that you are going to propagate as in grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cover with a few layers of the tightly woven cloth to keep out bugs and debris, there can be a level of fermentation so do not tightly cover and make sure that there is room for growth and foaming in bottle. I recommend to leave a 1\/3 empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Place<\/strong> somewhere dark with a room temperature (70-75 degrees F, 21-24 C) 7-10 days when you will see a a \u00bc inch (\u00bd cm) SCOBY has formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You now have a SCOBY! The SCOBY should live and grow for years if treated with love. Allow the SCOBY to remain in this liquid until you are ready to use the SCOBY for the next step, the 1st fermentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Things To Note When Making Your SCOBY For Kombucha<\/h3>\n\n\n\n