Scoby - For Kombucha
A SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast) is a living culture used to ferment kombucha tea. It's a thick, rubbery disc that floats on the surface of the tea during fermentation. The health benefits of kombucha primarily come from its probiotic content, which supports gut health and digestion, as well as potential antioxidant properties that could offer immune system support. To making a homemade kombucha SCOBY at home is as easy as combining brewed black or green tea with sugar and a small amount of store-bought kombucha as a starter culture. Cover the mixture with a breathable cloth and let it ferment for 1-4 weeks until a thick, rubbery disc forms on the surface, which is your SCOBY. Then proceed to make your own Kombucha at home!
- 7 cups of filtered water
- 1/2 cup cane sugar
- 4 black tea bags
- 1 cup store bought Kombucha plain unpasteurized (preferably with the little bits floating around the bottom of the bottle)
Instructions
- Steep the tea bags in your boiled filtered water for 20 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags and add your sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Set your tea aside and allow it to cool to below 90 degrees.
- Once your tea has cooled pour the liquid into big canning jar that has been cleaned and sterilized.
- Now add the store bought kombucha with the small bits in the bottom of the jar to your tea mixture and stir using a wooden spoon.
- Cover your sweetened tea mixture with a clean coffee filter and secure with a rubber band. Now store this mixture in a room temp area out of sunlight for two to four weeks.
- Check it every day until bubbles form on the surface of the tea and a thin whiteish jelly like film forms across the top of the liquid and the film becomes almost fully opaque in color.
- The Scoby is ready when it has grown to into a 1/4 inch thick puck.
- If you see bubbles forming later in development especially in later stages of Scoby formation that a good sign of carbon dioxide development. If you see white or green fuzzy growing your Scoby is growing mold and you must throw it out and start again, but this is rare.
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