Beginners Guide to Kombucha Making | How to Make Kombucha at Home

With this Beginners Guide to Kombucha Making, you'll learn How to Make Kombucha at Home.
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In this video, you'll learn how to brew your own kombucha at home. Kombucha is a sweet black tea made from a fermented SCOBY (a Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast). Kombucha is a probiotic-rich beverage that is great for gut health. It's part tea, part fermentation, part soda - thanks to the fizz that the good bacteria creates!

You'll learn how to source the SCOBY and how to brew the tea in which the SCOBY is submerged. Next, you'll learn about the second-fermentation stage, which explains the bottling and flavoring of your Kombucha.

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[MarysNest]

Hi Sweet Friends, Today I am sharing my Beginner Guide to Kombucha Making. This is a full length class perfect for those new to making kombucha or those who need help diagnosing problems. Love, Mary🤗🤗🤗

[melissiadjohnson]

When making your first batch the process will produce a scoby so you don't need to buy one. The scoby will continue to grow with each batch that you make. My first batch I made the black tea added the sugar let it cool to room temperature added 1/2 cup of store bought kombucha and covered the jar and over the ten days it produced a scoby that I am still using.

[gathercreatelivewithleslie]

For those that don't know, you can set a cup of store bought Kombucha aside in a clean jar and it will make a scoby or you can just use the store bought raw kombucha (plain) and add to mixture of tea and sugar and a scoby will form. Date your ferment so you know when it's ready and if you have multiple jars going. I make mine in a three gallon jar and just triple the recipe. Green tea can be used right from the start at 1/4 of the recipe I believe. The layers of scoby that form on the top can be separated to make more jars or given to friends. It needs a warm area to ferment so in my house we have to use a seedling heated pad to help it ferment in the winter. Suggestion- do second ferments in a quart jar and if want to bottle, strain and bottle, it will still ferment and doesn't make it hard to clean the smaller bottles. Cherry is a fantastic second ferment, frozen works well. It is best to boil the water longer to get rid of the chlorine and sterilize the water, you can let it cool a little before making the tea.

[craftychrystal]

I made this for years and all my family loves it. I quit making it for a few years and had to re-start it. I actually used a store bought kombucha to start it. First, look for original kombucha not ginger or other flavors. Next, look for any bottles that have a little "mother' or strains of solids in it. This is the remains of the original scobie. Decant it into a larger glass jar, a quart to start, and mix it until it looses all it's fizz. Then add a couple cups of tea with 1/4th cup of sugar and top with a coffee filter and rubber band. In about three days I pour out most of the kombucha and do it again. I will have a good start to the scobie by then. Another week and I will have a strong thick scobie to make a gallon with. So even if you can not find a human source for your scobie, grow your own from a store bought brand. And good luck!
As an add-on... If your family really takes to this drink, it is a better alternative to soda pop or sweetened juices. Get 6 large gallon jars and one glass decanter with a pour spout. Each day make a batch, on the 7th day of each batch, pour the batch into the decanter and put it into the fridge. Use the jar with the scobie to make another batch. We used the whole gallon each day in our machine shop in the desert especially in the summer. In the winter I dropped it down to a half gallon and for my self alone now, i will still have a full week's worth of batches going in quart jars.

[JackGilbertJr]

You can make your tea as a concentrate (one quart, say) and then pour cold water over it. The advantage to this is that it speeds up the process so that you don't have to wait for a gallon of boiling water to cool before you add the starter liquid.

[ciannacoleman]

You do such a good job of explaining things clearly and thoroughly without talking to slow or going off topic

Hey sweet Mary, I just wanted to give you a praise report. I finally made a batch of Kombucha. I put it in jars and it has set out for a day. I had some today and my goodness. It is wonderful. I am so excited about finally getting something right. I am so trying to learn about other fermentation. I just want to get well and I will use the wisdom The Lord gave you and I will use and eat what He gave us and I will let my body heal itself. I can't thank you enough for your teachings. They are very good and easy to understand and easy to follow through. I just ask the Father to bless you above and beyond what you can ask or think. I send love to you and your family.

[tammy-lynnstewart]

I've been "binge watching" your vids. Just found your channel today. Awesome explanations. Now to get back into making kombucha... I have a 2 year+ old scoby I have had stored in a mason jar in my cupboard. It still looks awesome! I started with a scoby that grew in a bottle of kombucha I did not finish. I just left it sitting in the corner of my counter out of the light. It was plain kombucha and it grew a perfect little scoby. Brand of kombucha was "Synergy" in case anyone reads this and is wondering.
Awesome work Mary, looking forward to watching more vids.

[muzmusic]

This is the best video I have found for making Kombucha as a beginner. I am so happy to have found your channel. You explain everything so well and each time I had a question you answered it. Amazing video!

[keepruvthknight]

Thanks for posting this video. My daughter gave me a scoby for Christmas and I have looked up videos on how to make kombucha but they are all so confusing and more advanced than I need and want. You cover everything and you speak slowly and in a way that the average layperson can understand. Thank you so much and God bless you!

[leannasplinter]

You can make your own SCOBY by making two quarts of Black Tea (8 cups water, 8 teabags or 8 TBS loose tea). Stir in 1/2 cup of sugar while still warm. Cool to room temperature, strain if using tea leaves. Pour into container you are using. Add 1/2 bottle store bought Kombucha with no flavor (original). Cover with cloth or coffee filter using rubber band to keep in place. Put in pantry or leave on counter out of direct sunlight fo about 30 days or more until a SCOBY forms and is 1/4 “ thick.

[pattyclarkson]

I started with Rooibos tea due to a caffeine allergy. Works incredibly well and flavors really well.

[sandrastreifel]

It’s so nice that you call us “sweet friends”; I love your kind voice and your videos! That scoby hotel is so cute!

[CleanEatingKitchen]

This is so helpful, Mary! I have always been scared of making my own kombucha, but now I feel much more confident. Thank you for this!!! XO.

[katiecollins]

Best kombucha guide ever made! You hit all the points! Well done!

[Suziecato]

I just love how clearly you explain things. I’m super excited to try it and not nervous anymore! Thanks Sweet Mary ❤️

[tinacolwell]

This was the most informative scoby video I've watched. I'm going to reattempt a Kombucha brew. Thank you Mary!

[centraltexas]

I just started my brew yesterday and am happy I'm starting off correctly. Thanks for sharing!

[sagawang]

I use my drip coffee maker half full of water to brew the tea & then I add cool water to jar with sugar, add the kombucha starter liquid & the scovie. Works wonderful for me as never had a problem🐾💕I like simple

[cherylhale]

I started my first batch of kombucha today, from a scoby my daughter gave me. I am excited to learn a new skill. I ccan’t wait to flavor it in the second ferment