How To Bottle Kombucha Tea
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How to bottle kombucha tea. To make your own organic kombucha. The less you have the more carbonation that you will have. Make sure to leave 1 5 inches of head space to avoid pressure build up. When the water has boiled steep some tea i use 4 teabags per 2 5 liters but more or fewer will just produce a different strength of tea.
Boil a few cups of water then remove pan from heat. That link is for an organic scoby that comes. Soak 1 tb loose leaf tea or 4 tea bags in the hot water for 10 minutes. The type of tea you use to brew kombucha can change the flavor of the finished kombucha even before flavoring agents.
Add your flavors optional carefully pour your fermented kt in the bottle. Fill the bottle almost to the top leaving a maximum headspace of 1 or less. Insert a funnel into the neck of your bottle. The higher you fill the bottle the more likely you are going to need to burp your kombucha to relieve the gas bubbles a bit.
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I generally use about 2 5 liters 5 pints of water. How do i bottle kombucha. Using a funnel fill your bottles most of the way full with kombucha. So often when i open a bottle of kombucha say one i have toted along in my bag to work it s been jostled and bobbled along the way and out of the fridge.
Seal and store bottles. See the photo above and below. Kombucha is a funky fermented tea packed with probiotics that are excellent for gut health that s why i m drinking so dang much of it. Pour kombucha into airtight bottle or jar using a funnel pour your fermented kombucha into your airtight bottle or jar.
Drawing off finished kombucha from the continuous brew primary ferment vessel ready to bottle and flavor. Seal your bottles and leave at room temperature for 1 4 days. Place a scoby with 1 cup starter tea in a 1 2 gallon brewing vessel.