How To Bottle Homemade Kombucha

Fill the bottle almost to the top leaving a maximum headspace of 1 or less.

How to bottle homemade kombucha. F2 0 54 kombucha recipe 1 gallon 2 38 why you make a tea concentrate 3 27 ideal temperature range for kombucha 3 51 what s st. Add 2 cups of kombucha from the top of the jar to the bowl then cover and set aside. Add your kombucha to clean bottles. We generally fill ours up to the point in the bottle where the sides start to curve into the neck.

The less you have the more carbonation that you will have. This tea and this. Get out a glass bowl and place the mother and baby scobys in the bowl. In a clean 4 cup wide mouth glass jar combine tea and hot water and let steep at least 5.

Place a scoby with 1 cup starter tea in a 1 2 gallon brewing vessel. 2nd fermentation f2 is when you flavor your kombucha and bottle it for around 3 4 days at room temperature to create carbonation. Pour in kombucha including any sediment in the bottle and stir to combine. However if you want to flavor your kombucha and create more carbonation to make it flavored fizzy beverage you have to go through a second fermentation process in an airtight bottle.

Bottling your kombucha now place a funnel into your clean bottle and pour your kombucha right into the bottle. Cover jar with a lint free cloth such as a. White snowflake like clusters dots and. See the photo above and below.

0 19 what is f1 vs. Soak 1 tb loose leaf tea or 4 tea bags in the hot water for 10 minutes. You do not need to flavor and bottle your kombucha before you drink it. Remove the scoby start by washing your hands then running white vinegar over them this makes it safe to handle.

Drawing off finished kombucha from the continuous brew primary ferment vessel ready to bottle and flavor. If you re happy with the taste it s time to bottle your kombucha. That link is for an organic scoby that comes. Directions bring water to a boil.

Some people like to drink kombucha right after f1 and that s totally fine. Put your flavorings into the bottom of each of your bottles or jars. Boil a few cups of water then remove pan from heat. Using a funnel fill your bottles most of the way full with kombucha.

At the end of first fermentation you ll have unflavored largely un carbonated kombucha.