Kombucha has so many health benefits and it is so easy to make at home! It helps with the detoxifying process in the liver, producing glucuronic acid aiding the liver especially when it is dealing with an abundant overload of toxins.
If you are pregnant then it is still safe to drink as long as you have been drinking it before your pregnancy with no allergic reactions. Speak with your doctor/midwife to see if it can help you with morning sickness. It is best to only drink a few ounces mixed with water to get the same benefits of kombucha. If you are breastfeeding, you can still drink a few ounces to help your breastmilk flow.
Recipe
What you need:
3 Quarts of filtered water
1 cup sugar
4 tea bags of Organic Black Tea
1 cup of kombucha from previous culture (if you do not have this just add the new mushroom you bought to the tea you made to start a new batch)
Bring 3 quarts of water to boil. Add sugar and stir until resolved. Remove from heat, add tea bags and allow the tea to seep until water has completely cooled. Remove the tea bags. Pour cooled liquid into a 4-quart pyrex bowl and add 1 cup kombucha from previous batch (if this is your first batch just add the mushroom to the top) Place mushroom on top of the liquid. Cover with cheesecloth.
In about 7-10 days kombucha will be ready, it should taste sour and probably fizzy with no taste of tea remaining.
Transfer to Mason Jars and store in refrigerator once done.
Your mushroom will have grown a second mushroom during the fermenting process. You can split the two mushrooms and will only need one to make a second batch. The second mushroom can be thrown away or given to a friend. If you plan on storing the second mushroom (or the first one to make another batch!) always store it in the refrigerator in a glass container (never plastic) .
Special note:
- If the stored mushroom has become black or does not sour, then it has been contaminated and will need to be replaced.
- Use white sugar rather than honey or sweeteners
- Use black tea instead of flavored tea for highest amount of glucuronic acid
- Use organic tea vs non organic since non-organic tea is high in fluoride
- Always taste a little to make sure you do not have an allergic reaction before you start
You can always add a favorite juice to your kombucha and do a second fermentation, where you fill half a mason jar with juice and half with kombucha and let it ferment again for 7 days. This is how you see the flavored kombucha in the stores!
Please let me know down below if you have tried making your own kombucha and if this is the same recipe. Hope this helps you on your simple living journey.
Much love,
Krystina
