🇺🇸 How to Make Kombucha

Craving Kombucha? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Kombucha at home, in about 7 days, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 1L water
• 8g black tea
• 70g sugar
• 1 SCOBY
• 100ml starter kombucha from a previous batch

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Brew the tea, stir in the sugar, then cool it to room temperature. Pouring hot liquid on the culture kills it.
2. Pour into a clean wide jar, add the starter liquid, then float the SCOBY on top.
3. Cover with cloth and a rubber band — not a lid, it needs air. Leave somewhere dark at 20–26°C.
4. Start tasting on day 5 with a straw. It goes from sweet to sharp. Stop while it's tart but before it tastes like vinegar.
5. Bottle it, leave 2 days at room temperature to build fizz, then refrigerate to stop the ferment.