Kombucha and Apples

I've just bottled my latest batch of Kombucha and have added a good dose of freshly juiced apples to 3 of the bottles I've made. I've laid them on their side to give the greatest surface area exposed to the yeast products left in the brew. I've kept these next to a new batch of Kombucha where it is warm and once a day I'm sharply turning the bottles a quarter turn to expose the apple pulp to the yeast products. A bit of a vain attempt at the Champagne Method.

My intentions are to leave this Kombucha to ferment for another 5 days with a turn a day before I take them out of their nice warm location and store them upright with my other bottles in the coolness of the under sink cupboard. This will give the contents a chance to settle before I consume. The way I'm producing Kombucha at present I'm going to have to either drink more or reduce the production.

How am I feeling with Kombucha

I've been making Kombucha now for quite some time and have in the region of 12 bottles in my cupboard. I am drinking a glass first thing in the morning before I get myself ready for work and before I sit down to a normal breakfast.

I do feel more awake and alert by the time I sit down to eat, about 20-30mins. By this time I have made my lunch for work and got the kids lunches ready too.

I'm at the stage now where I feel that I can continue with a glass before my lunch and evening meals so will begin that after I harvest my next brew as I am collecting a large amount.

I am having to ensure that I continue to drink plenty of water throughout the day though which can easily be forgotten as it is part of the success of Kombucha in removing toxins within the body.

Common Kombucha Tea Questions

If you have been looking around the folk medicine or organic weight loss communities for very long at all then you've almost certainly stumbled across kombucha tea at some point or another. This is a natural remedy that has been used in some form or another by the Chinese for over two thousand years, but it is only just beginning to catch on in the West.

However there have been some negative reports about kombucha tea, as well, and it's always important for anyone considering a natural remedy to know what they're getting into. If you've been unsuccessful in looking for answers, just read on.

Does kombucha really cure everything that the claims say it does? Obviously this depends on what individual claims you've been reading. Some of the most sensational claims, like helping to prevent cancer, are very hard (if not impossible) to prove. The short answer is that lab tests indicate there are a lot of potential health benefits from kombucha tea, but these tests have never been proven with human subjects.

Does kombucha tea help dieters lose weight? There are some tests that seem to indicate that kombucha can help speed up the metabolism and assist dieters in losing weight. However, there have not been any tests to see if this is in addition to the green tea mixed with kombucha, or if the benefits are just from the green tea.

Is kombucha dangerous? There has been a lot of debate on this. There have been a few reports of severe conditions, and even one or two of death that may have been caused in part by contaminated kombucha tea. In these reported cases, the tea was brewed by hand and most likely contaminated while brewing. No major reports have come from the kombucha that has already been brewed and bottled in energy drink form.

These are probably the three most common questions posed about the kombucha tea mixture, and I hope that this article has provided enough information so that you can make an informed decision about this folk health drink on whether or not it's right for you.

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Kombucha and Fruit

I don't know if you've ever made Sloe Gin before where you pierce the skin of the Sloes and add them with an equal measure of sugar to a bottle of Gin. Well I thought I'd try a similar thing with Kombucha only this time I was using Blueberries and no sugar.

I pierced about a dozen Blueberries and placed them in a bottle of Kombucha, ensuring that I still had room at the top for the pressure build-up. After about 5 days or so, I checked the bottle and it gave a reddish tinge when viewed through the brown bottle. On opening, I got a lovely 'fizzt' and a rose coloured liquid pored out.

On tasting the Kombucha, I was a bit disappointed as I expected the flavour to have taken on that of the Blueberries. I must admit that they were a wee bit bland a taste before I put them in, so perhaps that was why. But there must have been a sugar content for the yeast to live on to give off the extra carbon dioxide.

Next time I'm going to use a more sweeter berry and increase the ratio to see if that works better.

Making Kombucha: My Second Batch

I've now made my second batch of Kombucha and produced another health Scoby. If you watch the video below, you can see the Scobys produced, how I'm bottling and what I'm doing with the original Scoby.