Blueberry Kombucha

Homemade blueberry kombucha is delicious to make yourself. Add berries or just juice and ferment this amazing tea to your preference.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Prep Time 2

Fermentation Time 21

Total Time 21 2

Servings cups

Calories 49kcal

Author Rachel Ballard

Ingredients

For the first round of ferment

1 SCOBY in 2 cups finished kombucha
6 black tea bags organic is best; or 6 teaspoons loose leaf tea
1 cup raw organic cane sugar
12 cups filtered or spring water divided into 2 cups and 10 cups

For the second ferment

1/2 cup blueberry juice per gallon
1 tablespoon pasteurized honey per gallon

Instructions

For the first ferment

In a stainless steel sauce pan, add 2 cups of water and the sugar. Bring to a boil then add the tea bags. Turn off the heat and steep for 10 minutes.
Remove the tea bags then add the tea to a one gallon glass container. Add the remaining water. Use a thermometer to check the temperature of the tea mixture. It should be between 75 and 80 degrees before proceeding.
Once the tea is cooled to the proper temperature, add your SCOBY and two cups of the liquid the SCOBY is in.
Cover the mixture with a tightly woven cloth (not cheesecloth) and secure it with a rubber band. Set the tea aside in a warm place to ferment for 7 to 21 days depending on what flavor you like.

For the second ferment

Remove your SCOBY and two cups of the fermented kombucha before continuing.
To the remaining kombucha, add 1 tablespoon pasteurized honey and 1/2 cup blueberry juice, or you can move your plain kombucha to jars and add a tablespoon or two of blueberry juice to each jar.
Transfer the mixture to glass jars with tight sealing lids. Tighten, then leave the mixture to ferment another 3 to 5 days depending on temperature. Refrigerate the finished kombucha and enjoy.

Notes

Note: It's very difficult to calculate nutrition facts on kombucha. Sugar content, caffeine and alcohol amounts all vary based on length of time fermented, the unique makeup of the SCOBY and ambient temperature.

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