Kombucha, as a very healthy drink, gained particular popularity in the 80s of the last century. Its popularity is now returning. How to get kombucha at home?
Instructions
Step 1
Leave the strong black tea brew in a warm place for three days. After this time, its surface will begin to be covered with an oily film, slimy to the touch. Let the "embryo" gain strength and grow stronger. To make the process go faster, add a pinch of sugar to the brew. After a month and a half, the former mold will acquire the usual shape for a fungus and a dense consistency. Now it can be placed in a 3-liter jar in a permanent place and take care of the "miracle healer" in accordance with generally accepted traditions.
Step 2
Try another way to get kombucha. If you do not have a particle of the mushroom itself, but there is water in which it developed, do the following: pour 2-3 tablespoons of sugar (per liter) and drunk tea into the liquid. After a week, all this mixture will begin to peroxide, a thin film will form on the surface.
Place the 3-liter jar of mushroom in a place where it will not get in the way, but so that you will not forget about it. Cover the drink with cheesecloth in four layers and tie, otherwise midges may start. You cannot cover the jar with a lid, because the mushroom must breathe.
Step 3
Use the body of one kombucha to make another. Carefully peel off one layer of an adult multi-layered mushroom. Rinse this part with cool boiled water, and then fill it with warm water in a three-liter jar. Cover the jar with gauze and leave the mushroom for 1-1.5 days. Do not feed the newborn mushroom with sugar or tea at this time. After a day or a little more, the fungus should be placed in the prepared solution.
Step 4
Prepare the kombucha solution: Take 2 teaspoons of black leaf tea and brew. Strain the resulting infusion and pour it into hot boiled water. Add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar per liter of water and stir the solution well to dissolve the sugar.
Step 5
Dip the mushroom gently into the cooled solution. The optimum temperature for the existence of the fungus is 25 ° C. At low temperatures (below 17 ° C), the fungus does not develop.
