How to grow Kombucha "from scratch"?

A drink made from Kombucha is refreshing, has a healing effect on the body, improves immunity, improves blood circulation, normalizes the stomach and removes excess fluid from the body. During the period of the disease, it helps to fight inflammation and infection. You can grow a mushroom and get a tasty healthy drink at home.

Kombucha cultivation

A simple way to obtain carbonated liquid is to ask the layer from friends or acquaintances, settle and pour it with sweet tea leaves. To grow a mushroom at home, do the following:

1. Disinfect a 3 L jar. Pour boiling water over it.
2. Brew strong tea in another bowl and leave it for at least 20 minutes. 3 tbsp. teaspoon of tea is enough for 1 liter of boiling water.
3. Strain the solution and transfer it to a sterilized jar. Add 4 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar. Stir until the granules are completely dissolved.
4. Fold the cheesecloth in several layers and tie the neck to prevent dust and dirt from entering. Kombucha is ready.

Put the dishes with the contents in a dark place for 1.5-2 months. After this time, the first layer will appear - a small film about 2 mm thick. Brew strong tea in the same way, sweeten it and transplant a young mushroom into a fresh infusion. After that, it will continue to grow. After 5-10 days, the drink will be ready for use, it is recommended to drink chilled.

Growing Kombucha from Rose Hip

A rosehip drink is even more healthy than the classic version. It is enriched with vitamin C, which is necessary to strengthen the immune system, improve the condition of the skin and hair.

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Prepare it like this:

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1. Rinse thoroughly inside the thermos. Rinse it with boiling water.
2. Put fresh or dried rosehips at the bottom of the bowl, at the rate of 20-30 pieces per 1 liter of water.
3. Close the thermos lid.

After 2 months, open the container. During this time, a mushroom will grow in a thermos, from which you can create a delicious healing drink. Remove it from the container, rinse and transfer to the bottom of the pre-sterilized jar.

Prepare a strong tea leaves in another bowl, cool, strain and sweeten it. Pour the tea infusion into a container with the mushroom, cover the neck with gauze. It will be ready for use in 7-10 days. In 1.5 months it will grow to the diameter of the can.

Growing out of a piece

If you have shared a layer of mushroom with tea or rosehip, then the task is easier, since there is no need to wait a few months when it infuses. Make a drink out of it like this:

1. Rinse the piece thoroughly with boiled water on all sides.
2. Sterilize the jar. Pour boiling water over it.
3. Brew tea at the rate of 1-2 tbsp. spoon on 1 liter of water and strain it. Sweeten the cooled tea leaves, dip the mushroom into it.

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You can drink after 3 days. After 5-10 days, it will gain a rich taste. Tie a jar around the neck with a dense layer of gauze to prevent the appearance of dust, but at the same time ensure the flow of air into its space.

Care

The mushroom can grow for several years, becoming thicker. Formations are formed that can be separated by hand and relocated to a new bank. To make the drink tasty and healthy, and the layer itself is not exposed to the disease and grows fully, follow a few rules for caring for it:

1. Insist the liquid strictly in a glass bowl. A container made of any other material provokes an oxidation reaction, which negatively affects its taste.
2. When storing a can of mushroom in the kitchen, keep it away from food and stove. It has good absorbency.
3. Do not cover the dishes with a tight lid instead of gauze. Mold forms on the fungus.
4. Transfuse the brew only when the sugar has already dissolved. Cool it first. Granules of sand or hot liquid will cause burns on the formation.
5. Empty the container once a month, rinse the mushroom and the jar thoroughly, then infuse the drink again.
6. Make sure that liquid is always present in the container; before pouring a new infuser, do not drain it completely.

On the state of health of the fungus, you can follow its color. A brown shade indicates the addition of too strong tea leaves. Rinse it with water, then fill it with a weaker infusion. White shade or speckles - burns from grains of sugar, tea leaves or boiling water. After this, the layer may stop growing and die.

Kombucha drink has a lot of useful properties. In the summer he perfectly quenches thirst. Grow and brew it properly so that the source of vitamins, beauty and health is in the kitchen all year round. Do not forget about the proper care of the "pet" in the bank.