All About Kombucha
What is kombucha? Kombucha (kahm-BOO-chuh) is a fermented tea drink that probably originated in ancient China over two thousand years ago. The active culture which transforms the tea into kombucha is …
Jun
Jun (joon) is a fermented tea drink similar to kombucha, that is made with green tea and honey as the sweetener. The SCOBY is the culture responsible for transforming the tea into a …
Blackberry Thyme Salad Dressing
A quick way to dress up any salad, fresh blackberries and fresh thyme, along with some beet kvass in place of vinegar and good quality olive oil. Austin DurantAuthor …
Kombucha Calculator
Here’s a handy tool to help you calculate the ingredients needed for a precise batch of kombucha! For a lot more info about kombucha making, be sure to read All …
Master Tonic aka Fire Cider
Fire cider is a powerful tonic used to ward off illness. It’s made from plants containing many natural antiviral, antifungal and antimicrobial compounds. Combined and steeped in vinegar for a …
Cranberry Relish
A simple, fermented cranberry sauce to accompany your heavy holiday meals! Adding kombucha or water kefir helps to get the good bacteria going (but not completely necessary). Austin DurantAuthor and …
Pumpkin Butter
With a glut of aging homegrown pumpkins harvested last year, I decided to turn them into butter… at the end of July. (Am I super early, or way too late?! …
Cannabis Kombucha or Water Kefir
Where I live (California), adult recreational use of cannabis is legal. In a brief stint as brewer for a local cannabis beverage company, I learned how to infuse probiotic beverages …
Coffee Kombucha
Kombucha is traditionally made with brewed tea (from the Camellia sinensis plant). Did you know you can also use coffee to make this probiotic elixir? I decided to start with …
Kombucha Carbonation Tips and Troubleshooting
Many folks who make kombucha complain that they just aren’t getting enough carbonation during the secondary fermentation. Here, I try to break down the factors you can check to help …
