Kombucha at home
Description
The recipe won't take much time. I'll tell you more details below. Can be served.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients.
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Step 2
Pour the tea mushroom into a clean jar.
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Step 3
Cover the top with a clean cotton cloth or several layers of gauze. Secure with a rubber band. Leave for 5-7 days.
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Step 4
After this time, a thin film of the future tea mushroom will form in the jar.
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Step 5
Pour boiling water over the black tea and let it steep for 15 minutes. Strain the tea and cool to room temperature.
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Step 6
Dissolve the sugar in 500 ml of boiling water. Stir thoroughly until no sugar crystals remain. Cool to room temperature.
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Step 7
Combine black tea and sugar solution in a 3-liter jar. Add the tea mushroom and the liquid. Top up with 1.5–1.8 liters of clean room-temperature water. Cover the jar with gauze or cotton cloth and let it sit for 5–7 days. After this time, the drink will be ready. Leave 300–500 ml of the liquid for the next cycle, and the rest can be consumed.
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Step 8
For secondary fermentation, prepare cherries and a couple of sprigs of rosemary.
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Step 9
Take a bottle with a screw cap or cork stopper. Place cherries and rosemary at the bottom of the bottle. Use 1.5–2 tablespoons of ingredients per 1 liter of drink.
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Step 10
Fill the bottle with the tea mushroom, close it, and leave for 2–3 days. After that, the drink can be consumed or stored in the refrigerator to stop the fermentation process.
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Step 11
The tea mushroom is ready.