As many of us continue to adjust our diets for a healthier lifestyle, one area in which it can be difficult to find alternatives is beverages. Cutting out the sugar packed sodas, juices, and sports drinks from your diet can come as shock and leave you craving more than just water. That’s why Kombucha is fast becoming a popular beverage that not only tastes great, but can be beneficial to your health. It contains lots of Vitamin B, healthy bacteria, probiotics, and yeasts to help you out internally, while you still get to enjoy a flavorful and refreshing beverage.

What’s more, Kombucha is very easy to make. You can carbonate it naturally, add non-sweetened fruit juice, or use herbal teas (we recommend Rishi!) to add great flavor; and did we mention its gluten & dairy free?

But the reason we love Kombucha so much is that with a simple kombucha starter kit you will have the base to continue making batches as long as you wish. You’ll just need tea and sugar to keep it going! Our Kombucha Kit includes all the tools and you’ll need to get started, but most of all, you’ll get the all-important Kombucha Mother Culture, most commonly referred to as the SCOBY.

The SCOBY

Each kombucha starter kit comes with a Kombucha Mother (SCOBY) cultivated in its own glass container and then vacuum packed along with enough Kombucha to help your first batch succeed. Your SCOBY is the part of brewing that transforms your tea and sugar into delicious kombucha. It is the disc-like culture mass that keeps the bacteria and yeast alive that ferments the tea. The SCOBY also seals off the fermentation from the air and undesirable bacteria. Your scoby is essentially the live in chef for your Kombucha home brewing process. Just add your tea and sugar, wait, and it’ll do the rest.

Continuing your Kombucha Brewing with your SCOBY

Your SCOBY willconstantly add a new layer on its surface each time you brew a batch of kombucha. This is what allows you to do continuous batch brewing for the long term. Even if you suffer a set back with your mature SCOBY, you can take some of your old kombucha and add it to some more tea and sugar to start growing a new one. It’s this cycling process that makes using a kombucha starter kit such an amazing way to get into Kombucha making at home.

Enjoying your Kombucha

With the ability to control acidity, flavor, and sugar content, making Kombucha from home will have you forgetting about those sodas you used to buy. With either Black or Green teas as a base essence, your Kombucha will have the flavors you admire while containing the benefits of tea. No matter what route you take to create your perfect Kombucha, knowing you can carry out the recipe from home will have you eager to continue experimenting and creating amazing flavors to enjoy year round! Our kombucha starter kit gives you everything you need, all that’s left is water and sugar to taste. And as always, we provide instructions and online support to help you along the way.