Stay tuned for the third and final post where I will go through the process of bottling and ultimately doing a tasting. Honestly, I am really quite excited to see how this turns out now!
Until then, steady brewing!
In a previous post I was going on at length about the Kombucha kit I was sponsored and I promised a follow-up post with regard to the progress and what the next steps were for this mysterious, ancient brew. As promised, herewith comes instalment two of three...albeit a really quick one. The idea was to add some fruity flavours to this brew as the instructions suggest. Endless possibilities I guess, but seeing as I was able to find some fresh strawberries the day before I figured it will be as good a flavour as any to go for. Probably also something the ladies might enjoy so always a safe bet. I grabbed a punnet and convinced myself it would work just great. There are no explicit instructions in the little booklet that accompanied the kit on whether the fruit addition needs to be sanitised or cleaned or something. Going against my better judgement and experience from beer brewing, I pushed on pretending that I am someone that has never brewed anything before besides a pot of filter coffee (I mean this is Cape Town after all). Instead of just throwing it straight into the tea, I thought I would at least rinse them off quickly and remove the little stems. Removing the SCOBY is the only thing that is stated very clearly for these steps and they advise to carefully lift it out and place it in a jar in the fridge along with about half a cup of the tea which will be your starter for the next batch. Of course the final step was to chop the strawberries in half and then I simply dropped them into the bucket of tea and recovered it with the fabric and elastic band. Simples. Not really sure how long it will need to sit, but I started getting a really nice strawberry whiff out of it within about 30 minutes so I am guessing about 24 hours should do the trick.
Stay tuned for the third and final post where I will go through the process of bottling and ultimately doing a tasting. Honestly, I am really quite excited to see how this turns out now! Until then, steady brewing!
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Recently enlightened by the exciting world of craft beer I have been falling in love with new flavors, colors and smells. I do not consider myself a professional brewer (yet), but I am an enthusiast and passionate about beer and that is all that matters... Archives
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