One of the things that I found when I first started brewing Kombucha was that I never had enough of it! If you typically brew in a one gallon jar, like most kits, once you set aside your scoby and 1-2 cups of brewed kombucha for the next batch, you will only have about 5-7 bottles (depending on...
Depending on the tea or combination of teas I am using, I like to bottle at a lower ph, like 2.5-2.7 because I don't like too sweet a flavor and I want a little "bite" to the flavor. When you bottle and start secondary fermentation, the flavoring combinations are endless and can really change...
From what I have read, you can safely use honey to brew Kombucha. However, you may want to avoid raw honey as it does contain its own colony of bacteria that could adversely affect the culture. To use honey, substitute 7/8 of a cup of honey for every 1 cup of sugar. It may result in longer...