Kombucha starter kit | complete starter kit
Kombucha is tasty fermented beverage. You can brew endless variations. With this complete kombucha starter kit – including guaranteed safe SCOBY – you will be able to to brew your own kombucha for the rest of your life.
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Kombucha is tasty fermented beverage. You can brew endless variations. With this complete kombucha starter kit – including guaranteed safe SCOBY – you will be able to brew your own kombucha for the rest of your life.
Buy a safe SCOBY
Kombucha is wonderfully tasty and fun to make, but also not completely free of risk. In the 1990s, there were a few cases of acute poisoning from drinking kombucha, and findings of toxic bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) have also been reported. That is why you wantyour SCOBY from a reliable source. Our SCOBYs are tested and guaranteed pathogens free!
What is the difference between water kefir and kombucha?
Water kefir and kombucha are both fermented drinks. Both contain different bacteria and yeasts, and both are wonderfully fresh and carbonated. However, they are made with very different micro-organisms. The taste of kombucha is often more sour than water kefir. Kombucha is traditionally made from sweet tea, and water kefir often contains dates and figs. Here you can read more about our kombucha starter.
Micro-organisms in your kombucha starter kit
No two kombucha SCOBYs are alike, but the following microbes are found often.
Yeasts: Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Torulaspora delbrueckii and Zygosaccharomyces bailii. You will also find various candida and aspergillus yeasts.
Bacteria that are often found in kombucha are Bacterium xylinum, Bacterium gluconium and Acetobacter hetogenum.
The aroma is slightly yeasty and the taste is fresh, but becomes sharper with a longer fermentation time. Depending on the method of preparation, a mild fizz will created and in the distance you often taste some residual sweetness and some of the bitterness of the tea. The longer you let kombucha ferment, the more sugars are converted and the more acidic the result.
The variations are truly endless, both as a soft drink and as an ingredient in innovative culinary preparations.
What’s in this kombucha starter kit?
- 1 L glass fermentation pot
- cheese cloth
- kombucha SCOBY
- thermometer
- seive
- 5 pH strips
- instruction leaflet (English and Dutch)
- Allergens: none
Online Kombucha making course
In 29 bite sized English spoken video lessons you will learn all about making kombucha at home, without the need for special tools, in this online course by the founder of startercultures.eu. You will learn to ferment Kombucha, promote your probiotics and save money, by never having to buy Kombucha again!
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Kombucha is tasty fermented beverage. You can brew endless variations. With this complete kombucha starter kit – including guaranteed safe SCOBY – you will be able to to brew your own kombucha for the rest of your life.
Beautiful complete set
With this starter kit and the clear instructions provided, it’s super easy to make kombucha at home. Now working on my third batch.
Superleuke startset om zelf kombucha te gaan maken.