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Writer and blogger, fermented foods advocate, unprofessional food photographer, intermittent garden worker.

How to Increase Yeast Populations in Kombucha

Kombucha

One of the key elements to maintaining consistent and good results in your kombucha making, is keeping the balance balance between the yeasts and the bacteria in the kombucha and...

How to Reduce Fermentation Time

In general, slow brewing kombucha is considered to render a better end result than fast brewing kombucha. Slow brews give good depth of flavor, diverse probiotic levels and usually reliable...

How to Increase Fermentation Time

Kombucha’s fermentation time can vary widely – from anywhere between a week, up to a month. The amount of time it takes for kombucha to reach a mature level of...

How to Test the Alcohol Percentage of Kombucha

Hey guys! Today we are going to be touching on the touchy and volatile topic of alcohol levels within kombucha! Before we jump in, I just want to outline some...

How to Test For Sugar Concentration in Kombucha

Testing your kombucha for sugar can be a very useful brewing practice to implement. If you are on a low sugar eating plan, and wish to make sure that the...

How to Test the PH of Kombucha

Are you interested in testing the ph levels of your kombucha? If so, rest easy because testing the Ph level of kombucha is pretty simple. There are a couple of...

How to Clarify Kombucha

As kombucha brews it has the tendency to become cloudy. This is a good thing, as it shows that the microbes are working hard to make your booch a probiotic...

How to Remove Particulate from Kombucha

Kombucha

Kombucha can contain varying amounts of particulate. Particulate is the fine particles which are often suspended in kombucha, or which collect at the bottom. These particles are mostly made up...

How to Filter Your Kombucha to Remove Yeasty Stuff

Kombucha

During its brewing cycle, kombucha produces free floating yeast colonies which manifest themselves as brown strings, particles and sediment. While there is nothing wrong with these brown bits (in fact...