kombucha round 2

My SCOBY made it out alive with my round 1 of kombucha making! I am so proud.
Mom I did it.
And it made a baby! I past the "lets see if Malorie can take care of this before she has kids of her own" test.

I know everyone is going to think the top picture is super gross; but hey, I am so proud of these two beauty's. They grew and stayed alive. They are my ugly babies that I think are so darn cute.

My first batch enabled me to make:

Two whole bottles of kombucha that I flavored with ginger and mango nectar.
Two new batches of kombucha
1- for my mother SCOBY
2- for my baby

How To: make your own kombucha

My mother gave me a SCOBY for Christmas! What is a SCOBY you ask? It's an acronym for Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast. It is the living mushroom that is formed from living kombucha cultures during the fermentation process.

Kevin believes that this drink can heal anything. He is a real Hippie you see. No I kid, he just believes it can ward off a cold. Any time he has felt something come on, he drinks a bottle of this and it goes away. And I believe him. And me, I just like the taste of it. But since it is around $4.00 a bottle, we buy it sparingly. But look no further Malorie! Your mother has made it possible for you to make your OWN kombucha!! It is quite crazy. I tasted some of the liquid swimming around the 'Mother' aka SCOBY and it tasted exactly like the bottled kombucha. Awesome.

So if anyone wants a 'baby' from my next batch I am selling them for $1000, no $10,000! Kidding. For family its free. For all you random's its $5. This is hard work people!



This is what I got for Christmas. "Mother...what...is this?.."




The 'MOTHER!'




So if you want to learn how to make your own:

Here's a recipe.

Heres a video to watch that helped me a ton. I maybe watched it 3 times.



I just made my first batch. Now I have to wait between 5-30 days for the final product. I will let you know how it goes!