How to brew Kombucha

In half-liter jar, place one sachet of ordinary black tea and pour boiling water, you can use sheet welding, but after cooling, strain the infusion well. Cover with a suitable diameter with a lid and let cool to room temperature.

Then, pour back and stir well 6 tablespoons of sugar. The amount of sugar over time will determine the taste. It may be slightly different from the one proposed. Never add sugar directly to the fungus, it can ruin it.

Thoroughly wash (sterilize is not necessary) a three-liter glass jar, rinse it inside boiled water.

Carefully fold mushroom in half and carefully place it on the bottom of the jar. Tilt the jar at an angle of 30-40 degrees and gradually lifting it at the inner wall pour the solution of tea.

Add the jar to the upper edge of the cylindrical part cooled boiled water.

Put all of it on a small flat plate, cover with one layer of gauze (can also be wide – 14 cm – bint), pull her usual elastic. To protect from dust, put on top of paper towel, slightly objav it on the neck of the banks.

After 3-4 days, when the mushroom rises, pour it into another jar and store in the refrigerator. The drink can be stored for quite a long time. Drain the infusion but not less than every 4-6 days, otherwise the fungus may die and redevelop.

If you are a coffee lover, you can replace the tea or instant coffee – the taste will change, but the healing properties remain.

Don't forget every 2-4 weeks to wash out the fungus, eliminating the ugly fringe at the bottom. Rinsing can use plain water from the tap. After this procedure, the fungus usually "ill" - hangs diagonal or even becoming vertically. But a few days later he is on the mend, taking the usual horizontal position.