/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17720187
I'm gonna cram my pellicle down your throat and make you my lactoslut

>>15044846
make it yourself. Most of the storebought stuff has fermented too long. I like it sweet and mildly carbonated/tart

>>14962655
It's good. Like other probiotics (unpasturized fermented foods) it can aid digestion but it isn't a miracle worker or anything. If you really want to improve probiotics you'd be better off with probiotic supplements because kombucha is not that biodiverse.
You can make it yourself using almost any kombucha from off the shelf, which you should do if you like the stuff. That way you can choose how to flavor it. I like to add raspberries and ginseng extract

>>14929797
that's kahm yeast

>>14681247
cool blue fermented with kombucha culture such that all the sugar turns to acid and all that remains is a tart, salty, funky yeasty flavor profile that can be recommended to no one

I like it 1/3 black tea 2/3 green tea, 1 cup sugar per gallon. I bottle it shortly after bubbles start appearing because I like it sweet. If you like it sour let it go longer in the first fermentation. I put raspberries and ginseng extract in each bottle when I fill them, but I only let the bottles ferment for one day on the counter because there's still a lot of sugar in there. After that I chill. If you're concerned about pressure, put the bottle in a bowl and put a plastic bag over the cap so you don't lose anything. And don't do gatorade it tastes like shit.

>>13850799
there is NOTHING more based than experimental fermentation, godspeed

gatorade kombucha

>he doesn't make gatorade kombucha
get with the times

kombucha

gatorade kombucha

The pellicle is a product of kombucha, not a requirement for kombucha. You can use a liquid starter. This means you can compst the pellicles if they're piling up. Personally I like to keep the most beautiful one, and keep a second jar as backup.
The scoby will eat just about any sugar, pic related is gatorade (do not recommend). It prefers just white refined table sugar. I don't know about corn syrup though.

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