Description
Book SynopsisThe essential DIY book for fermented beverages. The author shows how to make kombucha and other fermented beverages from scratch, with basic equipment and ingredients, accessible terms and lots of visual references. She demystifies kombucha SCOBY, and thoroughly covers how to brew, flavor, control the fizz factor and care for the culture.
Table of Contents1 An Introduction to Homebrewed Sparkling Beverages
The Revival of Kombucha and Homemade Fermented Sodas
Science
Water, Sugar, Culture
Water
Sugar
Culture
Equipment
Cleaning the Equipment
That Wobbly Line between Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic
Carbonation
Too Much Fizz: How to Avoid Overcarbonation
Protect Yourself and Save the Mess
Too Little or No Fizz: Troubleshooting Lack of Bubbles
2 Kombucha
What is a SCOBY? Its History and Other Interesting Facts
From Homebrewed to Store Shelves and Back Again
About the Culture
Is My Brew Probiotic?
Sugar
Alcohol
Kombucha Ingredients
Where to Get Your First SCOBY
How Big a SCOBY Do You Need?
Tea
Which Tea Will You Try?
Herbal Kombucha
Primary Fermentation: Teas and Herbs
What Type of Sugar to Use
Kombucha Basic Recipe
Adding Flavor and Carbonation to Your Batch
Method 1: Flavor the Whole Batch
Method 2: Create Different Flavors in Each Bottle
Care for Your Mother: The SCOBY Hotel
Maintaining the Hotel
What To Do With Over-Fermented (Vinegary) Kombucha
What To Do With Extra SCOBYs
Kombucha and SCOBY Troubleshooting
Kombucha as an Ingredient
Mah's Orange Mint Kombucha Spritz
Coconut Kefir Kombucha Smoothie
3 Jun: The Honey-Loving SCOBY
Jun Basic Recipe
4 Water Kefir
Water Kefir Culture
Where to Get Water Kefir Grains
What to Feed Water Kefir
Fermenting Fruit Juices and Adding Syrups
Water Kefir Basic Recipe
Caring for Your Kefir Grains
Remaining Sugar and Alcohol
A Rhythm of Its Own
Coconut Kefir Yogurt Recipe
5 Wild-Fermented Ginger Beer; Fruit and Herbal Sodas
Ginger Beer or Ginger Ale?
Why Wild-Fermented?
Making and Caring for a Ginger Bug
Ginger Beer Basic Recipe
Root Beer
Root Beer Recipe
Variations
Love Your Liver Root Beer Tonic
Elderberry Immunity Soda
Turmeric Cardamom Fizz
Beet Cream Soda
Ginger Beer and Ginger Bug Fermented Soda Troubleshooting and FAQ
6 Whey-Fermented Drinks
Using Whey as a Starter for Fermented Sodas
How to Obtain Whey
Beet Kvass Recipe
Resources
About the author
A note about the publisher
