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The big book of kombucha : brewing, flavoring, and enjoying the health benefits of fermented tea / Hannah Crum & Alex LaGory ; foreword by Sandor Ellix Katz.

by Crum, Hannah.

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Storey Publishing, 2016.

Fermented beverages.

9781612124339 (pbk.)

9781612124346 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Kombucha : brewing, flavoring, and enjoying the health benefits of fermented tea

xv, 383 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 370) and index.

Preface: Our kombucha journey -- Part 1. Getting started -- Fermentation: nature's nutritional gift -- Why kombucha tea? -- It all starts with the SCOBY -- The other ingredients: tea, sugar, water -- Brewing equipment and supplies -- Part 2. Just brew it! -- The batch brew method -- The continuous brew method -- In the bottle: conditioning, filtering, and flavoring your tea -- Advanced techniques for flavoring, brewing, and carbonation -- Troubleshooting -- Part 3. It's more than a health drink -- Flavor inspirations -- Smoothies, sodas, and spritzers -- Kick back with a "kocktail" -- Part 4. Cooking with kombucha -- Pantry staples -- Snacks, salads, sides, and sweets -- Consuming your cultures -- Beyond the beverage: other uses for kombucha -- Part 6. The story of kombucha -- The history and science of kombucha, condensed -- Craft-brewed kombucha: taking it out of the kitchen -- Appendix 1: What's in kombucha? -- Appendix 2: Highlights of kombucha benefits research -- Appendix 3: Bibliography.

Brew your own kombucha at home! With more than 400 recipes, including 268 unique flavor combinations, you can get exactly the taste you want, for a fraction of the store-bought price. This guide, from the proprietors of Kombucha Kamp, shows you how to do it from start to finish, with illustrated step-by-step instructions and troubleshooting tips. Includes information on the many health benefits of kombucha, fascinating details of the drink's history, and recipes for delicious foods and drinks you can make with kombucha (including some irresistible cocktails). Kombucha, the fermented tea that's fun to say and good to drink, plus it promotes a healthy gut. Includes instructions for batch and continuous brewing, and hundreds of flavoring ideas and recipes for using kombucha and SCOBYs (symbiotic cultures of bacteria and yeast).

Katz, Sandor Ellix, 1962-

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