How to make Kombucha (Kombucha 101)
Several years ago I found a bottle of Kombucha in Whole Foods and decided to give it a try. I took a sip and quickly handed it to my husband to finish. I asked for one more taste but decided it tasted too much like vinegar for my tastebuds. A few months later I found a different brand and decided to give it a taste. I was delighted to find that I actually liked it. I began buying kombucha on occasion after that and found that the cost of buying kombucha would make it something that would have to be more of a treat than something I consumed daily. A couple of years ago I learned a friend of mine had a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) for making his own kombucha. I was intrigued. I started researching it and asked him if he had a SCOBY to spare. He gladly shared one with me and I purchased all of the necessary supplies and began brewing my first batch. To make a long story short, I wasn't successful. It was actually very disappointing. There were a lo