How to grow kombucha at home

The peak of the popularity of Kombucha falls on the beginning of the 80s. Then this wonderful product, and as such it was recognized both by the people and by medicine, was present in almost every family. And no one considered the incredible consumption of sugar and tea, as a panacea for all diseases cost such victims. Over time, he went into oblivion, and various dietary supplements replaced him. But everything is back to square one, and today there is again an increased interest and demand for the Kombucha.

Features of Kombucha

Official medicine has proven that combucha (also known as kombucha, medusomitset) actually has therapeutic and preventive properties and can be an alternative to expensive pharmaceuticals. An unusual taste of the drink increases the tone of the body, gives strength and vitality, andIn addition, it successfully fights various diseases.

The popularity of Kombucha is explicable and unpretentious. Create for him the minimum conditions, the necessary nutrient medium in the form of sweet tea, and it will grow and develop very rapidly.

Biological origin puff jellyfish is obliged to the community of such living cultures as bacteria and yeast fungus. During the life of such organisms of different nature and other characteristics, sweet tea turns into an acidic drink, which has a number of healing properties:

• reduced risk of cancer;
• increases the protective function of the liver;
• metabolism of the body is normalized and the process of purification from toxic substances is activated;
• intestinal microflora is restored;
• reduced cholesterol levels;
• activity of the cardiovascular system and blood pressure are normalized;
• improves gastrointestinal activity;
• increases the activity of the musculoskeletal system.

And this is not the whole list of the benefits of Kombucha. Drink, saturated with organic acids, vitamins, enzymes and trace elements, promotes weight loss.It quenches thirst, dulls hunger, but does not replace the daily food intake. In combination with a fractional and balanced nutrition, the combuch is an auxiliary component for weight loss. The use of Kombucha, as in other therapeutic and preventive cases, should be regular.

Indications for use

Based on studies of the properties of the tea product, it is recommended as one of the means that helps recovery in the following diseases:

• ARI, flu, sore throat;
• scarlet fever;
• diseases of the ear, throat, nose;
• viral infections of the eye;
• liver or gall bladder problems;
• dysentery;
• tonsillitis;
• diphtheria.

Tonic drink can simultaneously serve as a diuretic and choleretic agent. It also helps with hypertension, hair loss, nail fungus and various cosmetic procedures.

Contraindications

The use of combuch is not allowed to all. For a certain category there are contraindications: in case of increased acidity of the stomach, patients with diabetes mellitus, only fresh tea drink is allowed for drivers,and having problems with fungal diseases should be abstained.

Cooking Kombucha

The process of growing kombucha in the home is simple, but requires accuracy and consistency. The procedure itself takes about one and a half months, so patience and time will be needed.

Growing kombucha from tea brewing

1. Glass jar is desirable to prepare a volume of 3-5 liters, wash well with the addition of soda and leave to dry naturally.
2. To prepare the nutrient solution in a separate container 3 tsp. green or black brewed tea pour 1 liter of boiling water and insist 15 minutes. Filter, add 5 tbsp. sugar and cool.
3. Pour the cooled tea into a prepared jar and place in a warm, but dark place.
4. Cover the neck of the glass container with a piece of gauze and tie it with a braid or secure with a rubber band. Periodically it is necessary to open for a short time to feed the liquid with oxygen.
5. After four days, notice a thin film on the surface - this is the beginning of the emergence of Kombucha.
6. After 10-20 days, the contents of the jar are clarified, a sour smell appears, and the film increases in size.
7. By the end of the process, a mobile thickened substance is already formed on the surface. The formed kombucha is transferred to a clean container and a new nutrient solution is prepared, with which it is poured.
8. The drink in the first jar is ready, it needs to be drained and stored in a cool place for the fermentation process to stop. And the infusion of the second can is already consumed in 5-7 days.

Grown up medusomitset is unpretentious, but requires care, cleanliness and lack of bright light.

Growing from wild rose
Rose hips themselves are saturated with vitamins, and the drink made from them is a find to improve immunity, prevent viral diseases and other disruptions in the body.

Select dense uniformly stained fruits, wash, dry and chop a little. 6 tbsp. l pour in a clean thermos, pour boiling water in a volume of 0.6 l. Close and set for 6 days. Then strain and pour into a three-liter jar, adding the same tea solution, which is prepared in this proportion: 1 tbsp. l Tea, 5 tbsp. lsugar, and boiling water in a volume of 220 ml. Place cheesecloth on the neck of the container and leave in a warm, dark place. Then repeat the previous method.

Kombucha from apple vinegar
You can independently grow medusomitset from homemade homemade vinegar.

Washed sour apples to dry and grate with a core on a coarse grater. Fruit puree (approximately 400 grams) to put in a clean jar and pour cold boiled water. Add 150 g of honey and 15 g of yeast. After this, the container remains open; it must be placed in a dark place. Mass daily should be mixed.

After ten days, applesauce must be squeezed through several layers of gauze, and the resulting liquid poured into a clean jar, cover with a thin cloth and leave for 1.5-2 months to ferment.

At the final stage, the liquid becomes lighter, and a multilayered jellyfish grows on its surface. It is put in a clean dish with sweet tea and then in the usual way.

Kombucha on beer
Mix 100 ml of live beer, 10 ml of wine vinegar, 5 grams of sugar. Pour the mixture into the container, closing the neck, and put in a warm place until a film forms on the surface.When it is 2 mm thick, then move it to the pot with sweet tea. A week later, the drink is ready.

These methods are for those who are just beginning to master the art of growing Kombucha. For those who are more fortunate and have shared a piece of the finished product with them, the process is greatly simplified. And if you connect the imagination, the healing qualities of medusomitseta increase significantly.

Kombucha on herbs
The scheme of preparation is standard, and choose the herbal collection depending on your disease. 200 grams of herbs pour 3 liters of boiling water and leave overnight. In the infusion add a little honey and put it into the mushroom. A week later, get tea infusion. Thus it is possible to prepare a tonic drink based on carcade.

Medusomitsetom care

Grow Kombucha - part of the task. For its development and reproduction requires proper care. Indicator of health, above all, is buoyancy. If he began to sink to the bottom and does not independently float to the surface, it means that he “got sick” and it’s time to save. The optimum temperature should not exceed 25 degrees.

To protect medusomitseta from viruses, it is recommended to have two tanks: one for its maintenance, and in the other you will drain the prepared liquid.

The thickness of the jellyfish should not exceed 4 cm. The appeared excess layer should be carefully separated from the top and laid out on other banks. The bottom is the most productive.

The term healing action of the finished drink is not more than one month. Subsequently, the taste is lost, it will be more vinegar than an invigorating elixir. After keeping the liquid for a week, it is half drained and put in storage in the refrigerator. And in the jar add again strained tea kvass. When the new portion is ready - again, pour the part and fill it with fresh brewing.

The volume of fluid in the tank

During growth, the fungus requires more liquid medium, about 3 liters. And when you pour a drink, compensate each time the shortage by pouring in liquid. This may be unfinished brewing, which is cooled, sweetened per liter of boiling water 2 tbsp. l sugar and prevent to dissolve the sugar. Not dissolved sugar, caught on Kombucha, is one of the causes of jellyfish disease.

Bath days for Kombucha

Every two weeks, medusomitsuetu need to bathe, carefully pulling out of the jar. Rinse gently with warm water, being careful not to injure. Then leave for a couple of minutes on a plate to breathe air. Strain the contents of the jar and pour into a clean container. And wash the jar and return the mushroom to it.

The habitat of the fungus itself must be clean, with no signs of turbidity, and the tea product is of a light color.

To grow Kombucha at home does not require special knowledge and abilities. It is enough to adhere to a strict recipe, step-by-step technology and observe its storage conditions.

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