Kombucha tea continues to grow in popularity as a healthy alternative to alcoholic beverages—and chemistry can help commercial and amateur brewers alike get faster and better results with their brews, ...

If you’re reading this, you probably already know what kombucha is, but you might not know what kombucha is, if you know what I mean. Maybe you were feeling experimental when you first grabbed a ...

Post-pandemic, there has been an increased interest in at-home fermentation. This includes foods like sauerkraut, kimchi and pickles, as well as beverages like beer, wine and kombucha. Have you seen ...

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It stands for “Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast,” and it’s the key to kombucha, Farming For Life owner Joe Gady says. It’s similar to the bacteria colony used to produce vinegar, normally ...

Optimum temperature. Recall that SCOBY is alive; wait for the tea base to cool down to at least below 90°F (32°C) before adding SCOBY. A hot tea base would destroy the SCOBY microorganisms, resulting ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In a dark, barely used office of The Denver Post, a jar filled with liquid sat on a desk. Floating inside was a whitish glob, with dark, hair-like ropes ...