Kombucha Tea Second Fermentation

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The best thing about making your own Kombucha tea is that you can experiment with the flavors and have fun doing it! When you're done with your first fermentation (when you make unflavored kombucha), you can choose to do second fermentation. This is the stage when you play with flavors. So, how do you do this?

How to do Kombucha tea second fermentation?

To do this, you need to harvest your produce and put them in bottles or mason jars. Meaning, you need to get the Kombucha tea you have fermented for 3 or more days. (When doing this, make sure your hands, funnels, bowls and whatever you will be using are clean. I would even suggest to use clean gloves). Also, don't forget to leave at least a cup of Kombucha tea to your jar. This will serve as your starter tea, if ever you will be brewing another batch.

Once you are done with first fermentation and have all the tea in bottles, this is when your start flavoring your kombucha tea (click this link to learn how to flavor your booch). When you're done flavoring your Kombucha tea, this is the time when you need to let it go on to second fermentation.

To do that, just keep your bottled k-teas outside the fridge. You can keep it in your kitchen tables, pantry or counter top or inside a cooler without the ice. Just make sure they're safe. Let them sit there for about 1-3 days then do a taste test.

In the Philippines, since it is hot, Kombucha tea ferments faster. So, I suggest that you taste test after a few hours. If the taste is right to you, then go drink it. If you want a richer flavor, let it go for a few more hours to days. But keep in mind that the longer it ferments, the more tangy it will become. And if you want to ferment them longer, you need to burp them to let the air come out of the bottles and avoid explosion.

Once your kombucha tea tastes right to you, you can either drink it straight up or keep them in the fridge. That will continue to ferment in the fridge, but the fermentation process will slow down.

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