Then add clean water to fill the jar up to just below the neck. Now add the cooled sweet tea (remember, don’t add hot tea! It can scald the scoby!). Next, pour 2 cups of kombucha starter into the gallon jar. If the tea is too hot, it will kill your Scoby! Note: This step of cooling down the tea is very important. You can either do this by letting it sit for an hour or more, or do what I do add ice cubes to the tea to cool it down until it is about room temperature. Stir the sugar and tea mixture until it dissolves.Īt this point, you want the sweet tea concoction you have just made to cool down to room temperature. Remove the bags (or strain out the tea leaves). Turn off the heat, then add the tea and let steep 10-15 minutes. In a large pot, bring about 8 cups of water to a boil. Unwrap your tea bags (4 black tea, 4 green tea), or scoop out your loose-leaf tea ( 2 tbsp 50/50 black-green tea blend). I’ve listed all the supplies and ingredients because you probably have a lot of these things on hand anyway, but if you want to make it easy, buy an entire kit, one that includes everything you would need to get started.
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