Lucky

What I came home to on my pillow last night. Adorbs.



(we met on St. Patrick's day three years ago)

Kombucha bitches!

My friend Stacey gave me part of her SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast) in order to make my own Kombucha. It starts by boiling some water and dissolving a cup of sugar completely.



Then brew some tea (I chose some plain ol' Green).



Let it brew and cool to room temperature.



Then I poured it in this crock, which Stacey lent me.



And added the SCOBY (it grows to the size and shape of it's container and this was in a mason jar-like container beforehand).



Then I let it sit for a week, covered with an old pillowcase.



I forgot to take a picture of it before I took it out, but after a week the SCOBY had grown to the size of the crock and the whole mixture smelt faintly like apple cider vinegar. Here is the SCOBY in it's new home, which I hope to use for future fermentation.



I strained out the SCOBY to save for the next batch and bottled my Kombucha for a second fermentation. I'm planning on trying it tomorrow!