7 Tips for Fizzy Kombucha By Hannah Crum || Kombucha Kamp
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- 7 Tips for Fizzy Kombucha By Hannah Crum
Do you want good carbonation from your kombucha? I'm the Kombucha Mamma and I’m here to share my 7 tips for fizzy kombucha!
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Kombucha is naturally fizzy. Effervescence is a natural byproduct of kombucha fermentation in which yeast creates invertase and uses it to snip glucose and fruit sugar molecules into monosaccharides. CO2 (fizz) and ethanol (alcohol) are the results of that process. In a way, ethanol acts as a preservative by protecting our craft beer against pathogens. Also, ethanol can become a food source for the bacteria. So, they consume the ethanol and convert it into healthy acids, leaving only a tiny amount of alcohol. Finally, ethanol is medicinal in small doses. Therefore, you are able to reap all of the benefits of the booch more easily.
🙏So here are my best tips for achieving a good fizz🙏
👉🏽Add Heat During Primary Fermentation. Several studies suggest that Kombucha has a specific temperature range - around 25° Celsius or 77° Fahrenheit. That's when we see the best production of acetic acid (the dominant acid in kombucha). For this reason, we say the ideal temperature range for your kombucha is 75-85°F.
👉🏽You must have a tight cap for your bottles or container. Reusing commercial Kombucha bottles is a great idea to start, but over time the caps can wear out. Using Replacement Caps or sourcing better bottles for ferments such as flip-tops will improve carbonation as well since these will seal in the Carbon Dioxide more effectively.
👉🏽Leaving just a centimeter or so of space at the top off the bottle forces more Carbon Dioxide to remain dissolved in the liquid, making it less likely to escape through the bottle seal.
👉🏽Sugar is what sparks yeast, and the yeast are responsible for the bubbles. 1/2 teaspoon of straight cane sugar per 16oz bottle should crank up the Kombucha carbonation. Ginger can also have a strong effect. Even flowers such as chamomile have natural yeast that can boost the bubbles. Fruit and juice do the same, especially pureed fruit which really fires up the fizz. Be careful and burp your bottles daily to prevent explosions!
👉🏽leave the bottles at room temperature to continue building carbonation, especially if you are checking the bottles and no bubbles are happening yet. 1-2 hours at room temperature is often enough to “re-awaken” the brew after refrigeration. The cold liquid stores more CO2, so as it warms up, the bubbles are released and ready to rumba.
👉🏽Add a heater to the second ferment to boost fermentation and CO2. Cold conditions reduce the activity of the yeast. Also, colder liquid can hold more CO2, but when warmed the bubbles are pushed to leave the liquid. As always, check to make sure you don’t overcarbonate the brews by burping your bottles regularly.
I hope this video encourages you to try carbonating your Kombucha if you haven’t before. Once you fall in love (and I know you will) - then come learn to make your own Kombucha with a free recipe and illustrated DIY Guide on www.Kombuchakamp.com !
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Nice to see your face after talking to you many years ago. Getting back into the Kamp! But wanting to learn fruit infusions. Thank you, Hannah.
Thanks for the comment - glad to have you back. Let us know which fruit infusions you enjoy the most.
8th way of getting good fizz starts at 10:47.. Great vid. 👌👌
Thanks for the feedback!
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Wrong. It starts at 0:03
Okay love the bubble butt dance at the beginning!! 😊
Ha ha! Got to have some fun - pop pop!
Thank you for the tutorial!
My pleasure!
Always good to go back to basics thanks fro Ireland ☘️☘️☘️☘️
You bet! Boochie hugs to you Liz!
7:32 I watched the preceding part several times but I’m still confused by the covering “the bottle” (while holding up the 16oz capped bottle) with cloth at room temp for a few days and then “decanting the bottle” AFTER the second fermentation. (I’m about to start the second fermentation of my first ever batch and desperate not to get it wrong!)
thanks for the great video! at 4:07 were you putting in sugar or ginger into the bottle and what type was it?
It's ginger! Ginger + Kombucha = Fizz!
What do you suggest if you are doing a continuous brew, do you still pour out starter? I tap out my brew into my bottles, but I don’t stir?
For a successful CB, only remove up to 50% of the liquid in the vessel. We recommend stirring first so you get more yeast, and therefore more fizz, in the bottle - plus you can then go longer between cleanings. Read more here --> www.kombuchakamp.com/kombucha-continuous-brew-vs-batch-brew-explained
@kombuchakamp my brew only takes 3 days, regularly. I am in Western Africa and it’s super hot ferment to F2 total 5 days
Disgusting Intro! Just Gross!
@@truthinchrist3001 thanks for sharing your comment. Hope the rest of the video was helpful!