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How to Make and Maintain a SCOBY Hotel
As you and I continue to brew kombucha, the living bacteria culture that ferments it, known as the SCOBY, grows and replicates itself...
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Can You Eat a SCOBY? Kombucha SCOBY Recipes
If you brew kombucha often like I do, you may be growing more SCOBYs than you know what to do with. Before you go throwing all these...
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How to Store a Kombucha SCOBY
Brewing kombucha is one of my favorite things to do, but every once in a while I need to take a break. The problem is that the SCOBY...
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How to Make the World's Best Black Tea Kombucha
There’s a lot of articles about home brewing kombucha out there, but not many go into detail about brewing with a specific kind of tea....
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Kombucha Cleanse: Complete Guide and Benefits
There are so many different health cleanses out there these days. And unfortunately a lot of them do more harm than good. A kombucha...
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What is the Price of Kombucha? Store Bought and Home Brewed
Kombucha has a great taste and some super cool health benefits, however drinking it regularly can get expensive. Store bought kombucha...
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The Perfect Kombucha Brewing Temperature
As a kombucha home brewer I want to make sure to treat my kombucha and its living bacteria culture right, so that my booch turns out as...
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How to Make Mango Kombucha - Recipe and Benefits
Experimenting with different flavors is for me, the most fun part about home brewing kombucha. After trying dozens of different fruit,...
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The Top 10 Best Synergy Kombucha FlavorsÂ
GT’s Synergy Kombucha is one of the most popular and recognizable brands of kombucha on the market. One of the best and at the same time...
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How to Make Kombucha in 5 Easy Steps - The Ultimate Home Brewing Guide
Making kombucha is a super fun and easy hobby that can save regular kombucha drinkers (like myself) from spending too much money on the...
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The Top 3 Best Kombucha Heating Pads
Not being able to keep brewing kombucha at a warm enough temperature can lead to a a slow, bad fermentation, off taste, and even mold...
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The Best Sugar for Brewing Kombucha - A Quick Guide
As kombucha home brewers, the type of ingredients we use are super important for the quality of our kombucha. I’ve written plenty of...
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Can Kombucha Make you Sick?
Because kombucha is a unique beverage with a living culture of bacteria in it, people unfamiliar with or new to the drink may be worried...
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The Best Tea for Brewing Kombucha - Black, Green, White, or Oolong?
Tea is one of the most important ingredients used to make kombucha. But with so many different brands, colors, and types out there, how...
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Kombucha With Chia Seeds - How to Make and Where to Buy it
Chia seeds are a food with a really unique texture and tons of health benefits. One new and intersting way people have been eating chia...
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How to Make the Best Yerba Mate Kombucha!
Kombucha and yerba mate are both very unique health focused drinks, that when combined can be really beneficial for your health....
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Does Kombucha Expire? Why Kombucha Never Really Goes Bad
It's a universal fact that no-one wants to drink anything spoiled or expired. When most drinks expire, its pretty easy to tell by the...
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Calories and Kombucha - How Many are in Every Brand + The Lowest Calorie Options
Being aware of how many calories are in what you're drinking is really great way to prevent unnecessary weight gain and other health...
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How Kombucha Helps and Hurts a Candida Infection
With so many people suffering from candida infections every year, there is tons of advice online about what to do and what not to do when...
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How Often Should You Drink Kombucha? It’s Complicated
Kombucha is a super tasty drink with tons of health benefits. But how often should you drink it to enjoy these health benefits, without...
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