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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Kombucha / Large Batch Advanced Kombucha Recipe (+ VIDEOS)

Large Batch Advanced Kombucha Recipe (+ VIDEOS)

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

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advanced kombucha recipeDo you already make a basic kombucha recipe, but wish you could easily make more than a gallon at a time? If so, this advanced kombucha recipe plus video series is for you!

The technique I’ve developed for brewing many gallons of kombucha at once involves making a sweetened tea concentrate that you can use to make as many gallons as you like in a single batch. To prevent mold because cold water is mixed with the concentrate, extra starter is used.

I’ve also included the written recipe for those of you who wish to jump right in!

If you wish to add additional fizz to your finished brew, know that you can bottle it. This recipe plus video shows you how to bottle fermented beverages to add that additional carbonation everyone loves.

Large Batch Advanced Kombucha Recipe (+ VIDEOS)
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Advanced Kombucha Recipe

How to make huge batches of kombucha by making this recipe for sweet tea concentrate.

Keyword advanced, batch, continuous
Servings 5 gallons
Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

  • 3 2.5 gallon glass jugs
  • 1 16+ quart stockpot
  • 15 quarts filtered water
  • 7 cups white cane sugar preferably organic
  • 28 black teabags or 28 tsp black tea, preferably organic
  • 3 floursack cloths
  • 3 large rubber bands

Instructions

  1. Bring15 quarts of water in large stockpot to a boil.

  2. Add cane sugar, stir, and continue to boil for 5 minutes.

  3. Remove stockpot from heat and add tea.

  4. Steep for 10 minutes.

  5. After steeping, remove teabags or if using bulk tea, strain out tea.

  6. Divide sweet tea concentrate into large 2.5 gallon jars. This will be 5 quarts per jar.

  7. Add 2 quarts cold filtered water to each jar. This will total 7 quarts of liquid per jar. Stir.

  8. Let cool for 2-3 hours until tea water comes to body temperature.

  9. Add 2 cups of starter per jar, stir, and place SCOBY on top.

  10. Cover with clean floursack cloth and secure with a rubberband.

  11. Place jars carefully in a quiet part of the house away from the kitchen. The top of a cabinet or dresser in a guest room is a good place. Do not put in a closet.

  12. After 7-10 days or when a new SCOBY that is at least 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick has grown on top, the kombucha is ready to drink.

  13. Repeat process to make the next batch after refrigerating kombucha in glass jars and washing out the containers with mild soap and warm water. 

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Half green tea bags or bulk green tea may be substituted for half the black tea. Do not use all green tea as the brew will not take properly. If you wish to use all green tea, then brew Jun tea. 

Kombucha FAQ

Want to know more about this age old fermented drink?  These articles provide more detail for your research.

Fluoride in Kombucha: Should You Be Concerned?
Why You Are Addicted to Store Kombucha
Never Pack Commercial Kombucha in a Child’s Lunchbox
GTs Kombucha Now Labeled as Alcoholic!
7 Common Kombucha Myths
Can Candida Sufferers Drink Kombucha?
Kombucha: What it is and How to Make it
Does Kombucha Tea Prevent Grey Hair?
Batch vs Continuous Brew Kombucha
Have You Tried Kombucha?
Safe Traveling with Kombucha
Kombucha on Mars
Kombucha Tea: Drink It and Wear It?

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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  1. Kelly Coker

    Jun 4, 2020 at 11:29 am

    Hi,

    Where do I purchase the scoby from?

    Thank you.

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope MGA

      Jun 4, 2020 at 11:41 am

      I would suggest Kombucha Kamp. https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/go/kombucha-kamp/
      or Cultures for Health: https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/go/cultures-for-health-20-off/

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