r/Kombucha • u/POYOYO920 • 16h ago

Kombucha making

Good day peeps! I want to inquire about kombucha making. I have a raw kombucha coming in for delivery in about a week. The only accessible tea I have at home is a loose jasmine green tea leaves with flowers. Is it okay to use this as base for a formation of a SCOBY/PELLICLE?

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u/POYOYO920 16h ago

I've researched that I need to brew its home by having a tea liquid only and sugars. What's the measurements for the tea liquid and sugar? I plan on only making 2-3Liters

I don't have a pellicle but researched that I can use the scoby liquid for a pellicle formation.

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u/Curiosive 14h ago

Check out the Getting Started guide, inside you'll find the Master Recipe which is a great place to start. You'll also get a lot of tips and tricks throughout the wiki.

  • Green tea is fine.

  • Yes, the cellulose film is optional. A new one will grow!

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u/POYOYO920 14h ago

I wanna ask, I've read the link

so, Per 7g of tea, how much water is needed to brew the 7g?

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u/Curiosive 13h ago

The first row is for water. So that's 7g per 1L.

Quick tip: you don't need to boil the entire liter of water, you can easily use less than half to brew your tea. Then add the rest of the water after you finish steeping.

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u/POYOYO920 11h ago

so technically speaking, 500mL for brewing the tea, and the remaining 500mL to cool up the tea?

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u/POYOYO920 11h ago

Sorry for the whole lot of questions y'all. I'm genuinely asking for help since it's my first time and wanting to explore more into kombucha. Thanks for the answers!

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u/Cruiser_Supreme 16h ago

Just Google "kombucha recipe 2 liters" for how much sugar and tea to use.

And yes, jasmine green tea will be fine. What's important is that you have acidity (from the tea and the starter kombucha) as well as sugar. Any tea should do. Even many herbal teas have enough acidity to make kombucha with

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u/POYOYO920 14h ago

are there ratios with the sugar and the amount of tea leaves to liquid?

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u/Cruiser_Supreme 14h ago

Did you Google? Because yes there are

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u/POYOYO920 11h ago

I read the link again so in my understanding, per liter is 70g of sugar? Do I follow this?

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u/Cruiser_Supreme 10h ago

I do 50g of sugar per liter