Kombucha is a favorite family drink at our house. It is an easy to make, refreshing, and nutritious fermented beverage! It is a great alternative to the corn syrup packaged beverages that stock the shelves at your local grocery. I have been making it off and on for a few years now, and my husband still frequently requests it. According to Cultures for Health, “A Kombucha starter culture (aka Kombucha scoby, mushroom, mother) consists of yeast and bacteria existing in a symbiotic relationship. When combined with brewed tea, sugar, water and allowed to ferment for 5 to 30 days, the resulting Kombucha tea beverage has a slightly carbonated zing and is packed full of b-vitamins.” Kombucha is a probiotic rich beverage that is not only delicious but is also gluten-free, dairy free and vegan.
I recently purchased some store bought kombucha at my local health food store. I was blown away to discover that it cost $2.50 per pint (on sale, mind you!) for this beverage! To make your own kombucha it costs less then $1 per gallon! All’s you need is your own kombucha starter (which keeps reproducing itself indefinitely with proper care), tea bags, sugar, and filtered water. I have just began exploring with all the different flavors you can make by adding fruit after the first fermenting period. The flavor variety seem endless (pear, mango, raspberry, and more)!
Cultures for Health is a wonderful local company that offers a wide variety of culture starters to help you make your own yogurt, kefir, butermilk, and kombucha, in addition to a supply of various books, resources, and equipment for your healthy kitchen.
Cultures for Health would like to give away three kombucha starter kits for three special readers to enable you to make your own kombucha. This starter kit includes a dehydrated culture and a plastic mesh strainer ($16 retail value).
They also offer a free e-book guide called Learn to Make Your Own Kombucha which every individual who enters this giveaway will receive your own copy! There are a wide assortment of thorough how-to videos available at Cultures for Health as well.
To Enter:
1. Visit Cultures for Health here and enter your name and email address.
You will be entered into the giveaway and also receive a free copy of the ebook on How to Make Kombucha. You will be subscribed to their newsletter which will keep you posted on wonderful how-to’s and discounts for making your own wonderful cultured products. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Giveaway Closed.
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Amy Auchenback – Amyauchenbach@…
Terri Robinson – robinson.terri@…
Brittany Johnson – eviejeanable@…
Giveaway limited to US participants only.
Winner will be randomly selected and contacted on the Wednesday following the completion of the giveaway. The end of this post will be updated to announce the winners.
Email subscribers: You must click through to the original post on Passionate Homemaking to be entered into this giveaway.
No purchase necessary.
Cultures for Health would also like to offer our readers a 20% discount off Kombucha Cultures & Kombucha Starter Kits. Enter coupon code: KOMBUCHA at checkout. Code expires on 2/19/12.
I am already getting their emails too! Thanks for doing the giveaway. I keep saying I’m gonna make kombucha, but I haven’t yet.
Cool! I would love to try this! Thank you!
I’ve been wanting to try this – THANKS for the opportunity to win a kit!
ohhh…we would love to try this kombucha kit! thanks!
oh, this is a wonderful giveaway! i subscribed to their newsletter.
I’m pretty sure I was offered something like Kombucha in China…The family had a big apothecary jar filled with liquid and other stuff. I tried to politely decline. I think it had roots in Asia.
Is it safe for littles, knowing their is an alcoholic content to it?:
I came across Kombaucha Tea this past week as I was looking for natural remedies to detox your body while breastfeeding! I’m so excited at the opportunity to win this and give it a try!
The kombucha in your picture looks wonderful. I would like to learn how to make this healthy
drink. Thank you.
I have been wanting to make some for years! I would love to win this!
I want to win some kombucha!
This sounds interesting to make. I have made a fermented drink with wheat berries before and it has the good bacteria in it but you have to put honey and lemon in it to make it taste better.
I would like to try it and already subscribe to the newsletter. On a side note, because it’s a fermented drink, does it mean that it becomes alcohol? I’m not necessarily opposed to that, but am just naive I guess. Thanks!
Yes, it has a low alcoholic content…and therefore should be consumed in moderation as desired. This is why my husband especially loves it!
I am already a subscriber on their list. Lots of good information there.
I’ve been wanting to try kombucha for a long time! (I didn’t go to the website to sign up because I subscribed to the newsletter a while ago.)
I’ve been scheming to make this myself, would definitely save me a lot of money!
My husband loves Kombucha! I’d love to try to make it myself.
I have never even heard of this stuff before but it sounds yummy!
I’ve just recently heard about this from a friend. Cool opportunity.
Thanks for the chance to win! I love Kombucha!
Oh I am so excited to possibly win this giveaway! I subscribe to Cultures for Health’s newsletter already so I hope it’s ok to now leave a comment.
I have a friend who makes this, and I’ve always wanted to try it. I agree, it is too expensive to buy in the store!
We’ve been wanting to try this! What sort of bottles do you make it in? The kind shown in the photo?