This is great! I had no idea kombucha wasn't ubiquitous in Europe as in the US. On my recent road trip across ND/MT/ID/WA/OR it was for sale in every gas station convenience store I stopped at, including in small mountain towns with only a few hundred residents. Any place that sells canned coffee or juice now has kombucha.
I've been wanting to make some at home for ages. I'm wondering about force-carbonating it though...since I have a CO2 system there would be no need to bottle ferment for fizz. I could bottle it in 2L PET bottles and basically instantly carbonate it. Don't know how quickly I'd adjust to having large-volume kombucha on hand though, vs. homemade selzer!
This is great! I had no idea kombucha wasn't ubiquitous in Europe as in the US. On my recent road trip across ND/MT/ID/WA/OR it was for sale in every gas station convenience store I stopped at, including in small mountain towns with only a few hundred residents. Any place that sells canned coffee or juice now has kombucha.
I've been wanting to make some at home for ages. I'm wondering about force-carbonating it though...since I have a CO2 system there would be no need to bottle ferment for fizz. I could bottle it in 2L PET bottles and basically instantly carbonate it. Don't know how quickly I'd adjust to having large-volume kombucha on hand though, vs. homemade selzer!
Thanks for the stories!