hello friends today I'm going to show
you how to do second fermentation of
kombucha or any other fermented drink
and which kind of bottle you need for
second fermentation I will also share
two quick and simple recipes for second
fermentation which taste amazing. These
will be very helpful for beginners who
are thinking to start second
fermentation of kombucha or any other
fermented drinks. This is my kombucha
jar
where I keep all my Scoby too. I just
add black tea with sugar time to time to
feed my Scobies and when want to make
kombucha I just add more tea and take
out some kombucha after five days.
Going to use this flip-top bottle in which
we can do complete airtight fermentation
in my first recipe I am using celery
with kombucha I'm going to use 150 ml
celery juice and remaining will be
kombucha for the 600 ml bottle.
since Celery doesn't have any sweetness
I'm going to add one spoon sugar so that
there will be some food left for
yeast and bacteria and it will create
more fizz. So here I'm taking kombucha to
celery ratio as 3:1 .  Will leave
some headspace not too much so that the
pressure will be efficiently managed .
Now I'm going to use another normal bottle
which is not flip-top, here you can't
keep it fully airtight but if you keep
the cap very tight it will be fine
here I'm going to use only 50 ml fresh
orange juice which is very sweet
so kombucha - orange juice ratio is 9 is
to 1 and no sugar added. I suggest if you
are a beginner use plastic soda bottle,
totally risk-free even if you keep it
longer there will be not much risk. When
the bottle will become hard put back in
refrigerator.
We'll keep the cap very tight.
covering back the kombucha jar with
kitchen towel I need to add more tea to
get more kombucha later.
Here also leaving some headspace. Both
the bottles looking fabulous let's see
which one makes more fizz. The benefit of
normal flip-top the bottle is you get lots
of fizz and carbonation since co2
can't go out and oxygen can't go in but at
the same time it's too risky if you keep
longer. Not all flip top bottles are
suitable for the pressure build during
anaerobic fermentation hence they can
explode. If you are brewing drink which
needs anaerobic fermentation for a
longer period look for bottles, meant for
that kind of fermentation there are
plenty. This one I bought from Ikea for
$3.90 dollars but generally if you keep
for maximum two days in tropical weather
it should be fine. Before opening make
sure to put in a refrigerator for few
hours so that the pressure will be
reduced in cold temperature. This is
after two days I kept in refrigerator
when 2 days over for few hours and now
just took out one hour ago. You can see
here the celery pulp settled at the
bottom and the color change a bit .
 
Same happened to orange.
This happened due to little oxidation
occur during the fermentation.
This is not fully air tight hence I don't
expect a lot of fizz and Kombucha
overflowing but to be safe just using a
plate below after what happened to my
Kvass I'm scared to open any bottle
and asking every time to my husband to
open the bottle.
and look at this so much activities
going on inside I think he is also
scared to open if it will overflow just
wait for some times. This is my favorite
time pass I can't tell you how much
happiness it brings when you see lots of
fizz, bubbles and carbonation in your
home brewing, the happiness comes from the
fact that all this happened without
adding any artificial gas or any
unhealthy ingredients. The happiness of
creating a drink with so much health
benefits and so excellent in taste with
natural soda effect is unbeatable. I'm
scared it will overflow when you see
your fermentation is so active put the
bottle in a big bowl to avoid any
wastage and when you opening make sure
to open in the sink so that if anything
overflowing will not make a mess.
look at the bottle, it's dancing
and here you go this is the right time
to pour the kombucha in class but I am
just leaving it to show you how much
carbonation is possible in normal bottle.
Adding some cinnamon sticks for extra
flavor you can add fresh mint or any
other fresh herbs of your choice while
serving. Let's see what happened to
celery in flip top bottle. During this
home quarantine we are working as a team
hence the joy of fermenting became
double . The bottle looked very flat so I
just wanted to ensure everything is ok
and shake a bit.
and here you go... but you can see the
fizziness is slightly lower than orange
kombucha because of less sweetness in
celery. I think one spoon sugar was not
sufficient to create lots of fizz but
it's still not that bad.
So the conclusion is airtight bottle is
important but adding sugary fruits or
sugar is equally important. If you want
lots of fizz and carbonation. Also you
don't really need airtight or flip-top
bottle to go for second fermentation. You
can still have fizz and enough
carbonation in normal bottle if you add
right fruits and keep for longer.
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