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My wife recently got Kombucha mushroom from a friend, and got into fermenting it herself. Its trivial to do, you need to really screw up something for it to go
by jajko 2y ago
My wife recently got Kombucha mushroom from a friend, and got into fermenting it herself. Its trivial to do, you need to really screw up something for it to go wrong, tons of good bacteria inside. She takes some basic precautions like avoiding metal parts (since the drink becomes acidic), otherwise its on autopilot, good bacteria outcompete everything else for resources.
She mixes it with some cut fruits to get some sugars for fermentation, the result is very mild alcohol content (maybe 0.5%) and it tastes like cider. I mix it maybe 1:3 with water and its semi-eternal homemade drink. Can't really complain.
That and of course french cheese, we live maybe 5km from French border and for cheese its much better place than even Switzerland (sorry guys gruyere is great but french variety is huuuuge in comparison and they even usually have specialties like old dutch gouda which is taste heaven for me and various truffle-infused ones).
- Y_Y 2y agoFyi kombucha isn't made from a "mushroom". It's a combination of bacteria and yeast and can be found in the liquid itself or the pellicle (blob of organic tissue) that forms during fermentation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOBY https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOBY
- murkt 2y agoWow, hearing about “tea mushroom” (that’s how it’s called in Ukraine) for my whole life, and it’s not a mushroom! Fascinating.
- zdragnar 2y agoWell, it is a partly a yeast, which is a fungus, as are mushrooms. The main thing is that it is a symbiotic combination of particular yeast and bacteria strains, unlike what is used for brewing alcoholic drinks (just yeast) or fermenting dairy into yogurt (just bacteria). Kefir is another combination of yeast and bacteria, though different strains.
- dyauspitr 2y agoIt’s called a scoby
- bloaf 2y agoThere are some choices you can make that seem innocuous but dramatically increase the chances of lethal outcomes, like using corn or coconut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXnSYfv6bCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXnSYfv6bCA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongkrek_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongkrek_acid
- jajko 2y agoThank you, I would never thought about using corn for such stuff, but that coconut surprised me