Ingredients

  • SpinneysFOOD Bottled Drinking Water 750ml
  • SpinneysFOOD Extra Fine Caster Sugar 4 tbsp
  • Loose leaf tea 5g
  • White grape vinegar 125ml

Equipment

  • Sterilised glass jar 1L
  • Dehydrated or hydrated kombucha starter (SCOBY) 1
  • Muslin cloth 1

Given the cook-at-home nature of Spinneys and natural variations in ingredients, nutritional information is approximated."

Kombucha activation batch

Chinese 10 Mins Prep · 10 Mins Cook


  1. To hydrate your SCOBY, combine the boiling water and sugar in the sterilised jar. Stir to dissolve all the sugar.
  2. Add the tea and steep for approx. 10 minutes. Once steeped, take out the tea bags and leave to cool completely.
  3. Stir the vinegar into the tea and add the SCOBY.
  4. Dampen a muslin cloth and secure it to the jar opening with an elastic band or kitchen string. Leave the jar, undisturbed at 20°C, out of direct sunlight for 30 days.
  5. Sprinkle some vinegar over the cloth every day to prevent any mould from growing.