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How Your Kombucha SCOBY Works (It’s Like Magic!)

Have you ever wondered how your kombucha SCOBY works? This rubbery little biochemical factory seems almost magic in the way it can transform sugary tea into a tart, effervescent, nutrient rich beverage. If you are curious about how it weaves its magic, read on!

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Ginger bug, fermented drink, fermentation from ginger root

Ginger Bug: Ferment Your Own Feisty Fizz

Making your own fermented ginger bug is so easy. Let me show you how!

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Kimchi, fermented and ready to eat.

Make Your Own Funky Kimchi

If you are like me and love a deep umami punch to the palate, then kimchi is the ferment for you. It showcases the spicy slow burn of Korean chilli and the fermented funkiness of fish sauce.

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Local Raw Honey and Garlic Cloves Fermented

Honey Fermented Garlic and Fresh Honey Garlic Mash

My two pantry apothecary essentials for winter are honey fermented garlic and elderberry syrup. Garlic gets to work on microbial (including bacterial) infections while elderberry works against the cold and flu virus.

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Sauerkraut “Any Which Way” – Jar or Crock

Most people start their fermentation journey with sauerkraut. It is such a simple and tasty ferment with a long history and the flavour combinations are seemingly endless.

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Kombucha Basics

OK, this stuff really looks like a witches brew! Even so, kombucha is my ferment of choice. I love tea in all it’s incarnations. Kombucha is a fermented tea and really showcases the flavour with a funky edge. You can do a second ferment to introduce new flavours such as fruits and spices however the…

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Ruby Red Chard Stem Ferment

I love my rainbow chard, it adds a little carnival feel to my veggie garden and it lasts and lasts many pickings. Alas, one day I go to harvest a few more leaves and I notice they are becoming smaller and less prolific as the plant comes to the end of it’s productive life. I…

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Hi, I’m Sarah

Sarah Coleman, naturopath and freelance health writer

Naturopath, writer, grower, maker. Umami huntress. Helping you to create your kitchen apothecary. More …

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