This pomegranate Kombucha recipe gives you a simple yet tasty Kombucha drink that delivers refreshingly tangy and fruity flavors. It is also bursting with immunity-boosting benefits making it the perfect go-to healthy drink for people of different ages and lifestyles. Moreover, it is easy to make at home and doesn’t require any complex cooking methods.
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Health Benefits
Pomegranate
Pomegranate is a low-calorie fruit loaded with fiber, vitamins, and minerals. It helps protect the cells from free radical damage, prevent chronic inflammation, and potentially slow tumor growth and spread. It also offers heart health benefits like reduced blood pressure and inflammation in the arteries as well as fighting plaque buildup that may lead to heart attacks and strokes. Moreover, it can support urinary health and fight off harmful bacteria and other microorganisms. Besides these, pomegranate is known to improve exercise endurance, protect brain health, and support digestive health too.
How To Make Pomegranate Kombucha
This pomegranate Kombucha recipe is a fun DIY Kombucha project to make with your family. It doesn’t require any cooking and only needs simple equipment that you most likely already have at home. In this pomegranate Kombucha recipe, we use pomegranate and Kombucha which have finished the first fermentation.
Kombucha is a healthy fermented beverage that undergoes two fermentation processes namely the first fermentation (F1) and second fermentation (F2). F1 is the fermentation process that is done to make the Kombucha. During this fermentation process, the SCOBY converts the sweet tea to Kombucha. Depending on how strong you want your Kombucha to taste, F1 can last more than 10 days. Essentially, the longer you ferment Kombucha, the more potent its taste will be.
After completing F1, Kombucha undergoes F2 for flavoring and carbonation. If you haven’t done F2 at home before, feel free to check this post for reference.
Pomegranate Kombucha Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Homebrewing kit This is for 1st fermentation
- 1 Heating mat This is for 1st fermentation
- 1 Boochsleeve This is for 1st fermentation
- 1 Bottlebrush kit To clean your bottles
- 6 Bottles (16 oz.) or 2 Growlers (½ gallon)
- 1 Funnel For the 2nd fermentation process
- 1 Mesh strain colander For the 2nd fermentation process
- 1 PBW cleaner To clean your bottles
- 1 Muslin cloth or Nut milk bag
Ingredients
- 1 gal Kombucha
- 3 Pomegranates ($8.25 per piece)
Instructions
- Clean your bottlesDilute the PBW cleaner according to the productinstructions. Next, take your bottlebrush kit and scrub your fermentationbottles with the diluted cleaner. At last, rinse the bottles and let thebottles dry before adding any ingredients.
- Prepare your ingredients To prepare the pomegranate, start by deseeding the fruit ina bowl of water. This will clean the pink seeds, also called the arils, of thefruit. Drain the water and wrap the arils in a muslin cloth or nut milk bag.Place a bowl below the wrapped arils and start squeezing until you get all thejuice from the arils. Set aside the nut milk bag or muslin cloth and divide thepomegranate juice into six portions. 1 pomegranate makes about ½ cup of juice. This recipe uses 3pomegranates so you are likely to get about 1 ½ cup of pomegranate juice.Divide this into six portions and you should have about ¼ cup of pomegranatejuice for each bottle.
- Add one portion of flavoring into each bottleUsing a funnel, pour one portion of your pomegranate juiceinto each bottle.
- Fill the bottles with Kombucha liquid Fill the bottles with Kombucha liquid. Make sure to leaveabout ½ to 1 inch of headspace in your bottles to achieve good carbonation. Ifyou want, you may opt to strain the excess yeast of the Kombucha liquid using amesh strain colander or a smaller sieve before transferring the liquid to thebottles. After filling the bottles, slightly shake the Kombucha toincorporate the ingredients. Then, set aside the remaining Kombucha liquid anduse it as a starter tea for your next Kombucha batches.
- Ferment Shut your bottles completely to achieve good carbonationbuildup. After sealing the bottles, allow the Kombucha to ferment in afermentation station that has room temperature between 60℉to 85℉.If you are having trouble maintaining a warm temperature for your brew, you mayuse a heating mat. Depending on the carbonation and preferred taste,fermentation may last from 3 to 14 days.
- Store your finished Kombucha in the refrigerator Start tasting your Kombucha after three days offermentation. If the taste already suits your taste, keep your Kombucha bottlesin the refrigerator to inhibit fermentation and preserve the taste. If you wantmore potent tasting Kombucha, allow it to ferment for more days.
- Serve and enjoy Typically, bottled Kombucha has floating residues. Whilethese residues are safe to ingest, they can be unsightly, especially fornewbies. If these residues make you feel uncomfortable, feel free to strainthem.
How to level up the taste
Pomegranate Kombucha is a tasty treat already but if you are looking for ways to give this drink a boost in its flavor, we have some suggestions below.
To give pomegranate Kombucha a kick of spice, you can add 2 to 3 tbsp of grated ginger to your pomegranate juice flavoring. You may also add 1 mint leaf to each Kombucha bottle to give pomegranate Kombucha a more refreshing taste.
If you like adult drinks, then you will be delighted to know that pomegranate Kombucha is also a great mixer for cocktails. You can simply add a splash of spirit to your pomegranate Kombucha and some cranberry juice to make a homemade cocktail. You can make a pomegranate Kombucha margarita as well. To make this drink, simply fill a glass with ice. After that, add tequila, pomegranate Kombucha, and squeezed lime edges to the glass. Then, mix well and serve.
Another easy way to level up the taste of pomegranate Kombucha is by using pomegranate juice instead of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. Not only is pomegranate juice more convenient to use, but also contains added sugar that can boost yeast activity and Kombucha’s taste. If you don’t have pomegranate juice but want to boost yeast activity, you can add 1 tsp. of sugar in each bottle or serve this drink with some honey instead.
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