This Strawberry Green Tea Kombucha is cool and refreshing. Made with fresh or frozen strawberries, you can have it any time of the year!
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This sweet Strawberry Green Tea Kombucha is the ultimate fizzy drink. It's healthier than soda, and it's easy to make your own.
Using green tea for the first fermentation is much milder than using black tea. It's the perfect recipe for people who think black tea kombucha is too strong.
Green tea also pairs well with raspberries, mango, and pineapple, like in my Raspberry Green Tea Kombucha, Mango Green Tea Kombucha, and Pineapple Green Tea Kombucha.
Other strawberry kombucha recipes to try are my Strawberry Kombucha with Black Tea and my Strawberry Mojito Kombucha.
Did you know that you can eat the kombucha scoby? It's true!
I like to add it to my morning smoothie or make recipes like Kombucha Scoby Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups, Ginger Kombucha Scoby Candy, or Kombucha Scoby Ceviche.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- Made with green tea in the first fermentation, it is milder than kombucha with black tea.
- It is sweet and tart. You can add sweetener to make it even sweeter.
- It's cheaper than store-bought!
Two Types of Fermentation
To make homemade kombucha, you start with the first fermentation.
The first fermentation of kombucha is when you combine sweetened tea, a kombucha scoby, and some starter tea. You let it ferment for 7-21 days and the result is uncarbonated unflavored kombucha.
The second fermentation involves taking that kombucha you made in the first fermentation and adding flavor, which you'll be doing for this Strawberry Green Tea Kombucha.
You let it ferment for another 3-5 days in sealed bottles. The result is a fizzy-flavored drink.
You can ferment even longer, if needed, letting the kombucha ferment for up to 14 days. It all depends on the amount of sugar content in the flavor you're adding, and the temperature of the room.
Warmer temperatures will cause faster fermentation, and higher sugar content will also speed up fermentation.
What Makes Kombucha Fizzy?
The second fermentation is when kombucha gets fizzy. By putting it into a sealed container at room temperature and adding a sugar source (fruit and/or sweetener), carbon dioxide builds.
🧾 Ingredients
- Homemade green tea kombucha: You'll need freshly made green tea kombucha that has not been refrigerated yet.
- Strawberries: You can use fresh or frozen strawberries for this recipe.
To see the full list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, see the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
🥣 Supplies
- Funnel
- 4 (25-ounce) bottles with flip top lids
- Measuring cup
🔪 Instructions
Step 1: Smush ½ cup strawberries into each bottle.
Step 2: Pour your green tea kombucha into the bottles, leaving 1-2" head space. Let sit 3-5 days.
Step 3: Pop open the lids at least once a day. Pressure builds, and this allows it to escape. Taste each day to test its flavor and fizziness.
For this Strawberry Green Tea Kombucha recipe I let it ferment 5 days.
Should I Burp My Second Ferment Kombucha?
Yes! If you don't you could have a mess. By adding sugar to the homemade kombucha and fermenting a second time in bottles with swing-top lids, you're creating an environment for carbonation. If you don't allow it to escape, you'll have kombucha all over your kitchen.
How Long Does It Take To Get Fizzy Kombucha?
It can take anywhere from 1-14 days. It depends on a few things.
- It depends on how much sugar you have in the kombucha. (Sugar in the form of fruit and/or sweetener.) The more sugar, the faster you'll get carbonation.
- It also depends on the weather. Warmer temperature = faster carbonation. I've had bubbly kombucha after a day in summer months and bubbly kombucha after a week in colder months.
💭 Tips
- You can add maple syrup, agave syrup, brown sugar, white sugar, or simple syrup. Rose simple syrup would add a nice floral note like I used in my Rose Kombucha.
- Strain out the strawberries, if desired.
- Refrigerate after the kombucha is done fermenting.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe FAQs
Yes, green tea makes a wonderful, mild-tasting kombucha.
Green tea kombucha is mild compared to kombucha made with black tea. If kombucha made with black tea is too strong for you, I would try it made with green tea.
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📋 Recipe
Strawberry Green Tea Kombucha
Ingredients
- 12 cups green tea kombucha
- 2 cups chopped strawberries
Instructions
- Line up 4 (25 ounce) bottles with flip top lids or other air tight bottles.
- Smush ½ cup chopped strawberries into each 25 ounce bottle.
- Using a funnel, pour freshly made green tea kombucha into each 25 ounce bottle leaving 1-2" head space.
- Let bottles sit out (at 75° - 85°) 3-5 days, making sure to pop the lids each day (or a few times a day) to let out the pressure of the carbon dioxide. Taste each day to test its flavor and fizziness.
- Refrigerate when you are happy with the amount of fizz and flavor.
Notes
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Nutrition
*Note: Nutrition information should be considered an estimate only. Different nutrition calculators give you different results.
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