Pumpkin Kombucha

I love making kombucha. If you don’t make your own yet, please read my post here for tips to get started: Kombucha – Make It Yourself.  If you are local, let me know if you want a scoby to start with. I have a long family-tree.

I’m always making different flavor combinations when I bottle kombucha. I have many favorites but still longed for a pumpkin pie spice flavor. I’ve been developing this and I just love it! If you love pumpkin, you will, too.  I thought about waiting until fall to post this recipe, but I just couldn’t wait. Pumpkin should not only be celebrated in one season! (It's fast becoming a family favorite)

So, when your next gallon of kombucha is ready to be bottled you could try it this way:

I’d already made a batch of tea with 7 organic black tea bags and 1 cup of sugar and let it cool.

With clean hands, I carefully took out the scoby and laid him aside on a clean plate. (He looks good)

I gave the kombucha a gentle stir with a wooden spoon and poured off 1 cup to go in the new batch.

I added the following ingredients into the gallon jar:

3 TBSP organic pumpkin

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/4 tsp ginger (you can put a matchstick-sized piece of fresh peeled ginger in each bottle instead if you prefer)

I GENTLY stirred this up until the pumpkin mixed in.

I filled 6 bottles, leaving a little breathing room at the top of each, and capping tightly. They went into a cooler for 48 hours and then into the fridge. Deliciously different.

Other flavor ideas for your kombucha can be found here: Flavor Your Kombucha

Flavor Your Kombucha

For tips on making your basic kombucha successfully, check this post: Kombucha - Make It Yourself.

Once you get things going, you are going to want to try all sorts of flavors when ever you make a new batch.

Jessica's favorite is to put fresh strawberry slices in each bottle. (I find this one very sweet...)

One of my favorite flavorings is to add the juice of 3 organic lemons to the gallon just before bottling.

Other citrus combinations are also incredible, changing out a lemon for a lime, or an orange.

Blackberry-ginger is another flavor that disappears around here quickly. I put two blackberries and a bit of fresh peeled ginger in each bottle.

My newest flavor profile is one I've been working on for a good while. Pumpkn Kombucha. It's over on the wordpress blog I'm working on - FeedingGerSasser.com   I could drink this one every day.

I also love doing Basil Mint - I put two basil leaves and two mint leaves in each bottle. Not everyone loves this one but I do - especially on hot summer days.

What are some of your favorites? Please share here or on Feeding Ger Sasser FaceBook page.