Bacterial Cellulose
A good reference recipe for creating bacterial cellulose.
- 7 cups clean water
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 4 bags black tea
- 1 cup live kombucha
1 glass container
1 tightly woven cloth
1 rubber band
Make your sweetened tea. Bring water to a boil and then stir in sugar until fully dissolved. Add tea bags and allow to steep until liquid cools to room temperature.
Pour sweetened tea into your container and then add the live kombucha.
Cover your container with a tightly woven cloth (I prefer cheesecloth) and secure with a rubber band. Store container room temperature and somewhere out of direct sunlight.
Leave your fledgling kombucha for 1-4 weeks to ferment. You should start to see small bubbles forming and a thin opaque layer on top that will become your SCOBY.