How to make black tea fungus at home
First of all, we should disinfect the selected container for cultivating black tea fungus, which can be boiled in boiling water for 10 minute, or directly disinfected with disinfectant water.
Secondly, the choice of raw materials is best to choose some untreated natural tea leaves, and sugar is best to choose white sugar. Glucose grows better and grows faster, but the taste of white sugar will be better.
Thirdly, making mother liquor:. Add a little black tea and white sugar (rock sugar) into boiling water, and make it into dilute black tea syrup. After slightly boiling and sterilization, put it into a sterilized glass, cool it to 35 degrees, add a piece of black tea strain with a big finger, seal the cup mouth with clean gauze, and leave it for 3-4 days.
Finally, the culture of drinking liquid: add boiled black tea syrup into the sterilized big-mouthed bottle, cool it, add the mother liquid, and ferment it into sweet and sour tea after one week for drinking. After drinking the tea liquid, the remaining fungus mother can continue to cultivate the tea liquid. Culture of strains: the culture of strains is based on the mother liquor. Generally, the best and good strains in the lower layer will float on the liquid surface, which is milky white and too gelatinous. If there is a red magazine, it cannot be used.
Who can't drink black tea fungus?
Black tea fungus has certain dietary taboos and is suitable for people. Generally, people with poor digestive ability are not suitable for drinking black tea fungus, otherwise it will cause range and bloating. People who are allergic to acid should not drink black tea fungus, and the organic acids in it will stimulate allergens. When the cytokine activity of black tea fungus is over-active, it will stimulate the body's immune system and bring adverse reactions. People with poor autoimmune system should not drink black tea fungus.
People with poor renal function should not drink black tea fungus. Black tea fungus is a strong antidote, which can break down large toxin molecules into small molecules and excrete them from the kidneys. If the kidney function is not strong or there are too many toxins, then drinking too much will lead to overloaded kidneys.
So how to drink kombucha? In order to keep the activity of the yeast and lactic acid bacteria of Kombucha, people should always pour them out and drink them at any time, instead of pouring them back into the bottle. Also, in order to avoid the allergy of black tea fungus and stimulate the stomach, you can add cold water to dilute black tea fungus and then drink it, but you can't add ice cubes or chilled water to black tea fungus. Because black tea fungus is an acidic beverage, people need to add 2 times of cold boiled water to dilute it before drinking it.