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Oooh that sounds good! I’ve been meaning to add fermented stuff to my diet.
Maybe try water kefir first then. I've got mine for 5 years now at least, making 2 bottles every couple of weeks or so. Kefir is easier and quicker to make than kombucha, there is no caffeine and maybe less sugar. Probably the best intro to fermented drinks!
I bottled 20 litres of kombucha yesterday with ginger and lemongrass. It'll be very fizzy and ready to drink in 3-5 days. Costs next to nothing and quite healthy - water, black tea, sugar, (gifted and self-reproducing) scoby. The flavourings are what costs most, depending on what you use.
Combine ginger + sugar + water in a quart jar. Let it sit for 3-7 days, covered but open, at room temp. Will stary to bubble. These are your live ginger yeasties, or ginger bug.
Boil a big batch of ginger tea (more ginger + sugar + water). Cool to Add a little citric acid and/or lemon juice at tea step to give it a little acid to counteract the funk.
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Is the Modernist Pantry gum arabic pre hydrated?
I’m not sure, but they do sell some pre-hydrated gums and usually call them “perfected”. They are largely buying in commercial quantities and re-packaging for restaurant-scale use with their gums because a lot of the bigger ingredient companies that make the best products won’t sell in smaller than 50 lb (or sometimes even much larger) increments. Pre-hydrated gums are usually just hydrated and then spray dried ones.