Fermented Probiotic Drinks at Home: Make Your Own Kombucha, Kefir, Ginger Bug, Jun, Pineapple Tepache, Honey Mead, Beet Kvass, and More

by Felicity Evans

Overview

Transform your health with fermented probiotic drinks—bubbly and creamy, sweet and tart, and always delicious.

It’s no secret that probiotics—the gut-friendly bacteria found in fermented foods—are a powerful superfood. They’ve been used for centuries to improve digestion, immunity, mood, and hormonal health. Plus, they’re uniquely healthful and perfect to enjoy any time of day and in any season.

This beautifully illustrated cookbook makes it easy and fun to fit probiotics into your busy routine with refreshing fermented drinks you can make at home. It turns out there’s much, much more to enjoy beyond premade kombucha and kefir. Here are 50 recipes for eight different elixirs—from Chinese Jun to Mexican Pineapple Tepache—that will bring surprising flavors from around the world right to your table.

Step by step, self-taught fermentation guru Felicity Evans explains how to:

• Stock your kitchen with expert tools and affordable ingredients
• Try your hand at both cultured fermentation (Pretty Vanilla, Rosewater and Chia Water Kefir) and wild fermentation (Beautifying Blueberry Beet Kvass)
• Recognize a successful ferment and troubleshoot when needed
• Confidently brew and enjoy a diverse menu of presentation-worthy drinks.

With this complete resource at your fingertips, you’ll become a master of these handcrafted, healing drinks in no time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615194483
Publisher:	The Experiment, LLC
Publication date:	02/20/2018
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	555,085
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Felicity Evans is the alchemist and founder at Imbibe Living. Her company crafts a range of sparkling probiotic water kefirs and offers cultures on the website imbibeliving.com. She’s created an online course providing you the tools and techniques to confidently ferment your own probiotic drinks at home.

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Good Health Starts in the Gut 9

Introduction 11

Methods of fermentation 15

The how and why of fermentation 19

Healthy fermentation 21

The fermentation kitchen 24

10 ways to add superfoods to your drinks 28

Section 1 Fermentation Using a Culture 31

Introduction 33

1 Water kefir and coconut water kefir 38

2 Milk kefir 66

3 Kombucha 86

4 Jun 106

Section 2 Wild Fermentation 123

Introduction 124

5 Beet kvass 126

6 Pineapple tepache 142

7 Ginger bug 154

8 Honey mead 166

Glossary 184

Index 186

Acknowledgments 191