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Cupid’s Love Potion Kombucha Recipe
Ever wanted to know the secret to love? It’s blood oranges and rose hips.
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you may be searching for the perfect kombucha to celebrate the holiday with. You can have a glass in the morning with breakfast, then later whip together a Sangria Kombucha or as we like to call it Cupid’s Love Potion Kombucha. The sweet flavor of blood orange infused with tangy red grapefruits and cherries pairs perfectly with the floral taste of dried rose hips.
PRIMARY VS SECONDARY FERMENTATION
It’s important to note that brewing homemade kombucha is almost always a two-step fermentation process. Brewing kombucha is only a one-step process for those who prefer an unflavored flat kombucha. Otherwise, the steps consist of a primary fermentation and secondary fermentation.
- Primary Fermentation: The primary fermentation is the first step of the kombucha brewing process. This is where your SCOBY transforms regular sweet tea into the tart and slightly sweet kombucha we love. At the end of this stage, you will have finished kombucha, but it will be flat and unflavored. Have you skipped this step? Then check out our guide on making kombucha at home or our guide on making jun kombucha at home. Traditional kombucha is going to yield a bolder brew, while jun kombucha is milder and a bit more tart.
- Secondary Fermentation: The secondary fermentation is the step where you bottle, carbonate, and flavor your kombucha by the addition of sugar and flavors. This step is essentially adding a bit of sugar/flavor to each airtight bottle and letting it ferment a little longer, allowing the yeast to carbonate the beverage in an airtight environment naturally. How exactly does this happen? See our post on kombucha secondary fermentation here.
Since this recipe is for the secondary fermentation, to make this recipe, you’ll need to have kombucha that has finished the primary fermentation and ready to bottle.
INGREDIENTS
- Kombucha: You need kombucha that has completed primary fermentation and is ready to bottle and flavor.
- Fresh Blood Oranges: You can use fresh or frozen oranges . You’ll need 3-4 blood oranges cut into slices.
- Rose Hips: You will need about 10-15 rose hips.
SECONDARY FERMENTATION PREPARATION
This recipe makes one 16 fluid ounce bottle. For a 1-gallon batch, make 7 16 ounce bottles of kombucha or times the ingredients by 7. Before beginning this recipe, you will want to:
- Reserve 12 – 16 fluid ounces of kombucha and your pellicle from your completed primary fermentation and set aside. It’s best to pour from the top of the brew jar as the bottom will have a much higher yeast concentration. You will use this as your starter for your next gallon batch of kombucha.
- With your kombucha starter tea and SCOBY placed aside, you will now have enough kombucha left to make seven 16 oz bottles. These bottles are the most popular as they are considered the best bottles for kombucha secondary fermentation, but any other airtight bottles made for carbonation will work.
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Blood Orange Rose Hip Recipe
Course: Kombucha, Kombucha Recipe, Blood Orange Rose HipCuisine: KombuchaDifficulty: Easy
1
Bottles
10
minutes
1-3 Days
This Blood Orange Rose Hip Kombucha recipe is for one 16 fluid ounce bottle. For a gallon batch, make seven bottles. To scale this recipe to a gallon batch, multiply the ingredients by seven or toggle the serving size up to seven above. Before bottling your kombucha, remove the SCOBY pellicle along with 12-16 ounces of kombucha starter tea from your brew, and reserve for your next batch.
Ingredients
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16 OZ Kombucha from a completed primary fermentation
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3-4 Blood Oranges
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10-15 tbsp Rose Hips
- SUPPLIES
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1 16 OZ Kombucha Bottle(s)
Directions
- Cut the blood oranges in half and squeeze the juice into the bottles using a funnel.
- Add the rose hips to each bottle and then fill with kombucha, leaving about an inch of headspace.
- Be sure to leave yourself enough kombucha to use as your starter for the next batch, about 1.5 cups per gallon.
- Tightly place the caps on each bottle.
- Keep bottles at room temperature for 1-3 days, depending on temperature this may take longer.
- Once per day, you’ll want to “burp” the bottles by removing the cap to allow built-up pressure to escape and place the lid immediately back on. As soon as you put the cap back on, the carbonation will begin to build back up, so no worries about it getting flat. Try not to skip this, or you will have kombucha all over your face and your kitchen when you do go to open it.
- After you burp, invert the bottles, so the puree that has floated to the top distributes throughout the bottle.
- When you are happy with the flavor and fizziness of your kombucha (1-3 days), place bottles in the fridge to chill and halt the fermentation.
- Turn Your Potion into Sangria! (By The Pitcher)
- Fill up a pitcher with ice
- Pour 1, 16oz bottle of Cupid’s Secret Love Potion Kombucha over the ice.
- Add about 3/4 bottle wine, red or white will work, whichever you prefer.
- In a separate small bowl, dissolve 2 tbsp honey or maple syrup with a little bit of wine, then add it to the pitcher.
- add 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Squeeze in the juice from one lemon and one lime
- Optional: a shot or two of Brandy
- Stir well with a wooden spoon and serve over ice.
Notes
- First-time brewers may find it helpful to substitute a glass bottle for a plastic bottle of equal size. Fill the plastic bottle as directed above, leaving 1-2 inches of empty headspace at the top. This plastic bottle will now be used as a pressure gauge. Once this bottle becomes rock solid, you will know the remaining are ready. This method can help prevent bottle bombs.
- The best thing about sangria is its flexibility. You can add anything you want here and adjust it to your liking. Use the recipe above as a guide and get creative!
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When you complete the second fermentation stage and you are ready to drink, what do you do with the rose hips? Do you strain these out again or just drink the kombucha with them in it?
I would typically strain them out. You can eat the rose hips though so feel free to drink the kombucha with them!