From the mother’s part Kombucha separate the bottom layer and put it in a three-liter jar, to pour the cooled, not very strong sweet tea. Jar is placed in a warm place. The first three days the fungus lies at the bottom of the banks, and then pops up, and a week later the first portion of the present is ready. Emergence of the fungus starts from the formation of its product life – carbon dioxide, and the infusion itself becomes carbonated. Organic acids, for which value the infusion of tea fungus, produced in him only the fourth-fifth day. And before that, during the splitting of sugar, it is dominated by ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide – are harmful to the body joint. Gulf in the next portion of mushroom tea and sugar, fell asleep, we again run the initial fermentation process, and hence in the infusion again the ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide. It is not surprising that from such treatment to people becoming ill. As well to prepare the infusion?

For breeding Kombucha suitable three-liter jar with a wide neck, which must be closed in several layers of gauze. In no case can cover the neck of the lid, because for the life of the fungus need air. It is better to make two jars: one will live fungus, in another you’ll be ready to pour a drink that can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time.

For growth and development of the fungus requires the solution of tea with sugar (1,5-2 l). It is made at the rate of 100-120 grams of sugar per 1 liter of water. Add boiling water, it is necessary to have a dissolved sugar: a lot of raw water soluble calcium salts (salts of hard water), which form a gluconic acid, calcium gluconate to precipitate. Water for the solution slightly warmed, dissolve sugar in it and then, cool, made up in a jar. You can not pour sugar directly into the bank, because you can cause burns of the mucous membrane of the fungus, causing him to die. Inhibits fungus and too strong tea.

The optimum temperature for fungal +25 degrees Celsius. The fungus is better to keep away from windows as the cold and direct light hamper its development.

Infusion of the fungus should be drained every 5-6 days in winter and 2-4 days in summer. If the fungus perestoit in solution, it begins to grow brown plenochka. This is a sure sign that the fungus starts to die.

Upon completion of the cycle of the fungus extract is poured through a layer of gauze and used. The taste, he should remind strongly carbonated kvass.

To mushroom quickly razrostalsya every two or three days it has to be a bit fed up weak infusion of tea with 10% sugar content. And about once a month to arrange his “bath day” – washing in boiled water, and then again to bring it back to the infusion. Cultivate this fungus can be achieved only if it is fairly grow and become multilayered.

The fungus can be filled with not only black, but green tea. Infusion is obtained even more useful, since green tea more vitamins and caffeine than black, he’s better tone. Thus infusion of good rinse your mouth after eating, since some compounds of green tea kill the bacteria that promote tooth decay.

As well to add a mixture of nettle tea with the leaves of blackberry, coltsfoot, plantain, white thorn, birch leaves, strawberries, lime blossom. Per liter of solution is taken from two to three teaspoons of herb mixture per liter of water. You can prepare a solution of the hips to a very tasty drink. Typically, this tea should be filtered, and literally an hour after welding. Can not be used for the preparation of the present those kinds of tea, which contains many essential oils (such as sage, pepper, chamomile, wild currant, and others), it could badly affect the health.

Large utility has a combination of honey with an already prepared extract of Kombucha. Added to the infusion of honey enriches its useful minerals: sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, gives it additional antibacterial and tonic properties.

For general prevention and health improvement: drink 1 cup in the morning on an empty stomach approximately 45 minutes before breakfast, one glass before dinner, and the last cup before bedtime. Not to drink for a glass. It is advisable to drink during the month, then take a break.

The basic rule – do not mix with the infusion of food, it is better to take 3-4 hours after eating.

If after a while after eating you feel heaviness in the stomach – overeaten, have eaten something wrong – half a cup of infusion will help you, cleaned and disinfected the gastrointestinal tract.