Artist and advocate from Ōtautahi, Aotearoa.

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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • I made my own starter using buch from the supermarket! You just have to make sure it hasn’t been pasteurised - if it’s got bits in it, you’re good.

    I boiled some water, added sugar and a few teabags and let it sit until room temp, then put that and about 100ml of the store kombucha into a large wide topped jar until the scoby formed. Then you basically repeat in a larger vessel, adding the scoby and some of the starter, start tasting after 3-5 days til it gets to your desired sweet/sour level!

    If you want to you can then put it into swing top bottles to carbonate, but I like it mildly fizzy straight from the initial fermentation. I picked up a cute pineapple shaped glass vessel from kmart with a tap and it’s great!

    For flavours, i just use flavoured tea! I always add one or two gumboot black tea bags along with them to make sure the scoby gets the nutrients it needs.







  • Oooh interesting! I’m not sure about brewing alcohol free, but it’s something I’d be interesting in learning more about for sure!

    I know with feijoa you can make soda real easy with the skins by just letting them sit in a bottle of sugar water - it’ll naturally carbonate and will be very low/no alcohol!

    I’ve found wine really simple to make - the formula of fruit, water, sugar, and yeast is pretty much always the same and it’s very much a set it and leave it once it gets going! The waiting is the hardest part 😅


  • Aotearoa in general is pretty good - keep an eye on what happens here in the next six months ago. We’re seeing the same rise in anti-trans disinformation that everywhere else is, unfortunately, and we have an election in October - some parties have already made gender an election issue.

    I remain optimistic - I know the opposition is an absolutely tiny minority - and we’re pretty good in terms of general inclusion and access to healthcare, but it’ll be an interesting few months!