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What Equipment Do You Need for Kombucha Brewing and Fermenting?

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What equipment do you need for kombucha brewing and fermenting?


What is kombucha?

Kombucha is a fermented tea drink, the basic ingredients in kombucha are yeast, sugar, and black tea. 

The mixture is set aside for a week or more. During that time, bacteria and acids form in the drink, 

as well as a small amount of alcohol. This process is known as fermentation.

After fermenting finish, Kombucha is finished which includes vinegar, B vitamins 

and many other types of acids like amino acids.


During Kombucha Fermentation, 

the bacteria and acids form a film on top of the liquid called a SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast). 

You can use a SCOBY to ferment next batch kombucha.


How to make kombucha?

1) Make SCOBY (1 to 4 weeks) – to make the “mother”

2) First Fermentation (6 to 10 days) – to make the actual kombucha

During first fermentation, yeast converts sugar to alcohol, bacteria convert alcohol to acid.

3) Second Fermentation (3 to 10 days) – to carbonate the kombucha


What does kombucha equipment need?

1) A Kettle Tank

Steam, Electric or gas burner heating

Stirring optional, a tangential circulation is also okay if without stirring for small Kombucha making equipment

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2) A Hot Water Tank

3) A Heat exchanger for cooling Kombucha tea

Some brewers might also cool the mixture by mixing cool city water

4) Open Fermentation Tank

5) Isobaric Fermentation Tank

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6) Glycol Chiller and glycol water tank

7) CIP Cart Unit or portable pump

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8) Brite Tank for commercial kombucha brewing equipment

8) Brewing and fermentation Controller

9) Filter machine


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