fun with Ginger Bug
-
This lazy ginger bug has been going for a couple months now, fed with refined white sugar and whole ginger. I’m going to try invert cane sugar when this is done because my hooch ferments with that have been going really strong!
On the left is a plain black sweet tea made with invert cane sugar. It didn’t take very strongly so i topped it up with extra bug and now it’s starting to fizz.
In the middle is the same sweet tea mixed with orange mango juice. This one took off right away and seems to be making some very nice bubbles.
These have been going a couple days now and tomorrow i’ll pop them in the fridge.
I have had little luck on the counter but putting these fellas in sunlight seems to make them happy and they look so pretty in my kitchen.
I highly recommend everyone experiment with this fun and easy fermentation!
-
This lazy ginger bug has been going for a couple months now, fed with refined white sugar and whole ginger. I’m going to try invert cane sugar when this is done because my hooch ferments with that have been going really strong!
On the left is a plain black sweet tea made with invert cane sugar. It didn’t take very strongly so i topped it up with extra bug and now it’s starting to fizz.
In the middle is the same sweet tea mixed with orange mango juice. This one took off right away and seems to be making some very nice bubbles.
These have been going a couple days now and tomorrow i’ll pop them in the fridge.
I have had little luck on the counter but putting these fellas in sunlight seems to make them happy and they look so pretty in my kitchen.
I highly recommend everyone experiment with this fun and easy fermentation!
Got any good links for someone looking to learn?
-
Got any good links for someone looking to learn?
yeah this is kind of wordy for how little work you need to do but it covers the bases: https://www.fermentingforfoodies.com/catching-ginger-bug/
I have found that whole ginger works fine although next batch i’m going to try slicing it in half.
Make sure you get organic ginger.
If you like the taste of kombucha the ginger bug tea sodas are extremely similar, just more gingery than lemony imo.
You can find the flip top jars at any goodwill for about $1 each with removable seals or get new ones at ikea about the same price but with fixed plastic seals.
-
This lazy ginger bug has been going for a couple months now, fed with refined white sugar and whole ginger. I’m going to try invert cane sugar when this is done because my hooch ferments with that have been going really strong!
On the left is a plain black sweet tea made with invert cane sugar. It didn’t take very strongly so i topped it up with extra bug and now it’s starting to fizz.
In the middle is the same sweet tea mixed with orange mango juice. This one took off right away and seems to be making some very nice bubbles.
These have been going a couple days now and tomorrow i’ll pop them in the fridge.
I have had little luck on the counter but putting these fellas in sunlight seems to make them happy and they look so pretty in my kitchen.
I highly recommend everyone experiment with this fun and easy fermentation!
Careful with glass. I’ve had two explode. I’ve switched to plastic.
-
Careful with glass. I’ve had two explode. I’ve switched to plastic.
oh gee with the soft gasket? The one on the ginger bug just overflowed when it got too fizzy i was hopeful that these were safe with those lids. i’ll be super careful thanks. this is only my second batch of tea the first got drank immediately.
-
This lazy ginger bug has been going for a couple months now, fed with refined white sugar and whole ginger. I’m going to try invert cane sugar when this is done because my hooch ferments with that have been going really strong!
On the left is a plain black sweet tea made with invert cane sugar. It didn’t take very strongly so i topped it up with extra bug and now it’s starting to fizz.
In the middle is the same sweet tea mixed with orange mango juice. This one took off right away and seems to be making some very nice bubbles.
These have been going a couple days now and tomorrow i’ll pop them in the fridge.
I have had little luck on the counter but putting these fellas in sunlight seems to make them happy and they look so pretty in my kitchen.
I highly recommend everyone experiment with this fun and easy fermentation!
Lovely. How do you pour the liquid from the jar onto the bottles, with funnel and some filter? I’m also making exactly the same thing right now.
But there’s this one weird thing - has anyone experienced panic attacks after drinking ginger bug sodas? I did my first gb a few months ago and it was interesting experience but at the end when I’ve drank almost all of it I’ve experienced a very unpleasant sensation. I’ve decided to try again recently and now feel something similar - after drinking a glass of gb tea soda I feel uneasy and very thirsty and even disoriented
The first time it was even much worse. I have to say I’ve had a glass of beer yesterday, maybe it has to do with this too… Just curious if someone had experienced the same -
Lovely. How do you pour the liquid from the jar onto the bottles, with funnel and some filter? I’m also making exactly the same thing right now.
But there’s this one weird thing - has anyone experienced panic attacks after drinking ginger bug sodas? I did my first gb a few months ago and it was interesting experience but at the end when I’ve drank almost all of it I’ve experienced a very unpleasant sensation. I’ve decided to try again recently and now feel something similar - after drinking a glass of gb tea soda I feel uneasy and very thirsty and even disoriented
The first time it was even much worse. I have to say I’ve had a glass of beer yesterday, maybe it has to do with this too… Just curious if someone had experienced the sameThe jar i use for my bug is wide mouth so i just dip a measuring cup in there and push down the ginger and pull exactly 1/4 or 1/2 cup out at a time. it’s supposed to me most active at the top so this works well.
That’s wild that it affects you that way!! I have not heard of that I wonder why that’s happening!
