Sustainable Living: The Art of Kombucha Making

Overview

Whether you're after a tipple to balance out the onslaught of silly season boozing, or you're simply keen for a boost of gut health, kombucha is set to be a staple sip this summer. And you can learn how to master the art of crafting this fermented tea-based drink yourself, at a hands-on workshop, coming up at the Royal Botanic Garden.

Hosted in The Calyx building on Saturday, January 19 the class is helmed by fermentation expert and founder of the Cultured Artisans Gillian Kozicki. She'll dive deep into the world of fermenting, showing students how to make and maintain their own tasty kombucha at home, even using produce and ingredients harvested from the surrounding gardens.

As well as being guided through the ins and outs of kombucha crafting, you'll get to taste a variety of different blends for future inspiration and score your own SCOBI (the culture needed for brewing a batch of the drink) — all setting you well on your way to having an endless supply of homemade 'buch this summer.

While you're at the RBG, check out the killer Plants with Bite exhibition, made up of more than 25,000 carnivorous plants.