Natural Fermented Sodas: Kombucha, Jun and Ginger Bugs

Fizz, flavour and fermentation – learn how to craft your own probiotic drinks at home using natural fermentation techniques.

This fun and bubbly workshop explores three natural sodas: kombucha, jun (a green tea version), and ginger bugs.
Take home a culture or two, and all the know-how to start brewing your own gut-friendly drinks.

What you will learn:

• How to brew and care for a kombucha SCOBY

• The difference between kombucha and jun

• Creating a ginger bug starter from scratch

• Flavouring your sodas naturally

• Bottling and carbonation

• Fermented fizz fails and how to fix them

Perfect for beginners, this session will give you the confidence to start crafting your own fizzy, gut-friendly drinks.

About your host:
Kym Ormond is a community educator, permaculturist and trained chef who teaches skills in food preservation, sourdough bread baking, permaculture gardening and music. Kym's goal is to share forgotten skills that he's learnt over the years and return them from "Uncommon sense" to common sense life skills.

Kym started off his career in commercial kitchens before eventually finding his feet in the soil and transitioned over to working on commercial farms, permaculture food growing projects and owning his own plant nursery. Kym has combined his love of growing food and cooking together into a series of sustainable living courses that are interactive, fun and informative.

For more info on Kym, check out his website here:
https://kymormond.com.au/