How to Brew Your Own Kombucha with Brad | It's Alive | Bon Appetit

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Published 2016-10-21

In episode 1 of 'It's Alive' with Bon Appétit test kitchen manager Brad Leone, we follow him through his process of brewing his own kombucha. Main takeaways include: be creative, keep your SCOBY clean, take care of her, feed her, and use food-grade bottles to avoid glass explosions. It's a learning experience.

Update: Brad now uses a concentrated formula that doesn't require ice. He mixes 2 quarts of water with sugar and tea. Then dilutes it with room-temperature water.

Join Bon Appétit test kitchen manager, Brad Leone, on a wild, roundabout and marginally scientific adventure exploring fermented foods and more. From cultured butter and kombucha, to kimchi and miso, to beer and tepache, learn how to make fermented and live foods yourself.

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All Comments (21)

@msaadah1223 4 years ago

This is like watching Iron Man 1 after Endgame
@mattlittlej 6 years ago

"Oh god. This is gonna get me fired." Proceeds to have one of the most watched series on BA's youtube channel
@adrianaline_rush 4 years ago

Watching this video in 2019 is like a time capsule, so weird seeing how different Chris and Claire look
@LS-jj4sy 5 years ago

BABY CLAIRE Also baby Brad but he's the same
@gusbrady4972 7 years ago

This guy is an absolute character.
@angelparra1838 6 years ago

“I’m really creative” “So this is apricot, I just write.... apricot”
@IvoTrausch 4 years ago

This confirms my theory that Claire's grey hair is caused by the breakdowns she suffers on Gourmet Makes
@rajpatel-vg4xe 4 years ago

3 years ago when I saw this for the first time , I had no idea I would be so Invested in everyone involved in this video.
@SamuraiPie8111 7 years ago

im pretty sure he's just a fisherman from mass that walked in off the street but nobody noticed
@fxrxn9803 4 years ago

Seeing claire in the background of someone else’s video has the same feeling of coming across your teacher while grocery shopping
@emilycalles623 5 years ago

Just went through 5 years worth of BA videos and this video is probably the first video to kick start the current style of BA vids. Whoever the editors are, thank you ❤️
@BarnyTrubble 4 years ago

Vinny had to fight for 8 months before this episode aired. I wouldn't even care about BA if not for Brad, nice job Vinny
@1inchfemur 4 years ago

Look at claire, so unstressed, so full of life and hope. We ruined her.
@limari95 5 years ago

"I like to come up with little names for them, you know, really creative. So this is apricot. I'll just write apricot."
@FictionWeLiveIn 3 years ago

"This is gonna get me fired" 5 years later Brad is carrying this entire channel on his back, bringing it countless viewers.
@bkeene12 5 years ago

This episode is when BA "turned the corner". It became informative and highly entertaining!
@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co 6 years ago

I love how he doesn’t explain what a scoby is or where it comes from or even what it does.
@winter2625 7 years ago

I have no idea what he's doing, but I love him!
@kitsune_jones 4 years ago

Brad walked so that the rest of the Bon Appétit test kitchen could run
@gavin479 4 years ago

"I told him it was called Brads World' oh my gosh Matt you're amazing. What ever they are paying you, double it. You're 60% the reason Brads videos are so good!