Fermenting vol. 2: Fermented Beverages - Paperback

by Rashelle Johnson (Author)

Fermented beverages are a delicious and easy way to add probiotic bacteria to your diet.

If you're eating a diet high in store-bought or processed foods, you're likely lacking the healthy bacteria needed by your body to properly digest and absorb nutrients from the food you eat. fermenting vol. 2 covers how to create delicious fermented beverages packed full of these probiotic cultures.

The following topics are covered in this handy guide:

• What fermented beverages are and why they're so good for you.
• What happens during the fermentation process.
• Common types of fermented drinks.
• Starter cultures and how to use them to your advantage.
• Why probiotic beverages are best consumed in small amounts.
• Beneficial bacteria: All bacteria aren't bad.

This book includes detailed recipes for making and flavoring the following cultured drinks:

• Milk kefir.
• Water kefir.
• Kombucha tea.
• Fermented soda
• Amazake: The fermented rice drink.
• Boza: The (possibly) breast-enhancing beverage.
• Acidophilus milk.
• Traditional buttermilk and cultured buttermilk.
• Filmjölk.
• Matsoni.
• Piimä
• Kvass.