Class offered on how to make home-made kombucha

Havre Public School Continued Education and Montana State University Extension are partnering to host a kombucha basic class. 

The class is Tuesday starting at 6 p.m. at Havre Middle School’s home economic room, Room 162.

It costs $19 to register and the deadline to register is Monday.

MSU Extension Agent Jasmine Carbajal will teach the class and cover topics such as, what is kombucha, how to prepare it and what it tastes like?

The class was offered last fall and became popular so it was decided to teach it again this spring, she said.

“Kombucha is a fermented tea,” she said. “It is a really newer concept, a lot of people are now into kombucha more than we were before, especially in this area.”

The most important thing to know about kombucha is that there is not enough science to prove its health benefits, but people have shown benefits from drinking it, she added.

“If you go to some of our local stores here in Havre they offer kombucha on tap. The nice thing about making kombucha at home is you get to control the flavor,” Carbajal said. “Then you get to control the carbonation, you get to control the sweetness or the bitterness.

“Kombucha is usually really bitter if you buy it from the store because that depends on how long that company is fermenting it, but if you are fermenting at home you can always do your double fermentation sooner, and then the kombucha is going to be sweeter,” she addded.

She said she likes to put berries and different types of fruit in her kombucha at home. 

People interested can register by calling Adult Community Education Program Director Jaden Matosich at 395-8550, ext. 6716, or email [email protected] .

“It’s a really cool class if you want to learn how to kombucha at home and what it is and some of the health benefits from it,” Carbajal said.