I Made Kombucha in a Super-Fancy French Fermenting Jar and Here’s What I Thought — Shopping

I absolutely love kombucha. What I absolutely don't love is paying $5 a bottle for it — especially now that I've gotten my husband and my youngest daughter hooked on it too. With them guzzling down my precious stash, kombucha has morphed from a virtuous, gut-friendly mode of hydration to a flat-out budget buster.

Instead of giving up the tart, refreshing, fermented tea drink, I decided to try making it myself. I've wanted to do this for ages, but could never drum up the courage. I kept envisioning my countertops lined with sticky, murky jars draped with flaccid cheesecloth and filled with slime. Gross.

And then I saw this Montreal-made beauty.

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