It’s that time of the year again—watermelon season is back! What better way to celebrate it than with a watermelon kombucha recipe? Our watermelon blackberry kombucha recipe is super refreshing and perfect for spring! I am officially calling it “watermelon blackberry breeze kombucha” as it is reminiscent of enjoying the late spring sun with a nice cool breeze on you.
For this recipe, I recommend letting your kombucha ferment for a couple of days longer than you usually would (unless you REALLY love the sweet stuff)! Why, you ask? Because it tastes deliciously similar to a watermelon Jolly Rancher when brewed with some sour kombucha! If you are a Jolly Rancher fan, make sure you try it out! The fruit also produces a gorgeous, bright color similar to that of a pink Jolly Rancher.
This recipe is pretty simple and can be adjusted to suit your flavor preferences as well as bottling preferences. Prefer your finished kombucha with a stronger, sweeter fruit flavor? Add a little extra watermelon and blackberry! Prefer to blend all of your ingredients up and split them amongst your bottles? Multiply the ingredients by the number of bottles you have and go to town!
I tend to drink all of my recipes with the fruit chunks still in them, but you can absolutely strain your kombucha prior to drinking if preferred. Having said that, if you have never tried the fruit post-fermentation, I highly recommend giving it a whirl! It still holds onto a considerable amount of the actual fruit’s flavor, but has very little sweetness. It is pretty fun to taste the flavor of the fruit all on its own! Plus, it still has lots of nutrients to offer you.
Primary Fermentation + Airtight Glass Bottles
FYI, this is a second fermentation kombucha recipe. That means you need to have kombucha that has already completed the initial fermentation process on hand. Both are truly very simple—waiting for your primary fermentation kombucha to work its own magic is the toughest part! If you don’t know where to begin with brewing kombucha, no worries! We offer a Kombucha Starter Kit with everything you need to brew your first batch! It also comes with very straightforward instructions.
This recipe also requires airtight glass bottles. These are a staple for kombucha home brewers. I recommend getting 16 oz swing-top bottles; our recipes are written for them, they are a convenient size for drinking directly from the bottle, and they work well with kombucha overall!
Scale to Your Batch
This recipe is written out for a single 16 oz bottle. If you are brewing kombucha by the gallon, you should end up with enough to make 6-7 16 oz bottles of this recipe. We generally multiply the recipe by the number of bottles we plan on using, slice and/or puree all of the ingredients at once, and split the ingredients evenly between the bottles afterwards. Do whatever is easiest for you!
Watermelon Blackberry Kombucha
It’s that time of the year again—watermelon season is back! What better way to celebrate it than with a watermelon kombucha recipe? Our watermelon blackberry kombucha recipe is super refreshing and perfect for spring!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Watermelon Slices &/or Juice We recommend a max of 1/4 cup
- 4-5 Sliced Blackberries
- 12-14 ounces Fermented Kombucha Enough to top off the bottle, leaving approx. 1 inch of headspace
Instructions
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Slice watermelon in small pieces and place in bottle and/or add watermelon juice with a funnel
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Slice blackberries into small pieces and add to the bottle
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Fill remainder of bottle with fermented kombucha, leaving approx. 1 inch of headspace at the top of the bottle.
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Seal bottles & allow kombucha to ferment in a dark, warm space for 2-3 days*. Then, begin tasting daily.
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Once kombucha meets your flavor preferences, refrigerate it and enjoy!**
Recipe Notes
*You may want to “burp” bottles (AKA lift lid slightly to release excess carbonation) on a daily basis. If there isn’t much pressure to be released after 24 hours, try every other day.
**Again, you may strain watermelon and blackberry pieces out of kombucha prior to drinking if preferred. It is fine (and tasty) to eat them as well!
That’s all there is to it! I hope you can imagine the cool spring breeze as you take your first sip of Watermelon Blackberry Kombucha! Feel free to comment below if you have any questions. Otherwise, enjoy! 🙂
