DIY Natural & Healthy Sodas

What you'll learn
Learn to brew, flavor and bottle water kefir (tibicos)
Learn multiple starter cultures, essential to the natural fermentation of sodas
Make healthy sodas that can be medicinal, probiotic and sugar-free.
Start and care for a ginger bug, a starter culture for sodas
Learn the whole fermentation process from home soda making
Learn to flavor natural sodas
Learn how to bottle sodas to ensure a delicious natural carbonation (fizziness) that everyone loves
Make medicinal sodas that add to the bio-availability of herbs
Requirements
No experience needed!
Description
Let's be honest - we, adults and kids alike, all love a chilled, fizzy & sweetened bevvy. If you are like me, you are here because the sodas you find on the market are full of sugar, artificial flavors & colors and lots of preservatives. There is nothing healthy about a soda from the shops. But do we need to swear off sodas forever? No way.Time to reclaim the deliciousness of sodas back into our households! Homemade natural sodas are healthy and can even be medicinal. They are a fabulous alternative to the store-bought stuff and the kids of the family/household will be thrilled to have a soda that parents can stand behind. They are full of probiotics to bolster our microbiome and thus boost our immunity and mood levels and offer a mineral-rich way to refresh ourselves.In this course, you will learn to make all kinds of naturally fermented & fizzy sodas using various starter cultures and sugar sources. This course also covers how to brew water kefir or tibicos. Sodas can be made with ANY form of sugar, from maple syrup to fruit juice to coconut sugar to honey and beyond. Since you are making the sodas yourself, you also choose the level of sweetness, which can range dry & club soda-like to sticky sweet. You will learn dozens of flavor combinations for sodas! From vanilla cream soda to rootbeer & gingerbeer to fruit or herbal. The possibilities are unlimited. Homemade sodas have a place in every household - from families with little kiddos to young people wanting a mixer for their cocktails!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Natural Sodas as Ancestral Nutrition
Lecture 3 Starter Cultures
Lecture 4 Ginger Bug Starter Culture
Lecture 5 Whey Starter Culture
Lecture 6 Sugar & Sweetening Alternatives
Lecture 7 Tibicos | Water Kefir
Lecture 8 The Fermentation Process
Lecture 9 Daily Care for Natural Sodas
Anyone who loves a fizzy beverage and is ready to ditch the unhealthy store bought stuff!,Parents who want a healthy alternative for soft-drinks and sodas for their kids,Folks with IBS or other digestive issues looking to incorporate more beneficial bacteria into their lives,Chefs and avid home cooks ready to take on a new & fun challenge,Drinkers and non-drinkers alike, as natural sodas are a great mixer with alcohol AND a perfect substitute at a party or get together for those that don't drink alcohol

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