Hands-on Kombucha Brewing

About This Event

Saturday, February 10, 2018; 10:00 am. – 12:00 pm.
Instructor: Brie Wakeland
$30 Arboretum members / $40 non-members (Includes Arboretum Admission)

To Register please call the Education Department at 626.821.4623 or pay at the class

Learn how to brew and bottle kombucha safely at home. This class covers food safety along with various kombucha recipes and methods. Kits will be available for sale in class that include everything you need to brew your first batch of kombucha (1-gallon glass jar, recipe, tea, sugar, SCOBY, starter liquid).

Brie Wakeland was recently accepted into the Sandor Katz Fermentation Residency Program in Liberty, TN.  She is a Certified Instructor for Slow Food Preservers LA, UCCE Master Gardeners, and is also a certified yoga instructor, and traditional sign painter. Brie has been an instructor for the Arboretum’s Summer Nature Camp for the past two years. She works during the school year teaching gardening and culinary arts lessons to pre-k through 5th graders at LAUSD elementary schools.