Brew the buch,
ditch the $4 bottle.
A gallon of kombucha costs about what one store bottle does. See how fast a brewing kit pays for itself against your bottled-buch habit.
What you buy out now. Every result is measured against this.
1 Your kombucha habit
How many bottles do you buy? Toggle per day or per week; tap Edit prices to match the store.
2 Fine-tune upkeep
Fermenting costs very little to keep going. Edit any of these to what you pay.
Counted against your at-home cost for the whole projection.
The gear and ingredients you'd use to make it yourself.
3 Choose your tea
Tea feeds the ferment, and it works out to very little per bottle. Pick a type, or enter your own batch cost and how many bottles it fills.
4 Choose your sugar
The culture eats most of the sugar before you bottle. Pick a type, or enter your own batch cost and how many bottles it fills. Our organic & clean picks →
5 Second-ferment flavor
Fruit or juice in a second ferment adds fizz and flavor. Only your flavored bottles use it. Our organic & clean picks →
6 Pick your brew kit
Your kit sets the upfront cost. Options run from a single jar to a continuous-brew crock.
Your savings
Add your usual drinks above to see what you'd save.
Over 3 years, you'd keep
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One bottle
Your money over time
Trash you never make
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Which brew kit pays off fastest?
Sorted fastest first, based on the habit you entered.
Complete your brewing station
The gear that helps each batch come out like the last one.