Resources

see also here

the book!

supplies and equipment

If there’s a homebrew store near you, it’s worth visiting and chatting with the salespeople, who are often enthusiastic fermenters willing to field your questions. And some of the larger equipment (e.g., big jugs) is absolutely best bought in person.

• Two Gallon Glass Jar
  
• High Quality Spigot
  
• Mason jars!
  
• Pineapple Corkscrew
  
• Zester/Grater
  

starter cultures and SCOBYs

• Kombucha Kamp
• Amazon
• Cultures for Health
• reddit find-a-scoby
• White Labs yeast bank
• Boston Ferments Culture Sharing
• craigslist

other ingredients

• CompaniaDeSales.com for interesting salts
• Aguamiel de Maguey
  

fermenting how-to

books

• Kombucha, Kefir, and Beyond (Lewin & Guajardo)
  
• Real Food Fermentation (Lewin)
  
• The Art of Fermentation (Katz)
  
• Wild Fermentation (Katz)
  
• The Art of Natural Cheesemaking (Asher)
  
• Nourishing Traditions (Fallon)
  
• Fiery Ferments (Shockey and Shockey)
  
• The Big Book of Kombucha (Crum and LaGory)
  

sites

• Wild Fermentation
• The Black Sheep School of Cheesemaking
• Cultures for Health

kombucha how-to

books

• The Big Book of Kombucha (Crum and LaGory)
  
• Kombucha: Healthy Beverage and Natural Remedy from the Far East (Frank)
  

sites

• Kombucha Kamp
• Kombucha: The Balancing Act

community

• Pura Fermentación
• Boston Ferments
• Wild Fermentation
• Wild Fermentation Uncensored
• Kombucha Nation
• reddit fermentation

related topics and other interesting things

health

• Gut and Psychology Syndrome 
  (Campbell-McBride)
  
• Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (Weston A. Price)
  

history, biology, anthropology

• The Botany of Desire (Pollan) 
• Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond)
• The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (Diamond)
• Fermented Fruits and Vegetables: A Global Perspective (Battcock and Azam-Ali)