Cleansing carrot beet kombucha contains essential vitamins and minerals that help you feel your best. It has plenty of fiber from freshly-juiced fruits and veggies. This cleansing kombucha is the perfect juice to add to your routine.
Even if carrot and beet aren’t your favorite vegetables, the balance of flavors in this recipe brings them to life. This beverage is highly nutritious, earthy, and sweet.
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Cleansing Carrot Beet Kombucha
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 2 Servings 1x
Description
You’ll need a juicer to get the most nutrients from this kombucha juice. If you don’t have one, look for fresh cold-pressed juice at your local health store.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup black tea kombucha, after either the first or second fermentation
- 4 medium carrots
- 1 medium beet
- 1 large green apple
- 2 tbsp aloe vera juice
- 2–3 ice cubes (optional)
Instructions
- In a juicer, juice the carrots, beetroot, and apple.
- Pour the juice into a medium pitcher and add the kombucha. Stir to combine.
- Stir in the aloe juice and mix well.
- Add 2-3 ice cubes in each glass and serve.
Notes
To get the most vitamins from this kombucha juice, drink it immediately.
Double or triple the recipe to serve more people. If you’re serving a crowd, make the juice a few hours ahead. You can keep the juice for up to 8 hours in the fridge. Refrigerate the juice in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid.
Black tea kombucha works best in this recipe since it has a bold flavor that tastes best with the juice. However, you could also use white or green tea-based kombucha.
Make sure to purchase unsweetened aloe juice. If possible, buy an organic brand. You can find aloe juice at your local health food store or on Amazon.
Add a half-inch of fresh ginger to your juicer first for a zingy addition to this kombucha juice. Or, add a pinch of turmeric along with the aloe juice. Turmeric is a great anti-inflammatory.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
What Does Cleansing Carrot Beet Kombucha Taste Like?
Cleansing carrot beet kombucha is sweet and earthy. It’s fragrant and colorful with a bit of fizz. Carrots and beets make sweet juice, while the apple brings a bit of tartness. Aloe juice brings a bit of bitterness, but the small amount won’t cause the juice to be unpleasant. These flavors combine into a sweet, slightly tart kombucha juice.
What Are the Health Benefits of Carrot Beet Kombucha?
Kombucha is a probiotic drink full of antioxidants, vitamins B and C, and organic acids. Vitamin C helps your body absorb iron and boosts your immune system. Vitamin B helps boost your mood and increase the health of cells. The acids and probiotics help improve and support gut health. On top of that:
Carrots:
- Promote healthy vision
- Support a healthy immune system
- Contain fiber, which helps improve digestion and keeps your blood sugar steady
- Contain antioxidants that may help protect against certain types of cancer
- Have potassium, which can help regulate blood pressure
- Can contain 100% of the daily recommended value of vitamin A
Beets, aka beetroot:
- Contain a portion of almost all the vitamins and minerals your body needs
- Are a good source of fiber
- Help lower blood pressure, which can help reduce the risk of heart disease
- Are high in folate, which is important for heart health, as well as overall growth and development
- Are high in nitrates, which help support brain function and can lead to a lower risk of dementia
Green apples:
- Have plenty of fiber, which can help you feel satiated, which aids in weight loss
- Are high in vitamins A and C
- Are rich in copper, iron, manganese, potassium, and zinc—all essential minerals that help maintain overall wellness
- Contain antioxidants, which help regenerate healthy cells
- Contain calcium, which helps build strong bones
Aloe vera juice is made from the gel inside aloe vera leaves. When you mix this gel with water, you create aloe vera juice. Aloe vera juice:
- helps promote skin health
- can help ease constipation by softening your stool
- may help relieve heartburn
How Much Caffeine Is In Carrot Beet Kombucha?
Carrot beet kombucha has approximately 3 mg of caffeine per serving. Since each serving of this juice contains about 1/4 cup of kombucha, this drink has very little caffeine.
How Many Calories Are In Carrot Beet Kombucha?
Carrot beet kombucha contains about 116 calories per serving. Carrots add the most calories to this kombucha juice, followed by the green apple.
There are almost as many calories in an 8 oz can of Coke. However, kombucha juice has numerous health benefits, while sodas offer no nutrition and are full of sweeteners and artificial ingredients.
Should You Make This Recipe with Young, Sweet Kombucha or Older, Sour Kombucha?
Make this recipe with young, sweet kombucha. Stop the fermentation of your homemade kombucha while it has plenty of sweetness and just a little carbonation.
Use older, sour kombucha to set up a SCOBY hotel.
Is Kombucha Good to Drink During a Cleanse?
Kombucha can help cleanse your body. Kombucha can help detoxify your liver and your digestive system. Your body already has a built-in detox system, but kombucha can be a good choice if you wish to assist your body in detoxing.
Kombucha contains glucuronic acid. This acid binds with toxins in your body and helps eliminate them. Adding kombucha to your diet will provide your body with probiotics and organic acids that help detox your body, and enzymes that help support your immune system.
Pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems may not benefit from kombucha. Check with your doctor before you add kombucha to your daily routine.