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easygoinmomma 10-02-2012 09:28 AM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
Stiina, since we started drinking kombucha we hardly ever get sick now and if we do feel something coming on it never gets to be a full on cold or whatever.

HomeWithMyBabies 10-02-2012 11:20 AM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
When can my baby SCOBY become a big kid and make it's own batch? What should I look for to let me know she's ready? (yes it's a she, I'm surrounded by boys here, the baby SCOBY is a girl)

Stiina 10-02-2012 12:28 PM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
That's fab, Norma!!! Looking forward to that in our home too :)

HWMB - bump for your question :)

HadassahSukkot 10-02-2012 12:50 PM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
Is it thick enough to handle, or is it still very thin?

HomeWithMyBabies 10-02-2012 01:19 PM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
It seems fairly thick but I don't know what to expect if I try to move it. I put a straw in there to draw some tea out and it seemed kind of stiff. :scratch

SweetCaroline 10-02-2012 06:20 PM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
i would say if its movable- its good to go :tu..like 1/4 in. thick?


does anybody else just pour off glasses of KT with the scoby just floating on top?

i used to do the straw thing to taste it..but i think i just like it at all stages..so from about the 5th day..im just pourin' glasses baby- till its gone :cool

solatido 10-02-2012 06:35 PM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
If that is the case, I am brewin' TOMORROW :cool

Soliloquy 10-02-2012 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Stiina (Post 4876469)
y'all are going to be so proud.

I drank kombucha yesterday. :mrgreen

I bought the GT's kind that starts with "S" (can't remember) and it was cranberry flavoured. I thought it smelled like my sister's old rental house :giggle- kind of musty and wine-y and dusty-sweet. :think I didn't especially like it but I found myself chugging it and then wondering why there was only half of it left. :haha So i guess I like it! :cheer Except near the end I got some of the floaty scoby in my mouth and that was naaaasty. But I did it! I drank kombucha!! YAY KARISA!!! I'm going to take such good care of your scoby. :heart

Cranberry GT Dave's (Synergy) is NASTY!!!! Seriously, if you were able to drink half that bottle you will down a gallon of the good stuff. Next time get mango or strawberry. :yes Homemade is just amazing.

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Stiina 10-02-2012 09:30 PM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
LOL!!!!! Ok, I`m glad I started out with the gross stuff. how hilarious that i pîcked it!!! :roll Thanks Lisa!!! Yessssss ok, now I`m supa pumped to make my own!!!!!

HomeWithMyBabies 10-03-2012 05:23 AM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
I didn't mind the GT Dave's cranberry, that was the first of that brand I tried and compared to High Country (which was nasty) so I thought it was fine and sweeter than anything else I'm drinking on GAPS. :lol GT Dave's Mango was way sweet for me. However I only got the cranberry once, the one I grab whenever they have it, over any other kind, is GT Dave's gingerade. :yum It's like real gingerale.

Today I'm going to turn my starter brew and SCOBYs into two one gallon brews. :rockon

SweetCaroline 10-03-2012 05:53 AM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
the GTs Gingerade..oh.my.word. :yum

i do a double ferment with apple juice & fresh ginger sometimes, really delicious!

zak 10-03-2012 06:12 AM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
I had some SCOBY text help from cobluegirl a couple weekends ago. I let my gallon jar sit for like.... 18 months maybe. The scoby was huuuuuuge. To get it out of the jar was like birthing a placenta! :haha

I got a couple chunks of it and tossed the rest. I restarted the process (I actually need to jar it today).

Hoping that monster scoby mess doesn't kill me. :shifty

SweetCaroline 10-03-2012 06:26 AM

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HadassahSukkot 10-03-2012 07:02 AM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
I never thought of it until now... but :roll

solatido 10-03-2012 07:27 AM

Re: kombucha 101 thread!
 
Allllllrighty, I tossed my SCOBY and the very vinegar-ish liquid into a gallon jar with fresh sweet tea! The house is in the mid 60s, so should I give it a full week before sampling?


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