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02-09-2009, 08:29 PM | #31 | |
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Re: Kombucha recipes, tips, tweaks, and general Q & A
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We're hoping to get our second batch more fizzy, but have been wondering the best type of bottles to use (I've heard you have to be carefull of explosions!) So, do you just put it in the old wine bottles and cork it with the same cork? How long do you then let it sit to get nice and bubbly? Also, do you add anything to help along the process (more sugar? or a bit of juice?) Thanks!
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02-10-2009, 12:25 PM | #32 | ||
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FWIW, my kids don't like it like this. It does have a harder taste. |
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02-10-2009, 12:52 PM | #33 | |
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Moldy areas????? Green and fuzzy? If yes, throw it out, all of it, and start over w/ a fresh SCOBY! If it's just brown spots on the SCOBY that are not fuzzy, or air bubbles, that's normal. This website has some photos (but they're not all that clear) of a moldy SCOBY. It will be fuzzy and green and/or white, like bread mold. |
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02-10-2009, 07:21 PM | #34 |
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Re: Kombucha recipes, tips, tweaks, and general Q & A
mine gets whitest spots on it, but it's not mold... mold is fuzzy! plus for me, if mold grows that scoby stops growing. if it is mold, ita with lisa, throw the whole thing out.
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02-10-2009, 08:01 PM | #35 |
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Hopefully I can get a pic tomorrow. The more I look at it the more I think it's probably okay. I just need natural light for the pic because the flash makes it look weird.
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02-21-2009, 10:51 AM | #36 | |
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02-21-2009, 04:37 PM | #37 | ||
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this site http://www.kombuchaessence.com/why_kombucha.html has a brief overview of some of the nutrients in kombucha. Here's more Quote:
I don't consider myself an expert but, from the reading I've done, you do need to use real tea (not herbal "tea" that's made from plants other than the tea plant) to get all of the benefits. I've read that black tea & white sugar produce the most glucoronic acid--but you can use green or white. Quote:
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03-20-2009, 11:46 AM | #38 |
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Re: Kombucha recipes, tips, tweaks, and general Q & A
My first batch is, I think, a little overdone. I was wondering, how do you all store your kombucha? I made two sun tea pitchers of it and I want to use them for the next batch but we're not going to drink it all today. I'm thinking I should take the scobies out then transfer the kombucha to canning jars or something? I was just going to put it in the fridge to chill at this point but maybe leave some out in a cabinet?
I want to do a second ferment in but I don't have any corks at the moment. I have some old olive oil bottles that would probably work with wine corks but I only have 2 of them (and of course no corks). I could just do the secondary fermentation in canning jars with the lids left a little loose, right?
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03-20-2009, 02:05 PM | #39 |
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Re: Kombucha recipes, tips, tweaks, and general Q & A
I am using old wine bottles...I have also used those carbonated apple cider bottles with the plastic lids...
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03-20-2009, 02:22 PM | #40 |
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Yeah, I don't actually have a supply of old wine bottles. I might have ONE if the friend at whose house I left the last of that bottle saved it for me. I go through a lot more olive oil than wine. I'll see if I can find sparkling cider with plastic lids. You mean the pop-off kind of lids, right? Do you happen to know what brand that is? If I can use canning jars that would be the easiest 'cause I have a ton of those and they'll fit nicely on my shelf (I have limited tall shelf space) but I wasn't sure if just putting the lids on and leaving them a bit loose so air can escape was good enough.
Oh, and it turned out really yummy! Not much fizz though. I did one jug with plain ol' Lipton's tea and one with pomegranate flavored black tea. The batches I started today are Lipton's again and the CS raspberry green tea. Do you all leave the old scoby in or both? Or just the baby? I just started them with the babies and put the old one in a baggie in the fridge with some sweetened tea until I can get another glass jug. I think I need to get staggered batches going so there will be some ready each week.
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03-20-2009, 02:31 PM | #41 |
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Re: Kombucha recipes, tips, tweaks, and general Q & A
I just leave all my scobies together until they get to fat...LOL
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03-20-2009, 08:32 PM | #42 |
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Re: Kombucha recipes, tips, tweaks, and general Q & A
Christie, I think you could use canning jars, but I also think that corking it tightly is what makes it fizzy. Mine's never very fizzy til after the second ferment.
I've used big glass jugs, too, like from apple juice and found corks to fit. Something like that might work. Or maybe call around to some restaurants in your area to see if you could get some bottles from them. |
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