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06-04-2016, 07:11 PM | #1127 |
Rose Trellis
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
Am I supposed to be seeing anything happen to it? It doesn't seem to be doing much of anything. I'm used to my water kefir grains showing some signs of life after a day or so in a new sugar water batch.
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06-04-2016, 09:28 PM | #1128 |
Rose Garden
never be afraid of who you were meant to be
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Colorado
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
Kombucha takes longer
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06-05-2016, 11:09 AM | #1129 |
Rose Trellis
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
He gave me some of his SCOBY and about 1/4 cup of the tea it came from. Did I need anything in addition to that? He told me I should be okay with that to start my own brew at home. It was a person at my local health foods store.
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06-07-2016, 12:54 PM | #1130 |
Rose Garden
Why climb a mountain? Because it's there!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Selkirk Mountains
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
That sounds fine.
Eventually you'll see a film forming at the top. That's the baby SCOBY. (It's not mold, mold will be fuzzy.) |
06-07-2016, 08:34 PM | #1131 |
Rose Trellis
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
Oh my gosh, I was just about to post to this thread to mention that I think mold is forming on top of the tea mixture! I would love to see a time lapse YouTube video of what a batch of kombucha tea looks like from start to finish as I was freaking out a bit from the looks of that film...lol Thanks for sharing that info, soliloquy! What do I do with the baby SCOBY and stuff?
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06-09-2016, 02:12 PM | #1132 |
Rose Garden
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
Just keep it attached to your current scoby.
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06-18-2016, 08:31 PM | #1133 |
Rose Garden
Why climb a mountain? Because it's there!
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
Or split them if you want to make two batches. But the first baby is usually pretty thin, you should fatten it up first.
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06-19-2016, 06:59 AM | #1134 |
Rose Trellis
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Re: kombucha 101 thread!
I kept them together and made the new batch but I wasn't sure if it should be placed in face down or face up. The portion of the SCOBY I was given was a thick triangular piece, it wasn't the same shape of my mason jar. The baby SCOBY is the shape of my mason jar....wasn't sure if a new layer would form with the baby on top, so I put it in with the baby on bottom and the mother SCOBY on top. Was that okay?
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