kombucha 101 thread! - Page 55

LearningMama · 10-05-2012, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by HadassahSukkot

that looks plenty big enough to use to me.

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Originally Posted by HomeWithMyBabies

Mine was smaller and I graduated her. I don't know yet how it will turn out but I was able to move her into the other jug and everything looks normal so far. As normal as rotting tea will look.

Thanks! I'm going to get it started today!

HomeWithMyBabies · 10-05-2012, 07:18 AM

I just checked her and she's already growing her own baby. SCOBY babies having babies. This makes me a grandma which means I get a mid morning nap.

JenLovie · 10-05-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by HomeWithMyBabies

I just checked her and she's already growing her own baby. SCOBY babies having babies. This makes me a grandma which means I get a mid morning nap.

I love your logic.

Stiina · 10-05-2012, 03:14 PM

BAHAHAHAHA That was SO funny!!!!

I saw a licence plate in the city today - "Let Me Tell You About My Grandchildren".

Are you going to carry their photos in your wallet?

blessedmamaofmany · 10-06-2012, 04:01 PM

HELP! I'm so upset. I put up my last batch to double brew with fruit juice like usual.

IT MOLDED. Every last jar is covered with a layer of white mold

What happened?? The only thing I did differently is use some plastic reusable lids from walmart. They don't come in contact with the kt anyways...maybe it didn't seal tight enough? There's no fizz...so maybe those lids aren't a good enough seal to keep it from molding.

SweetCaroline · 10-06-2012, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by blessedmamaofmany

HELP! I'm so upset. I put up my last batch to double brew with fruit juice like usual.

IT MOLDED. Every last jar is covered with a layer of white mold

What happened?? The only thing I did differently is use some plastic reusable lids from walmart. They don't come in contact with the kt anyways...maybe it didn't seal tight enough? There's no fizz...so maybe those lids aren't a good enough seal to keep it from molding.

are you sure its mold? my double ferments always grow a foggy looking baby over the surface.

blessedmamaofmany · 10-06-2012, 05:03 PM

this looks distinctly moldy. All my double ferments up till now would get a bit of foggy baby over it, but this is bright white and spotty. I'm going out tonight, but I'll take a pic tomorrow.

SweetCaroline · 10-06-2012, 05:11 PM

oh.

yeah..sounds, most assuredly, like mold. thats a drag.

shekinah · 10-06-2012, 05:38 PM

I use the plastic lids and haven't had any trouble.

I wonder what the issue was. Would the PH have anything to do with it, like if you didn't leave it long enough before bottling or something?

Stiina · 10-06-2012, 09:35 PM

awwwwwww Sandy that is the PITS!!! I'm sorry

Soliloquy · 10-07-2012, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by solatido

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?

at that temperature it might take 2-3 weeks. Taste it after one week and then every week after that.

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Originally Posted by SweetCaroline

its not rotting!

its becoming greater

entropy does not apply to KT

You get 1,000 bonus points for using the word entropy. I love that word.

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Originally Posted by blessedmamaofmany

HELP! I'm so upset. I put up my last batch to double brew with fruit juice like usual.

IT MOLDED. Every last jar is covered with a layer of white mold

What happened?? The only thing I did differently is use some plastic reusable lids from walmart. They don't come in contact with the kt anyways...maybe it didn't seal tight enough? There's no fizz...so maybe those lids aren't a good enough seal to keep it from molding.

I would throw everything out (SCOBYS) that was used to make that batch, wash everything in super hot water, and start over. I'm so sorry.

It is not worth your health, though. Ingesting mold is bad bad bad bad.

SweetCaroline · 10-08-2012, 05:03 AM

sandy..thats so lame! i know it took you forever to grow that scoby

zak · 10-08-2012, 05:21 AM

My first batch back in the swing of things.... Totally moldy.

MIL is mailing me a scoby today tho.

SweetCaroline · 10-08-2012, 05:24 AM

wheres the sage smudge smiley?

no mold...no mold...no mold....

blessedmamaofmany · 10-08-2012, 06:21 AM

You're right of course. I just started a new batch, but I'll throw everything out today and start over. It's worth the extra work to not have mold. I wonder what happened?

Oh well. Could be worse. I could have drunk that crap.

. By the time I got around to throwing out the molded brew, it had brown and white FUZZ on the top.

10-05-2012, 07:18 AM	#812
HomeWithMyBabies Rose Garden Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24,062	Re: kombucha 101 thread! I just checked her and she's already growing her own baby. SCOBY babies having babies. This makes me a grandma which means I get a mid morning nap.

10-05-2012, 03:14 PM	#814
Stiina Rose Garden Not Sharing Exuberantly Anymore Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9,507	Re: kombucha 101 thread! BAHAHAHAHA That was SO funny!!!! I saw a licence plate in the city today - "Let Me Tell You About My Grandchildren". Are you going to carry their photos in your wallet?

10-06-2012, 04:01 PM	#815
blessedmamaofmany Deactivated I love my life. Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tater country...mmm...taters... Posts: 3,255	Re: kombucha 101 thread! HELP! I'm so upset. I put up my last batch to double brew with fruit juice like usual. IT MOLDED. Every last jar is covered with a layer of white mold What happened?? The only thing I did differently is use some plastic reusable lids from walmart. They don't come in contact with the kt anyways...maybe it didn't seal tight enough? There's no fizz...so maybe those lids aren't a good enough seal to keep it from molding.

10-06-2012, 05:03 PM	#817
blessedmamaofmany Deactivated I love my life. Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tater country...mmm...taters... Posts: 3,255	Re: kombucha 101 thread! this looks distinctly moldy. All my double ferments up till now would get a bit of foggy baby over it, but this is bright white and spotty. I'm going out tonight, but I'll take a pic tomorrow.

10-06-2012, 05:11 PM	#818
SweetCaroline Rose Garden a little Attachment Parenting will fix that Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,981	Re: kombucha 101 thread! oh. yeah..sounds, most assuredly, like mold. thats a drag. __________________ Gently mothering 5 babes one day at a time, only by the help of my Lord - ages 11,6,5, 4, & 2 Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ISFP

10-06-2012, 05:38 PM	#819
shekinah Rose Trellis Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,768	Re: kombucha 101 thread! I use the plastic lids and haven't had any trouble. I wonder what the issue was. Would the PH have anything to do with it, like if you didn't leave it long enough before bottling or something? __________________ Missina Moved across the country for love. Married in the mountains Sept 6, 2008. Former hotel manager turned placenta encapsulation specialist. I'm finally on facebook! Feel free to add me - Link Zahavah Calvary (Oct 2013)

10-06-2012, 09:35 PM	#820
Stiina Rose Garden Not Sharing Exuberantly Anymore Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9,507	Re: kombucha 101 thread! awwwwwww Sandy that is the PITS!!! I'm sorry

10-08-2012, 05:03 AM	#822
SweetCaroline Rose Garden a little Attachment Parenting will fix that Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,981	Re: kombucha 101 thread! sandy..thats so lame! i know it took you forever to grow that scoby __________________ Gently mothering 5 babes one day at a time, only by the help of my Lord - ages 11,6,5, 4, & 2 Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ISFP

10-08-2012, 05:21 AM	#823
zak Administrator Friend of the Fellowship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The South Posts: 33,212	Re: kombucha 101 thread! My first batch back in the swing of things.... Totally moldy. MIL is mailing me a scoby today tho. __________________ -zak Wife to MrZak Mama to the ZakKids - 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2017 Dedicated GCMer since 2003 Administrator and Moderating Cradled, Babes, Breastfeeding, Beautiful Mothers and Circumcision

10-08-2012, 05:24 AM	#824
SweetCaroline Rose Garden a little Attachment Parenting will fix that Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,981	Re: kombucha 101 thread! wheres the sage smudge smiley? no mold...no mold...no mold.... __________________ Gently mothering 5 babes one day at a time, only by the help of my Lord - ages 11,6,5, 4, & 2 Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ISFP

10-08-2012, 06:21 AM	#825
blessedmamaofmany Deactivated I love my life. Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tater country...mmm...taters... Posts: 3,255	Re: kombucha 101 thread! You're right of course. I just started a new batch, but I'll throw everything out today and start over. It's worth the extra work to not have mold. I wonder what happened? Oh well. Could be worse. I could have drunk that crap. . By the time I got around to throwing out the molded brew, it had brown and white FUZZ on the top.

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