kombucha 101 thread! - Page 50

LearningMama · 09-18-2012, 02:50 PM

Can I make my kt with a flavored one from the store? I wanted to make it tonight with my scoby (thanks AngelaVA!) but I didn't realize I needed "starter tea". I have about a 1/2 a cup of GT's Gingeraid. Can I use it?

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I just read that I can use vineger so I think I'm ok

shekinah · 09-18-2012, 03:58 PM

Wait! Don't use vinegar until someone confirms that.. I thought they were different cultures?

LearningMama · 09-18-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by shekinah

Wait! Don't use vinegar until someone confirms that.. I thought they were different cultures?

I don't wanna wait...but I will.

Allison · 09-18-2012, 07:07 PM

I think you need the original. That's what I used for my first batch.

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melliethepooh · 09-18-2012, 07:22 PM

White vinegar is fine. Flavored tea not so much. What is it flavored with?

Soliloquy · 09-18-2012, 08:44 PM

Distilled white vinegar is fine.

Black tea is standard. Storebought is made with all black unless the bottle specially states green was used.

I use all black, I'm not a huge fan of green tea.

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littlemama · 09-19-2012, 09:16 AM

My KT is amazing!!!!!!

Last night I opened the strawberry one. It was good but a tad too sweet and I couldn't drink it all. Just now I opened a "gingerberry" and it tastes EXACTLY like Synergy's Gingerberry!!!!!

cobluegirl · 09-19-2012, 09:27 AM

YAY! What did you put in it?

littlemama · 09-19-2012, 10:24 AM

I had some blueberries frozen from when we went and picked them last summer. So I took about a 1/2C and mashed them up with a fork. Then took that juice plus a couple of the berries and put in the bottle. I added about 2-3 small slices of fresh (peeled) ginger. Then put the plain KT in it.

I was going to strain out the blueberry bits and the ginger but discovered little baby scoby's growing during the second ferment, so I left it alone.

Stiina · 09-19-2012, 01:56 PM

sounds fab!!!!!!!

shekinah · 09-19-2012, 02:11 PM

Good to know regarding the vinegar. I think I have read too much lately that I'm starting to confuse information, lol.

LearningMama · 09-19-2012, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shekinah

Good to know regarding the vinegar. I think I have read too much lately that I'm starting to confuse information, lol.

Me too

Turns out I didn't need it last night. I'm still growing the mother. When it's done I'll make sure I have some store bought kt to add to it.

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Originally Posted by melliethepooh

White vinegar is fine. Flavored tea not so much. What is it flavored with?

It's flavored with ginger. Turns out I didn't need it

NewLeaf · 09-20-2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemama

My KT is amazing!!!!!!

Last night I opened the strawberry one. It was good but a tad too sweet and I couldn't drink it all. Just now I opened a "gingerberry" and it tastes EXACTLY like Synergy's Gingerberry!!!!!

We do pom and ginger and it's my fave.

newday · 09-20-2012, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlemama

I had some blueberries frozen from when we went and picked them last summer. So I took about a 1/2C and mashed them up with a fork. Then took that juice plus a couple of the berries and put in the bottle. I added about 2-3 small slices of fresh (peeled) ginger. Then put the plain KT in it.

I was going to strain out the blueberry bits and the ginger but discovered little baby scoby's growing during the second ferment, so I left it alone.

I like loads of ginger in mine, with bubbles

my son thinks the baby scobys are candy or something, he always wants to eat them

HadassahSukkot · 09-20-2012, 10:47 AM

making up a new batch today... I'll check it again in about 3 weeks other than the daily check to make sure it's ok and undisturbed.

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Allison Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: just exactly where I should be Posts: 6,741	I think you need the original. That's what I used for my first batch. Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk __________________ Allison Blessed mother of my three sons: 22, 20, 18 Grateful for GCM since 2004

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09-19-2012, 09:16 AM	#742
littlemama Rose Trellis Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,256	Re: kombucha 101 thread! My KT is amazing!!!!!! Last night I opened the strawberry one. It was good but a tad too sweet and I couldn't drink it all. Just now I opened a "gingerberry" and it tastes EXACTLY like Synergy's Gingerberry!!!!! __________________ Heather - Wife to 1....Mama to 4....Midwife to many

09-18-2012, 08:44 PM	#741
Soliloquy Rose Garden Why climb a mountain? Because it's there! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Selkirk Mountains Posts: 52,860	Distilled white vinegar is fine. Black tea is standard. Storebought is made with all black unless the bottle specially states green was used. I use all black, I'm not a huge fan of green tea. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2

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09-19-2012, 10:24 AM	#744
littlemama Rose Trellis Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,256	Re: kombucha 101 thread! I had some blueberries frozen from when we went and picked them last summer. So I took about a 1/2C and mashed them up with a fork. Then took that juice plus a couple of the berries and put in the bottle. I added about 2-3 small slices of fresh (peeled) ginger. Then put the plain KT in it. I was going to strain out the blueberry bits and the ginger but discovered little baby scoby's growing during the second ferment, so I left it alone. __________________ Heather - Wife to 1....Mama to 4....Midwife to many

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Stiina Rose Garden Not Sharing Exuberantly Anymore Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9,507	Re: kombucha 101 thread! sounds fab!!!!!!!

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shekinah Rose Trellis Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,768	Re: kombucha 101 thread! Good to know regarding the vinegar. I think I have read too much lately that I'm starting to confuse information, lol. __________________ 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)

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