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Old 11-09-2012, 04:13 AM   #931
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We use beer type bottles from Ikea. I have so many, I honestly don't know what I was thinking. LOL I use at most 4 in a month - 2 for Kombucha, 2 for water kefir. I keep our milk kefir in mason-type jars.
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Old 11-09-2012, 08:02 AM   #932
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So why do you get better fizz from a beer bottle, if your mason jars are air tight too???....I don't get it!!!!!
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:12 AM   #933
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I am thinking my mason type jars do not seal as well, as I still hear the air escaping from my canning jars. The others have snap close lids with a rubber seal. Maybe the pressure builds and isn't "burping" on it's own?
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:42 AM   #934
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Default Re: kombucha 101 thread!

Well, I guess I'll stick w/ my system then and forgo the beer bottles, since my kids really hate any fizz. I can barely get them to drink it as is!

Any tips on that, besides mixing it w/ juice? My littlest won't even drink juice right now - he only wants water and breastmilk!
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Old 11-09-2012, 11:30 AM   #935
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Honestly, I dunno. Mine think it's better than soda and beg for it and kefir.
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Old 11-09-2012, 11:46 AM   #936
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So why do you get better fizz from a beer bottle, if your mason jars are air tight too???....I don't get it!!!!!
Mason jars are not air tight unless you are canning and seal them. Mine are constantly leaking stuff out, and you can hear things going pshhhshhhshh sometimes I asked for the picklit jars for Christmas. I saw a blog entry from someone who microscoped the bacteria pictures, and there was WAY more bacteria from air tight containers than mason jars.
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Old 11-09-2012, 12:26 PM   #937
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Aaaah yes. Only airtight if you process them. of course

re: blog post - cool!!! So you'd use the picklit jars for booch, too?
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Old 11-09-2012, 02:17 PM   #938
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Probably just for food unless someone feels like blessing me with a whole bunch of them But you know I will at least try it once to see how much fizz I can get going!
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Default Re: kombucha 101 thread!

Did the mason jars. DH was not going to sanitzie the beer bottles for me this time and I am impatient and lazy.

So mason jars this time, and beer bottles next time I think!

Also, I was going to peel scoby to do two jars, but he wouldn't peel very nicely. I cut him in half. This will be all right, right?
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Default Re: kombucha 101 thread!

Not sure if this was addressed earlier in the thread, but what about fruit flies?

I gave a scoby w/ directions to my friend, and she said that fruit flies are flying around the bottle it's in. There's a definite gap so no liquid is touching the cloth covering the mouth of the jar, and she's using a rubber band to hold it on. So, don't worry about the fruit flies?? I suggested putting it in a cabinet, since it's out on the counter.

I haven't had that problem w/ my kt, so I have no idea.
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Fruit fly tip (starts around 1:30) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dVW6ORQhC0
Fruit fly contamination: http://www.organic-kombucha.com/komb...amination.html
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So mason jars this time, and beer bottles next time I think!

Also, I was going to peel scoby to do two jars, but he wouldn't peel very nicely. I cut him in half. This will be all right, right?
Ya, that's fine!
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:hiss yfit

Mollllllllllllllllllllldddddd!

GR.

Just went and got some that I bottled to try it. It has a little carbonation, tastes great! WONDERFUL.

Then I look at my two big jars to see if I should bottle this weekend and they were covered in mold!

So, looks like I'll be having to start over.
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nooooooooo! that is so aggri-nervewracking!


My kids are asking for kombucha like fiends. I need to get a batch going again. I've been so busy I haven't cleaned my jar or brewed more tea.
I think they'll be done with the liter I do have done before I can get another batch going...
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I started my last jar about a month ago and forgot to bottle it . The SCOBY looks great, should I just remove most of the vinegar and brew more as usual?
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