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Old 10-03-2012, 09:24 AM   #796
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Zak, where did you have your jar sitting for a YEAR AND A HALF??????? That would be terrifying
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Old 10-03-2012, 10:20 AM   #797
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i used to do the straw thing to taste it..but i think i just like it at all stages..so from about the 5th day..im just pourin' glasses baby- till its gone
Haha, I think I only did the straw thing the first two times I made it. Now I just brew, let it sit for almost 3 weeks, then bottle for second ferment. I don't really like it without the added fruit, so no pouring it off or taste testing going on here.

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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?
Sounds good to me.
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Zak, where did you have your jar sitting for a YEAR AND A HALF??????? That would be terrifying
My garage (no cars).

The mailbox is funny. My friend took a chunk of scoby to freak her hubby out.
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well..like, 99.9% of people would have NO CLUE what it was..it would be so funny.
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Old 10-03-2012, 02:04 PM   #800
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I AM OUT OF SUGAR!

Can I keep my SCOBY in the fridge until tomorrow??
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Old 10-03-2012, 02:21 PM   #801
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I've kept mine in the fridge for a few days.
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I AM OUT OF SUGAR!

Can I keep my SCOBY in the fridge until tomorrow??
Thanks for reminding me! I gotta get some before this batch is done too.
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Soooo...My scoby's just been chillin in a little bit of tea for....over a week now. It's okay, right ?! IDK why it's so hard for me to just fill it up with tea, sugar and water!!
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So I've been trying to grow my mother for just over two weeks. I got the SCOBY and was given instructions to start at this point
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This time, make a quart of tea. Heat four cups water to the boil, add 1/3 cup sugar, and steep with 2 tea bags or 2 tablespoons black tea...
from these directions http://www.paprikahead.com/2009/07/h...ucha-from.html
So after just over 2 weeks this is what I have

What should I do now? Do I let it continue to grow or can I start brewing? I really want to get started.

I used unbleached sugar if that affects anything.
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that looks plenty big enough to use to me.
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Default Re: kombucha 101 thread!

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.
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Rotting tea

I will not look at my jar.
I will not look at my jar.
I will not look at my jar.

Seriously, though. It's only been two days so there can't have been much change.
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its not rotting!

its becoming greater

entropy does not apply to KT
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It's far more dramatic when I tell people I'm letting my tea rot.
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