The Awesomeness That Is Kombucha

[Hannah Elise]

So... I wanted someplace to come and geek out. I got my SCOBY a little over a month ago and I'm ridiculously in live with it, as are both my boys. So, other than the GCMer I got my SCOBY from... are there any other adherents to The Great Order of Kombuchites here?

What's your favorite second ferment, if you've tried it? Most of ours doesn't make it that far, but I'm slowly building up the number of jars on my kitchen shelf to try to match our consumption.

[Hopetobe]

My two store-bought faves are strawberry and gingerberry. However, our new homemade fave is DAC - double apple cinnamon, yumm!


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[Hannah Elise]

Originally Posted by Hopetobe

My two store-bought faves are strawberry and gingerberry. However, our new homemade fave is DAC - double apple cinnamon, yumm!


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Ooo.. what's the "double"? Cider AND chunks of apple? I need to get some cider from the farm market just up the road and try to use that for a 2f...

[Hopetobe]

It just means twice the amount of juice as normal (I think dh does 2 shots instead of 1 maybe?), but fruit and juice might be good too!

ETA: What is a 2f?

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[mom2boys]

I am growing a scoby right now!! I've tried before but I didn't pay attention and I let it get gross.
I like strawberry flavored ones from the store. DH had the one with chia seeds in it...haven't gotten the courage to try it yet.

[MrsHutch]

I now have 3 big beverage dispensers of it brewing on my counter. I get about 12 pints per week from that, and that's almost enough for the three of us. I may have to up it to 4 dispensers eventually.

Apple cinnamon sounds like a great flavor to try!

I think my favorite flavor is ginger, but DH like berry flavors, so I usually wind up doing strawberries, blueberries, or blackberries. I've gotten to where I almost won't drink it without chia seeds in it, though. I love it that way so much. I've found that if I add a Tbs or two after the second ferment, and give it at least a day to sit after adding the chia, then it's just about perfect.

[mom2boys]

Good info!! I wasn't sure how I was going to get them in there for dh. Lol

[Hannah Elise]

Originally Posted by Hopetobe

It just means twice the amount of juice as normal (I think dh does 2 shots instead of 1 maybe?), but fruit and juice might be good too!

ETA: What is a 2f?

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Oh, sorry! That's the acronym they use for "second ferment" in a kombucha troubleshooting Facebook groul I've ventured into.

Originally Posted by mom2boys

Good info!! I wasn't sure how I was going to get them in there for dh. Lol

In aforementioned group, someone commented that they were having tissues with not having their chia seeds just form one clump ... another person said they put the chia seeds into some water and let them sit and gel for like a half-hour, and then mix them in, and have had success that way. So that might be a method to try. I figured that would be what I would try when I got around to it.

[MrsHutch]

Clumping can be an issue. I give it a good shake several times while it's sitting, and that helps.

[2TMama]

miss my kombucha! stopped brewing after my miscarriage last summer. there are other threads on gcm if you poke around!

i put chia in smoothies & granola & made a dessert using them, but never tried storebought k.t. with them. must try! how many tsp/Tbsp do you suppose is in a bottle?

[WanderingJuniper]

I love love booch or KT as it's called in our house. Always a favorite is cranberry-lemon.
Personally I ador ginger elderberry.

[Soliloquy]

I love grape, strawberry, strawberry rhubarb (honesteadmama turned me on to that one), apple cider, lemon, and blueberry. I haven't learned to love ginger booch, yet.

[homesteadmama]

I was gonna say strawberry rhubarb, but Soliloqy beat me to it. Seriously. You should try it. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

I usually just throw some frozen strawberries in my KT glass as "ice", and as they defrost, they flavor the drink. Easy and yummy. I've been doing continuous brew for awhile now, so I don't do a second ferment (I don't want to bother with extra jars to clean). But the frozen fruit in the cup is great. I keep lots of frozen fruit on hand for this purpose...blueberries, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries...

[Hannah Elise]

So here's a question.. does anyone else get short temper as a detox/Herx reaction when consuming probiotic foods? Argh.

Or maybe it s just pregnancy and feeling like I hit the grounds running two days before vacation and haven't stopped.

[WanderingJuniper]

Not really, no. I mean if there was something to really detox from in my system the. My answer may be different but we did a big clean up not too terribly long ago and have kept up with some core detoxing practices since.