Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I got a couple of my facts wrong in this post. First of all I meant that I would not store the finished brew in plastic, only glass. The acid in the HP sauce is Acetic acid not citric acid. Citric acid is what you get in citrus fruit. such as lemons, oranges, Which the pure juice that you can buy in supermarkets is sold in plastic containers?? Hydrocloric acid is used for eching glass. So surly there can be not much harm if Kombucha is brewed in good quality plastic for the few days that it takes. Malcolm > > > In my school days the acid that was stored in glass was very > > concentrated such as Nitric, Hydrocloric, and other nasty big burn > > stuff if got on ones skin. > > Surly the acids that we are talking about here is realy not so > > caustic otherwise we would not be drinking it. > > I would agree that glass would be best, but it is not easily to > > obtain suitable glass containers for KT. So we have to use the next > > best and cheapest thing. > > I am new to KT but I also feel sure that the many people on here > > that have been useing 'Plastic' for their brews for some time are > > still alive and well. > > Sauce that contains citric acid (Vinegar) is now contained in > > plastic bottles. (I just checked HP sauce is stored in a triangle 5 > > plastic bottle). > > > Thanks for making all those points, Malcolm, as they were exactly > the things that were on my mind, too. > So I don't have to write them out agaim. :-) > > Margret > -- > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > Minstrel@t... > www.therpc.f9.co.uk > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > > We learn to pray by praying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I buy the glass milk bottles, quarts and half gallons that the organic and raw milk come in. I keep them and then use these bottles to store my cultured kefir and kombucha in. They work great. You need a funnel though to minimize any spillage when filling them. Sometimes, if I have a lot of mother and I don't want it all in the strained Kombucha, I will put a gold coffee filter in the funnel, and then I have beautiful, sparkling, filtered Kombucha in a gorgeous glass bottle. Sasha -- Re: Plastic containers I have put my brewed tea in plastic jugs (like you get distilled water in) > In all of this discussion of glass vs plastic I only have one question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 ....or even salad dressing bottles...I agree! Tim Audrey Rehkemper <rgrbeaman@...> wrote: Amen. Most of the bad things we consume take a while to affect our health. I prefer glass and have little problems finding glass containers, vinegar. ready made tea... some soft drinks... beer bottles... wine bottles...etc From: sudsup Date: 06/07/05 07:06:11 kombucha tea Subject: Re: Plastic containers Yes, and there are many smokers who have lived happy healthy lives. However, I doubt you recommend a person stop being paranoied and start smoking! Just a thought... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 http://www.thegreenguide.com/products/Kitchen/Plastic_Containers Here is one link to safe plasticsto use. In this discussion of water pollution you are unable to ignore the plastics as most were madewith Bisphenol-A which releases estrogen mimicing particles that are endocrine diesupters that have sevely compromised our water, included were baby bottles. You will be happy to see pet bottles being mentioned and although no one has mentioned it it would pay to beon target with your containers if you arenot using glass. affectionately yours Bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 http://www.thegreenguide.com/products/Kitchen/Plastic_Containers Here is one link to safe plasticsto use. In this discussion of water pollution you are unable to ignore the plastics as most were madewith Bisphenol-A which releases estrogen mimicing particles that are endocrine diesupters that have sevely compromised our water, included were baby bottles. You will be happy to see pet bottles being mentioned and although no one has mentioned it it would pay to beon target with your containers if you arenot using glass. affectionately yours Bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hi, I recently purchased a thermos to take my food to work in and it says it is BPA free. Is this the only concern with plastic containers? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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