Kombucha heating panel

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www.Kombucha2000.com (hideous website, but useful info) offers a " Kombucha

heating panel " that keeps the temperature between 80-84. That might be

helpful if you like your house to be on the cool side year round. They also

have pH test strips and other helpful stuff.

Jill Nienhiser

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www.westonaprice.org

www.realmilk.com

-----Original Message-----

From: Bellanger [mailto:chrisb05@...]

Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:31 PM

Subject: Re: Kombucha - A misnomer?

Kombu is seaweed, so kombucha might be a special type or something.

You kombucha might be too cold? needs to be fairly warm. when i used to grow

it, it always took longer in winter than summer, chris

>From: " Katanne " <katanne@...>

>Reply-

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>Subject: Re: Kombucha - A misnomer?

>Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:57:09 -0700

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>My Kombucha looks like a big slimy mushroom, and has nothing to do with

>seaweed. It is a combination of bacteria and yeast.

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>It is called fermented black tea because you put the Kombucha into black

>tea

>and let it sit (ferment) 0 days (depending upon the temperature).

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>I have no idea why yours would take a month to ferment, mine would be so

>strong I could not drink it!

>

>Kat

>http://www.katking.com

>

>----- Original Message -----

>From: " Berg " <bberg@...>

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>Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:59 AM

>Subject: Kombucha - A misnomer?

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> > I looked up " kombucha " in a Japanese dictionary and it said that it was

>a

> > drink made by adding finely-chopped seaweed to boiling water. Does

>anyone

> > know why we call fermented black tea " kombucha? "

> >

> > Or, while we're on the topic, why mine takes a month to ferment?

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