Guest guest Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Use a staniless steel pot. Use real tea. White, black or green. Use 1 1/2 cups sugar per quart of water, boil to dissolve. Turn off heat, add tea (5 to 6 bags). Let it steep for 5 to 20 minutes. Time is pretty optional. I have made it at night and added to the jug in the morning. Let it cool naturally to room temp. Pour into a gallon jar (I like the tea jugs with spigot at the bottom) with your scoby and enough room temp water to make 1 gallon. Cover with a cloth or paper towel and secure with rubber band. That keeps out the fruit flies. Let it sit in a dark cupboard for abut a week until it tastes like you want it to. Pour off into smaller containers, leaving about 1 1/2 cups in the jar. Refrigerate the poured off portions. Add sugared tea per instructions to the jar and start over. Do not let it come into contact with metal, especially aluminum. Stainless is fine for boiling the tea, since it is non-reactive. Make sure the tea is room temp when you add it. Check the spigot if you use one, to make sure it is plastic, not metal. Gayla Bob and Gayla Always Enough Ranch Acampo, CA Scoby found!!! > > I'm so excited! I posted on Freecycle yesterday and already today I got a > reply. I'm meeting her tomorrow to pick up my pancake beast . : ) > > Any hard learned lessons, tips, or tricks for a first timer? I don't want > to accidentally kill off my Scoby!!! > > Candace > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Make sure your tea is completely cooled before adding the scoby. Heat will kill it. And don't worry if it sinks to the bottom of the jar, it will come back up. Don't shake the jar after you find it's resting place. I keep mine on top of the hot water tank as it's in its own closet in the dark. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 That's one thing I wondered about.... Storing it in canning jars after it's done brewing since it wouldn't ever actually touch the metal tops!?And I live in an apt... Does it stink while fermenting?Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 21, 2009, at 9:37 AM, "Gayla " <aeranch@...> wrote: Use a staniless steel pot. Use real tea. White, black or green. Use 1 1/2 cups sugar per quart of water, boil to dissolve. Turn off heat, add tea (5 to 6 bags). Let it steep for 5 to 20 minutes. Time is pretty optional. I have made it at night and added to the jug in the morning. Let it cool naturally to room temp. Pour into a gallon jar (I like the tea jugs with spigot at the bottom) with your scoby and enough room temp water to make 1 gallon. Cover with a cloth or paper towel and secure with rubber band. That keeps out the fruit flies. Let it sit in a dark cupboard for abut a week until it tastes like you want it to. Pour off into smaller containers, leaving about 1 1/2 cups in the jar. Refrigerate the poured off portions. Add sugared tea per instructions to the jar and start over. Do not let it come into contact with metal, especially aluminum. Stainless is fine for boiling the tea, since it is non-reactive. Make sure the tea is room temp when you add it. Check the spigot if you use one, to make sure it is plastic, not metal. Gayla Bob and Gayla Always Enough Ranch Acampo, CA Scoby found!!! > > I'm so excited! I posted on Freecycle yesterday and already today I got a > reply. I'm meeting her tomorrow to pick up my pancake beast . : ) > > Any hard learned lessons, tips, or tricks for a first timer? I don't want > to accidentally kill off my Scoby!!! > > Candace > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 And clean the spigot every batch or you'll microscopic scobys growing in there clogging it up! I know, it happened to me. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Only starts to stink if you forget it and it turns to vinegar! Then it just smells like vinegar. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Now that I NEVER would have thought of! Thanks!Little brat scobys. : )Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 21, 2009, at 10:05 AM, "SV" <shavig@...> wrote: And clean the spigot every batch or you'll microscopic scobys growing in there clogging it up! I know, it happened to me. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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