Re: Should I rinse the scoby

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> My Scoby has a good amount of brown slime on it and I was wondering if

> I'm suppose to wash it off before brewing a new batch of tea.

> I remember reading something about rinsing with vinegar solution...

> true or false?

> (like 1/2 filtered water and 1/2 white vinegar)

>

Dove, you can, if you must.

I wiggle messy scobys about in some KT until they look a bit more

respectable and then reintroduce them into the brew. I strain the

ooglified liquid back into the brew as well. Only the messy slimy bits

stay behind .................... until they come back again before

very long. ;-)

They are totally harmless, really, and I would not get into a stew over

them! ;-)

Happy brewing!

Margret:-) UK

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In message <39a935f50802081349v10ae184dx87c95983ff0b73c2@...> you

wrote:

> My Scoby has a good amount of brown slime on it and I was wondering if

> I'm suppose to wash it off before brewing a new batch of tea.

> I remember reading something about rinsing with vinegar solution...

> true or false?

> (like 1/2 filtered water and 1/2 white vinegar)

>

Dove, you can, if you must.

I wiggle messy scobys about in some KT until they look a bit more

respectable and then reintroduce them into the brew. I strain the

ooglified liquid back into the brew as well. Only the messy slimy bits

stay behind .................... until they come back again before

very long. ;-)

They are totally harmless, really, and I would not get into a stew over

them! ;-)

Happy brewing!

Margret:-) UK

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In message <39a935f50802081349v10ae184dx87c95983ff0b73c2@...> you

wrote:

> My Scoby has a good amount of brown slime on it and I was wondering if

> I'm suppose to wash it off before brewing a new batch of tea.

> I remember reading something about rinsing with vinegar solution...

> true or false?

> (like 1/2 filtered water and 1/2 white vinegar)

>

Dove, you can, if you must.

I wiggle messy scobys about in some KT until they look a bit more

respectable and then reintroduce them into the brew. I strain the

ooglified liquid back into the brew as well. Only the messy slimy bits

stay behind .................... until they come back again before

very long. ;-)

They are totally harmless, really, and I would not get into a stew over

them! ;-)

Happy brewing!

Margret:-) UK

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Thanks Margret,

I will wiggle it clean in it's own broth and kombucha forward.

Cheers

Dove

On Feb 8, 2008 4:40 PM, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote:

> > My Scoby has a good amount of brown slime on it and I was wondering if

> > I'm suppose to wash it off before brewing a new batch of tea.

> > I remember reading something about rinsing with vinegar solution...

> > true or false?

> > (like 1/2 filtered water and 1/2 white vinegar)

> >

> Dove, you can, if you must.

> I wiggle messy scobys about in some KT until they look a bit more

> respectable and then reintroduce them into the brew. I strain the

> ooglified liquid back into the brew as well. Only the messy slimy bits

> stay behind .................... until they come back again before

> very long. ;-)

>

> They are totally harmless, really, and I would not get into a stew over

> them! ;-)

>

> Happy brewing!

>

> Margret:-) UK

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> > > My Scoby has a good amount of brown slime on it and I was

wondering if

> > > I'm suppose to wash it off before brewing a new batch of tea.

> > >

> > Dove, you can, if you must.

> > I wiggle messy scobys about in some KT until they look a bit more

> > respectable and then reintroduce them into the brew.

> > Margret:-) UK

I'm new to kombucha brewing, but I'm finding that the color and amount

of slime on my scobies depends a lot on what kind of tea I use. The

darker the tea, the more yucky the scobies look.

I just decanted a batch that I made with a white tea, and the scobies

look less icky, and the KT has a light refreshing taste, too.

Sue

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> " snip " ... I'm finding that the color and amount

> of slime on my scobies depends a lot on what kind of tea I use. The

> darker the tea, .... " end snip "

>

Sue,

I'm sure you're correct, this is a mix 50/50 black tea and green tea.

Dove