What Tea Do You Use? Late entry ;-)

[Guest guest]

Kurt,

You don't make it clear how long you've been brewing, so I may be

suffering from " Foot-in-mouth disease " by insulting your intelligence.

Common in this country @ the turn of the century :-))

But it does seem as if you can use what the heck you like with 2 common

provisos.

1. There *must* be a percentage of " Proper tea " from Camellia Sinensis

(The stuff the VAST majority of teas are made from.

2. If you mess about with flavo(u)rings I prefer mine " neat " then you do

it *after " first ferment, i.e. after de-SCOBYing and during bottling.

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Kurt Damron wrote:

> I am wondering what brand/types of tea does everyone use to make their KT?

I've heard mixed reviews about different brands and black vs. green, etc.

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[Guest guest]

Hey ! Thanks for the reply, and thank you to everyone else for

the great replies.

I've been brewing approximately 24 hours. Ha ha! I started my first

batch last night. I found an awesome jar at Wal-Mart yesterday. It

has to be close to 4 gallons because I made a 2 gallon brew and its

right at half full. It's made by Anchor Hocking, which I hear is

supposed to be a great glass for Kombucha since it is of good quality.

I went with a mixture of 1/3 green, 1/3 white, and 1/3 black tea. It

seems a bit dark, so next time I might use mostly green with a little

white and black mixed in. I have done extensive research over the

past few weeks on the methods of brewing, so I know to stay away from

flavored teas and teas with additives. I, too, will most likely end

up being a purist. I may play around with some minor flavoring in the

second ferment in a few bottles. I have a case of 12 swing top

Grolsch style bottles on the way, so I'll have plenty of room for

experimentation!

I have another Scoby since I bought two on ebay. I'm waiting for my

other glass container to come in. It's an almost 3 gallon glass

beverage dispenser with an all plastic spigot. I want to try to make

a continuous brew in that particluar container.

Thanks again to everyone!

--Kurt

> > I am wondering what brand/types of tea does everyone use to make

their KT? I've heard mixed reviews about different brands and black

vs. green, etc.

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[Guest guest]

If its growing on the bottom and there are slight flumes floating up as

if in wisps then it may be mother of vinegar forming.

leslie -

Re: Re: What Tea Do You Use? Late entry ;-)

Hello every body I'm a newbie here and to kombucha tea also I just

started

making the tea at the moment I'm brewing my 3rd lot and the mother

culture

is on top but the baby Is growing on the bottom is this ok or is

something

wrong with it? Thanks in advance for your input

[Guest guest]

Hi EveryOne,

Kombucha colonies always form on the surface of the liquid....the

" mother " or original kombucha may sink or go sideways or float but no

matter where the starter kombucha is the new Kombucha will form on the

surface of the fermenting KT.

If the original kombucha colony is floating too, it is sometimes

difficult to see which is the baby and which is the mother.....

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

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> If its growing on the bottom and there are slight flumes floating up as

> if in wisps then it may be mother of vinegar forming.

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> leslie -

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> Re: Re: What Tea Do You Use? Late entry ;-)

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> Hello every body I'm a newbie here and to kombucha tea also I just

> started

> making the tea at the moment I'm brewing my 3rd lot and the mother

> culture

> is on top but the baby Is growing on the bottom is this ok or is

> something

> wrong with it? Thanks in advance for your input

>