Re: Stringy web-like suspension

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Might be those vinegar eels. If that is the case, you need to dump the

batch and the scoby.

On 12/5/08, milesevin <milesevin@...> wrote:

> I am on day nine of my second batch of kombucha. There are four onr

> gallon brews. In two of them, there is a weblike suspension of stringy

> stuff all throughout the brew. It is not brown blobs hanging from the

> baby. I knocked the baby in accidentally and the stuff is suspended in

> the brew above the sunken baby as much as under it. It looks like very

> thin wisps of slime-tails but they are just kind of magically hanging

> uniformly throughout. There is not a cubic inch of liquid without

> these strings in it. Is this normal?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Evin

>

>

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>

> On 12/5/08, milesevin <milesevin@...> wrote:

> > I am on day nine of my second batch of kombucha. There are four onr

> > gallon brews. In two of them, there is a weblike suspension of stringy

> > stuff all throughout the brew. It is not brown blobs hanging from the

> > baby. I knocked the baby in accidentally and the stuff is suspended in

> > the brew above the sunken baby as much as under it. It looks like very

> > thin wisps of slime-tails but they are just kind of magically hanging

> > uniformly throughout. There is not a cubic inch of liquid without

> > these strings in it. Is this normal?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

Dear Evin,

I can assure you, that the 'stringy weblike stuff' you describe is

not due to vinegar eels. You have a very common and normal accumulation

of yeasty bits with tea pigments (grey/black/brown) which are not

only within the parameters of the normal, but usually indicate a good

and tasty brews. Congratulations!

So, your brew is normal and probably very delicious, just ooglified ;-)

http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html

with best Kombucha greetings,

Margret :-) UK

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In message <8CB25DD8FD70430-EE8-284@...> you wrote:

>

> Oh my Gosh what r vinegar eels and how can I make sure I never get them

> or that I can recognize them if

> I do. they sound like really nasty critters.

Please do not worry, !

Vinegar eels are sometimes found in unpasteurised vinegar, and if someone

uses that kind of vinegar as starter liquid (it is NOT recommended!)

you don't only get the acidity=good, but also the Mother of vinegar culture

=not good, as you have a Kombucha culture and the 2 are not the same, and,

at the worst vinegar eels.

These are actually harmless and can be easily strained out of the KT,

so there is nothing to worry about, really. Vineagr eels are nematode worms

qhich feed mainly on dead bacteria.

http://www.vinegarman.com/zoo_vinegar_eel.shtml

Vineagr eels are often deliberately cultured because they make excellent

food for aquarium fish.

Soooo, they aren't nasty critters at all!

Blessings,

Margret :-) UK

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Oh my Gosh what r vinegar eels and how can I make sure I never get them

or that I can recognize them if

I do. they sound like really nasty critters.

Re: Stringy web-like suspension

>

> On 12/5/08, milesevin <milesevin@...> wrote:

> > I am on day nine of my second batch of kombucha. There are four onr

> > gallon brews. In two of them, there is a weblike suspension of

stringy

> > stuff all throughout the brew. It is not brown blobs hanging from

the

> > baby. I knocked the baby in accidentally and the stuff is suspended

in

> > the brew above the sunken baby as much as under it. It looks like

very

> > thin wisps of slime-tails but they are just kind of magically

hanging

> > uniformly throughout. There is not a cubic inch of liquid without

> > these strings in it. Is this normal?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

Dear Evin,

I can assure you, that the 'stringy weblike stuff' you describe is

not due to vinegar eels. You have a very common and normal accumulation

of yeasty bits with tea pigments (grey/black/brown) which are not

only within the parameters of the normal, but usually indicate a good

and tasty brews. Congratulations!

So, your brew is normal and probably very delicious, just ooglified ;-)

http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html

with best Kombucha greetings,

Margret :-) UK

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what you describe does not sound at all like vinegar eels. just do a web search

on them and view some of the pics. here is one link to a guy who grows them on

purpose, to feed his fish babies.

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/eels.htm

here's some more info and pics

http://www.vinegarman.com/zoo_vinegar_eel.shtml

 

dl

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kombucha tea

Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 11:16:50 AM

Subject: Re: Stringy web-like suspension

Oh my Gosh what r vinegar eels and how can I make sure I never get them

or that I can recognize them if

I do. they sound like really nasty critters.

Re: Stringy web-like suspension

>

> On 12/5/08, milesevin <milesevin (DOT) com> wrote:

> > I am on day nine of my second batch of kombucha. There are four onr

> > gallon brews. In two of them, there is a weblike suspension of

stringy

> > stuff all throughout the brew. It is not brown blobs hanging from

the

> > baby. I knocked the baby in accidentally and the stuff is suspended

in

> > the brew above the sunken baby as much as under it. It looks like

very

> > thin wisps of slime-tails but they are just kind of magically

hanging

> > uniformly throughout. There is not a cubic inch of liquid without

> > these strings in it. Is this normal?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

Dear Evin,

I can assure you, that the 'stringy weblike stuff' you describe is

not due to vinegar eels. You have a very common and normal accumulation

of yeasty bits with tea pigments (grey/black/ brown) which are not

only within the parameters of the normal, but usually indicate a good

and tasty brews. Congratulations!

So, your brew is normal and probably very delicious, just ooglified ;-)

http://www.therpc. f9.co.uk/ family/scobygrow /home.html

with best Kombucha greetings,

Margret :-) UK

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Alright I am pretty sure now that they are not vinegar eels. They

didn't look like the pictures on happyherbalist.com. This morning I

checked and all the webs have settled to the bottom. Maybe it was just

because that was the first time the brew was disturbed. I guess we can

chalk this one up to newbie panic. Thanks for all the responses.

Evin

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12/09/2008

Hi, Evin,

I'll bet you're seeing extra yeast strings, which you

can see pictures of on Ed's HappyHerbalist site.

I spoke with him about this a while back, and here

is the essence of what Ed said: Extra yeast strings

will cause a yeast-weighted Kombucha, which tends to

be more carbonated. Lots of people prefer their

Kombucha this way. IF you want less yeast, just strain

your starter/bowlful through a coffee filter, and continue.

I had one instance of this " extra yeast, " which I filtered

as suggested, and that was the end of those extra, fine

filament strings of yeast.

Good luck,

lem

>

> Alright I am pretty sure now that they are not vinegar eels. They

> didn't look like the pictures on happyherbalist.com. This morning I

> checked and all the webs have settled to the bottom. Maybe it was just

> because that was the first time the brew was disturbed. I guess we can

> chalk this one up to newbie panic. Thanks for all the responses.

>

> Evin

>