Re[2]: OT: distilled water

November 21, 2008

Hello afurfriendzy,

Silver has anti-biotic properties so would most likely kill the scoby.

zoe

Friday, November 21, 2008, 9:48:09 PM, you wrote:

> Hello Fellow Brewer's.

> Reading this I was reminded of the Blue Bloods who turned blue from

> all the silver they ate off - drank from.. The colloidal silver

> blue guy.

> Anyway, I use distilled water for my Kombucha. A couple years ago

> I purchased a Sears Kenmore distiller for like $80-. I add liquid

> minerals at times to my drinking water but not my Kombucha water.

> During the summer I put the newly distilled water in a glass jar and

> put out in the sun for 24hrs. which makes it taste really wonderful..

> (w/o liquid mins)

> Now to my inquiry. There are old timer folks who put a silver

> dollar in there water crock which is similiar to the colloidal

> silver application/theory.

> There is some wonderment how GT's brews - maybe in stainless vats ?

> I started my original scoby from a GT's and it is The Best tasting

> brew... I also have another scoby from a list member and the taste

> doesn't compare to my GT's..which is really disappointing because

> they are prepared the same way.. The scoby is just different.

> So... I'm kind of wondering what the liquid minerals and/or the

> silver in the water would do to the brew ? What metal

> contact/content would create..

> I know... give it a try and keep us posted right ?

> O.k. will do.

> P-

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>> Several places while I was doing google searches refered to a blue

> glow

>> given off by the beads, if you are one of the people able to see

> it. Being

>> involved in the water business most of my life, when people start

> talking

>> water, I start asking questions. > JimS

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