Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hi all, Happy holidays! I'm working through a colder kitchen issue where my 3 jars of kombucha are processing (harvesting this week after 4 weeks). I wanted to pass along the following I found on the internet that may be helpful to others. It involves capturing the heat thrown from refrigerator coils and directing the heat to your kombucha jars on top of the refrigerator. Going forward, I may use this process or use a waterbed heater we have. Here is the link for the refrigerator heating process: http://www.winterroot.net/site/wordpress/?tag=refridgerator-heat-reuse-kombucha-\ incubator Question, since my house is colder, should I have been using more than the 1 cup of sugar, like maybe 1 1/2 cups of sugar anticipating a longer processing time? Would that may have sped up the process? Thanks, Joan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 > I wanted to pass > along the following I found on the internet that may be helpful to > others. It involves capturing the heat thrown from refrigerator coils > and directing the heat to your kombucha jars on top of the > refrigerator. That is cool! I love ingenuity! I just have my jar sitting on my heating pad set on low. It seems to be doing OK. If I move to two jars, though, I don't think there's enough room on the pad for both of them. I might have to try that refrigerator idea. Marcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 on another list they recommended that a soft heating pad only be used around the jar. If a jar is put on top of it, it could cause a hot spot and possible fire. If you would like the heat to be from the bottom a reptile type heating stone was suggested. aka Piper USDA xone 8; Waco, TX whistling_lass wrote: > > > >> I wanted to pass >> along the following I found on the internet that may be helpful to >> others. It involves capturing the heat thrown from refrigerator coils >> and directing the heat to your kombucha jars on top of the >> refrigerator. >> > > That is cool! I love ingenuity! I just have my jar sitting on my > heating pad set on low. It seems to be doing OK. If I move to two > jars, though, I don't think there's enough room on the pad for both of > them. I might have to try that refrigerator idea. > > Marcy > > > ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 the fridge idea is a good one! when my sis tried her first brew, the only space she thought she could spare was on the dryer. she called me wanting to know why her scoby was made up of dozens of layers. i told her it was like the rings on a tree, we could go back and see what days she kept up with her laundry, and when she let it slide! i dont know if the vibrations from the fridge would do this too? they also make hard plastic heating pads especially for KT (the happy herbalist sells them), i have one, but after reading the balanced brew site, i use it on top of beside my jars rather than underneath. dl ________________________________ From: Lanning_Shipton <piper@...> kombucha tea Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:03:10 PM Subject: Re: Re: One comment, one question on another list they recommended that a soft heating pad only be used around the jar. If a jar is put on top of it, it could cause a hot spot and possible fire. If you would like the heat to be from the bottom a reptile type heating stone was suggested. aka Piper USDA xone 8; Waco, TX whistling_lass wrote: > > > >> I wanted to pass >> along the following I found on the internet that may be helpful to >> others. It involves capturing the heat thrown from refrigerator coils >> and directing the heat to your kombucha jars on top of the >> refrigerator. >> > > That is cool! I love ingenuity! I just have my jar sitting on my > heating pad set on low. It seems to be doing OK. If I move to two > jars, though, I don't think there's enough room on the pad for both of > them. I might have to try that refrigerator idea. > > Marcy > > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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