Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Yes, ... An ambient temperature of around 70F to 85F is optimal. Those strip thermometers work nicely, don't they? Some folks will culture their kombucha near a radiator or in another warmer place. Some have built little heated cubbies. Others, like yourself, use a heating pad in one way or another. :-) So... congratulations on a successful brewing experience and here's to many, many more in the future! Gayle On Dec 1, 2008, at 3:08 AM, dcal206 wrote: > This is my first time posting and I would like to address a road block > I had with brewing.Tried to grow two babies, each from a bottle of > store bought GT kombucha in seperate gallon jars with sweet assam > tea.Put it in a cupboard in my kitchen, waited almost 2 weeks. > Guess what? No new scoby but a few mold lumps on the surface of the > tea. Damn. This time around I received 2 small thin scobys from > someone off a kombucha exchange network. I used a bottle of store > bought kombucha in each gallon jar again. However, this time I gave > careful attention to the AMBIENT TEMPERATURE the jars were in. I live > in SEATTLE and right now my house is near 60F. Not warm enough for kt > brewing I assumed so I went out and bought a " seedling heat mat " which > you should be able to find in most planting/gardening stores and > placed a towel on top of it and the jars on top of that. Then I > wrapped a towel around the base of both jars. I also used an external > fish tank thermometer that sticks like a piece of tape to the outside > of the jar (it has a range of 68-84F.) I made sure temp was in range > of 74-82F. About 12 days later, SUCCESS! A large scoby formed atop the > previous mini ones and am currently enjoying my first batch! This > might be a hasty conclusion but make sure to MAINTAIN IDEAL > TEMPERATURES WHEN BREWING KT! - > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Yes, ... An ambient temperature of around 70F to 85F is optimal. Those strip thermometers work nicely, don't they? Some folks will culture their kombucha near a radiator or in another warmer place. Some have built little heated cubbies. Others, like yourself, use a heating pad in one way or another. :-) So... congratulations on a successful brewing experience and here's to many, many more in the future! Gayle On Dec 1, 2008, at 3:08 AM, dcal206 wrote: > This is my first time posting and I would like to address a road block > I had with brewing.Tried to grow two babies, each from a bottle of > store bought GT kombucha in seperate gallon jars with sweet assam > tea.Put it in a cupboard in my kitchen, waited almost 2 weeks. > Guess what? No new scoby but a few mold lumps on the surface of the > tea. Damn. This time around I received 2 small thin scobys from > someone off a kombucha exchange network. I used a bottle of store > bought kombucha in each gallon jar again. However, this time I gave > careful attention to the AMBIENT TEMPERATURE the jars were in. I live > in SEATTLE and right now my house is near 60F. Not warm enough for kt > brewing I assumed so I went out and bought a " seedling heat mat " which > you should be able to find in most planting/gardening stores and > placed a towel on top of it and the jars on top of that. Then I > wrapped a towel around the base of both jars. I also used an external > fish tank thermometer that sticks like a piece of tape to the outside > of the jar (it has a range of 68-84F.) I made sure temp was in range > of 74-82F. About 12 days later, SUCCESS! A large scoby formed atop the > previous mini ones and am currently enjoying my first batch! This > might be a hasty conclusion but make sure to MAINTAIN IDEAL > TEMPERATURES WHEN BREWING KT! - > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hello. I had the same problem these days and near all kombucha was lost, I have about 65ºF and kombucha was so old, about six months old, because I stoped brew kombucha some months ago. I have a electrical heater chamber for kombucha but electrical resistance was broken. Only one brew of eight brews of one gallon each had no mold, I replaced the broken electrical resistance and now I have 75-80ºF of temperature, and all seems be ok. p from Spain. El lun, 01-12-2008 a las 09:08 +0000, dcal206 escribió: > This is my first time posting and I would like to address a road block > I had with brewing.Tried to grow two babies, each from a bottle of > store bought GT kombucha in seperate gallon jars with sweet assam > tea.Put it in a cupboard in my kitchen, waited almost 2 weeks. > Guess what? No new scoby but a few mold lumps on the surface of the > tea. Damn. This time around I received 2 small thin scobys from > someone off a kombucha exchange network. I used a bottle of store > bought kombucha in each gallon jar again. However, this time I gave > careful attention to the AMBIENT TEMPERATURE the jars were in. I live > in SEATTLE and right now my house is near 60F. Not warm enough for kt > brewing I assumed so I went out and bought a " seedling heat mat " which > you should be able to find in most planting/gardening stores and > placed a towel on top of it and the jars on top of that. Then I > wrapped a towel around the base of both jars. I also used an external > fish tank thermometer that sticks like a piece of tape to the outside > of the jar (it has a range of 68-84F.) I made sure temp was in range > of 74-82F. About 12 days later, SUCCESS! A large scoby formed atop the > previous mini ones and am currently enjoying my first batch! This > might be a hasty conclusion but make sure to MAINTAIN IDEAL > TEMPERATURES WHEN BREWING KT! - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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