Why isn't my scoby smooth & beautiful?

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In message <gj8h51+sb46eGroups> you wrote:

> The first scoby I received was just like the beauties in the pics here -

> thick, solid, smooth - beautiful. But my current one is still shards

> of pieces after several months of continuous brewing. Some tiny pieces

> at the bottom, and larger floaters. Is it just a matter of time before

> mine fuse together and form the beautiful beige disc of my dreams?

Hi , With continuous brewing the growing scoby on top will get

continually disturbed and that disturbance means, that you will never

grow that beautiful beige disk of your dreams.

Funnily enough, on harvesting 5 different brews which I had overlooked

and left to their own devices, 2 of the batches had formed those smooth

full-moon-like disks.

The secret is NOT to disturb the brew at all for about 2 weeks.

You could put some KT aside in a glass with a diameter you would like

your scoby to be, cover and leave in secluded place and then forget about

it. When you remember it again after a period time, you will be surprised

about the lovely scoby that will have formed across the top.

You could then crown your continuous brew with it.....

http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html The Minstrel's Kombucha

Information Pages

Best wishes and this holy Season's Greetings,

Margret:-) UK

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[Guest guest]

The first scoby I received was just like the beauties in the pics here -

thick, solid, smooth - beautiful. But my current one is still shards

of pieces after several months of continuous brewing. Some tiny pieces

at the bottom, and larger floaters. Is it just a matter of time before

mine fuse together and form the beautiful beige disc of my dreams?

[Guest guest]

Excellent advice Margret!!

Although lovely SCOBYs are nice.... they are not at all necessary in

order to attain a good brew, but it is always possible to create one

if desired.

Gayle

On Dec 28, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Margret Pegg wrote:

> In message <gj8h51+sb46eGroups> you wrote:

>

>> The first scoby I received was just like the beauties in the pics

>> here -

>> thick, solid, smooth - beautiful. But my current one is still shards

>> of pieces after several months of continuous brewing. Some tiny

>> pieces

>> at the bottom, and larger floaters. Is it just a matter of time

>> before

>> mine fuse together and form the beautiful beige disc of my dreams?

>

> Hi , With continuous brewing the growing scoby on top will

> get

> continually disturbed and that disturbance means, that you will never

> grow that beautiful beige disk of your dreams.

>

> Funnily enough, on harvesting 5 different brews which I had overlooked

> and left to their own devices, 2 of the batches had formed those

> smooth

> full-moon-like disks.

>

> The secret is NOT to disturb the brew at all for about 2 weeks.

> You could put some KT aside in a glass with a diameter you would like

> your scoby to be, cover and leave in secluded place and then forget

> about

> it. When you remember it again after a period time, you will be

> surprised

> about the lovely scoby that will have formed across the top.

> You could then crown your continuous brew with it.....

>

> http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html The Minstrel's

> Kombucha Information Pages

>

>

> Best wishes and this holy Season's Greetings,

>

> Margret:-) UK

> --

> +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+

> <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<><

> http://bavarianminstrel.wordpress.com

> God sent His only Son into the world so that we might have life

> through Him (1 4)

>

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