Re: Ooglies and jelly-blobs WAS Tea too sweet?

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In message <dsdm9t+lbimeGroups> you wrote:

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> since I like my kombucha to be slightly fizzy, i was interested in

> letting them ferment slightly longer after bottling, but when you do

> so, how do you avoid getting blobs of culture forming in it?

Hi Dave, and welcome!

Blobs, growing things, oogly monsters are, I'm afraid part of the

nature of the beast ;-)

The only way to get over this is to strain the things out before

drinking the KT.

You could have 2 clean empty bottles ready in the morning and strain

the contents of the older KT into these (one for you, one for your

girl friend).

I do this every morning, straining ooglified KT into the family 2-litre

bottle from which all KT is taken for that day. Then it's reasonably

safe not to encounter weird jelly-blobs unawares :-)

I

> personally find it very disturbing to get any globs in my mouth when

> taking a swig.. I tried one additional day after bottling on my last

> batch, but it didnt really seem to make much if any difference. I was

> a bit afraid of exploding bottles, so I kept them in a heavy kettle

> with a lid on

Hey, that's a good idea. I also unscrew bottles every few days to release

excess pressure. Generally I feel safer with food grade plastic bottles,

but glass is also so much nicer to give away as a present.

Blessings,

Margret:-)

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