Re[4]: Help! Please! I am new and know nothing about making the tea.

December 7, 2006

A good stoneware pot should not be doing this. Thats why its stoneware.

The ONLY references I can find are from Lead poisoning- Lead is no longer

allowed in ceramics Not in the clay nor the glazes. In fact it had been

outlawed already in the 80's when I was an avid potter at least in the USA.

I can see that you wouldn't want to brew your tea from an old ceramic which

still contains the lead, but to make a blanket statement about don't brew in

ceramic is really irrational and quite a bit of overkill. Stoneware is

actually glass so that means that glass is not safe either.

zoe

Thursday, December 7, 2006, 8:00:06 PM, you wrote:

k can extract chemicals out of ceramic while its growing.

zoe W wrote: Whats wrong with ceramic ? I

bought a continuous brewing vessel from Ed TheHappyHerbalist and its ceramic- is

doing a fine job for me.

zoe

Thursday, December 7, 2006, 7:11:10 PM, you wrote:

suzane -- laurelfarms.com has a a great growing instruction page..See if there

is someone in your area that can send you one for shipping and handeling.

Most people have an abundnce of K mush and are willing to share - make sure its

someone who knows not to use ceramic - metal or plastic in growing..IF there is

no one in your area email me and within the nxt 2 weeks I can ship you one for a

few dollars.

a Knudsen

suzpenz wrote:

Greetings:

I joined the group 2 days ago after reading in a health book about the

value of the tea.

I know absolutely nothing about it.

Can you please direct me to where I can learn about making my own?

Where do you buy the culture or ?scoby?

Does it have to be brewed in glass? Do you have to sterilize first?

I have so many questions. If anyone could help me I would be most

grateful.

Suzanne in central Kansas

www.vmdirect.com/paulak

www.frumples.com

www.pkfrumple.unfranchise.com

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December 7, 2006

I too am a potter for over 30 years. I was instructed not to brew Ktea in

anything other than clear glass by someone who got K accepted by FDA in Cal. in

1971 as a food source.

My understanding of stoneware is hi fired clay and it does contain

ingredients that K can chelate while in the growing process. I am only sharing

what I have been told. As I have beautiful bowls fired to cone10 and have been

advised not to use. Same as not to use anything but stainless steel to boil the

distilled water and sugar to make the tea and to avoid plastic always. I don't

understand it and I used a pendulum to test it and it seems to be correct info..

AND by no means am I an expert...

a

zoe W wrote:

A good stoneware pot should not be doing this. Thats why its

stoneware. The ONLY references I can find are from Lead poisoning- Lead is no

longer allowed in ceramics Not in the clay nor the glazes. In fact it had been

outlawed already in the 80's when I was an avid potter at least in the USA. I

can see that you wouldn't want to brew your tea from an old ceramic which still

contains the lead, but to make a blanket statement about don't brew in ceramic

is really irrational and quite a bit of overkill. Stoneware is actually glass so

that means that glass is not safe either.

zoe