Re: KT with Lemon over ice

[Guest guest]

>>>Thought you might like to try your KT poured over ice with fresh lemon

added.<<<

Great suggestion, but is this for the people who favor the " pucker " of kombucha?

I'm not one of those at all, so I don't think I wanna try. I like and use lemon

in food dishes, but I haven't found a way to like them in a drink except lightly

in sweetened tea--being mixed with another mild flavor.

I tried the lemon/ginger that was suggested a few months back, but that is not a

fav flavor either. But I like just ginger but only after it is aged in the

fridge.

Lyn

[Guest guest]

Perhaps you would prefer fresh mint from the garden better....it is very cooling

and helps digestion. I harvest some and then " bruise " it a bit and put it in

water or KT.

:-)

Modiste

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To: original kombucha <original_kombucha >

Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:57 PM

Subject: Re: KT with Lemon over ice

 

>>>Thought you might like to try your KT poured over ice with fresh lemon

added.<<<

Great suggestion, but is this for the people who favor the " pucker " of kombucha?

I'm not one of those at all, so I don't think I wanna try. I like and use lemon

in food dishes, but I haven't found a way to like them in a drink except lightly

in sweetened tea--being mixed with another mild flavor.

I tried the lemon/ginger that was suggested a few months back, but that is not a

fav flavor either. But I like just ginger but only after it is aged in the

fridge.

Lyn

[Guest guest]

>>>Perhaps you would prefer fresh mint from the garden better....it is very

cooling and helps digestion. I harvest some and then " bruise " it a bit and put

it in water or KT.<<

Hmmm. I thinkkkkk I tried mint once and didn't care for it...but I'll bet that

was before I knew about my fancy for aged ginger, which was my very first flavor

that I took to my Dad's and never got to try except the first taste when I made

it. That is when I didn't like it much. My Dad never drank what I gave him, so

when I visited him months after that, I tasted it my bottles and my taste buds

popped. So maybe I would like aged mint booch that same way cuz mint and ginger

have similarly scaled flavors. I bet I will.

I am growing spearmint at my house this year for the first time because someone

wanted to give me some. And my Dad has peppermint on his farm that I will dig up

and root at my house.

I wish I liked KT more. I drink alot of it, but almost never like it. And the

ones I HAVE liked I have no clue how to reproduce. The one was my recent 9-wk

old brew that never turned to vinegar. The very first one was after I knew I

liked aged ginger, so I thought I would like everything aged. So, on that

particular day, I had opened a bottle that was months old and it was

MMM--MMMM---SOOO GOOD. But there was nothing floating in it, and I had others

that had nothing floating in them and they were not yummy like this one.

Hmmm. :-/ Since these two scenarios seemed to be both plain, maybe I just need

to age some plain booch again and see if that is the flavor I liked.

But I know what I will be trying to flavor some with now. Mint! I might even try

a bottle of ginger/mint. ;-)

Lyn

[Guest guest]

What is " aged ginger " ?

Thanks!

>

> >>>Perhaps you would prefer fresh mint from the garden better....it is very

cooling and helps digestion. I harvest some and then " bruise " it a bit and put

it in water or KT.<<

>

> Hmmm. I thinkkkkk I tried mint once and didn't care for it...but I'll bet that

was before I knew about my fancy for aged ginger, which was my very first flavor

that I took to my Dad's and never got to try except the first taste when I made

it. That is when I didn't like it much. My Dad never drank what I gave him, so

when I visited him months after that, I tasted it my bottles and my taste buds

popped. So maybe I would like aged mint booch that same way cuz mint and ginger

have similarly scaled flavors. I bet I will.

>

> I am growing spearmint at my house this year for the first time because

someone wanted to give me some. And my Dad has peppermint on his farm that I

will dig up and root at my house.

>

> I wish I liked KT more. I drink alot of it, but almost never like it. And the

ones I HAVE liked I have no clue how to reproduce. The one was my recent 9-wk

old brew that never turned to vinegar. The very first one was after I knew I

liked aged ginger, so I thought I would like everything aged. So, on that

particular day, I had opened a bottle that was months old and it was

MMM--MMMM---SOOO GOOD. But there was nothing floating in it, and I had others

that had nothing floating in them and they were not yummy like this one.

>

>

> Hmmm. :-/ Since these two scenarios seemed to be both plain, maybe I just need

to age some plain booch again and see if that is the flavor I liked.

>

> But I know what I will be trying to flavor some with now. Mint! I might even

try a bottle of ginger/mint. ;-)

>

> Lyn

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Lyn,

It is a shame you are not enjoying the taste of every batch of KT you are

making.

Perhaps you are letting it get too acidic before drinking it? Most people

prefer it somewhere on the scale of sweet-sour. There are a few I know who like

it very acidic and I noticed they also had Cancer so i think that the acidity

helped them with that.

Some people also drink their KT very sweet which probably isn't to good for most

people because of all the sugar still in the brew.

Like you, i once had a KT that fermented a long time but instead of turning to

vinegar it turned into a dry white wine tasting KT. No idea why or how but

haven't been able to reproduce that effect.

Aged KT if kept sealed in a glass bottle in the refrigerator is really

delicious. It gets a refined taste the carbonation becomes finer and stronger

and it often tastes like Champagne. It is hard to keep it that long but I always

try to keep a bottle or two in the back of the fridge for special occasions.

Hope you find a way to make your KT something you can enjoy every day.

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

>

> >>>Perhaps you would prefer fresh mint from the garden better....it is very

cooling and helps digestion. I harvest some and then " bruise " it a bit and put

it in water or KT.<<

>

> Hmmm. I thinkkkkk I tried mint once and didn't care for it...but I'll bet that

was before I knew about my fancy for aged ginger, which was my very first flavor

that I took to my Dad's and never got to try except the first taste when I made

it. That is when I didn't like it much. My Dad never drank what I gave him, so

when I visited him months after that, I tasted it my bottles and my taste buds

popped. So maybe I would like aged mint booch that same way cuz mint and ginger

have similarly scaled flavors. I bet I will.

>

> I am growing spearmint at my house this year for the first time because

someone wanted to give me some. And my Dad has peppermint on his farm that I

will dig up and root at my house.

>

> I wish I liked KT more. I drink alot of it, but almost never like it. And the

ones I HAVE liked I have no clue how to reproduce. The one was my recent 9-wk

old brew that never turned to vinegar. The very first one was after I knew I

liked aged ginger, so I thought I would like everything aged. So, on that

particular day, I had opened a bottle that was months old and it was

MMM--MMMM---SOOO GOOD. But there was nothing floating in it, and I had others

that had nothing floating in them and they were not yummy like this one.

>

>

> Hmmm. :-/ Since these two scenarios seemed to be both plain, maybe I just need

to age some plain booch again and see if that is the flavor I liked.

>

> But I know what I will be trying to flavor some with now. Mint! I might even

try a bottle of ginger/mint. ;-)

>

> Lyn

>