Guest guest Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 In message you wrote: > Today is my 6th day of my first ferment. I think that I am having twins. Congratulations, Kombucha Dad ! Just leave all the scobys as they are, they merrily partake in the fermentation process wherever they are in the jar. When your ferment tastes as you like it and you strain off the KT, you have the choice to either continue with all the scobys, or to start a scoby hotel which would give you lovely acidic KT for every new batch and/or scobys+acidic starter to share with others. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S c o b y H o t e l is simply a glass jar with KT liquid in which float your redundant scobys. These consume even more of the resident sugars and leave the liquid really acidic, making it into the perfect anti-mold acidic starter for any new brew. After taking out of the 'Hotel' the starter liquid you need, just top the hotel up again with some newer KT. Don't use sweet tea, as this will stimulate the yeasts in the brew too much. The acidic liquid in the scoby hotel gets balanced in favour of the bacteria side, allowing the yeasts to fall a bit dormant. This has the effect of preventing too rapid a fermentation and thus a premature souring of your batch. Balancing toward the bacteria side will give you much better tasting Kombucha Tea Tonics in the long run. You cover the scobyHotel the same way as you do your usual fermentation jar to keep clean inside. Your redundant scobys will keep good in the hotel for many months and even years. Scoby hotel is a brilliant thing to have - I use it all the time! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > If this is the case, what should I do? > , Just don't do until you do! ;-) You are doing just fine! All best, Margret, in the cold and rainy motherland (please send us some sun and dry! ;-) -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html http://bavarianminstrel.wordpress.com http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Meditations/Focus/focus.html http://creation.com/creation-videos The answer to every human problem is God's help. Yes, it is that simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Next time cut that larger scoby to fit your jar, doesn't have to be a perfect fit just one thats manageable. Sounds like your brew is working just fine. zoe ________________________________ To: Kombucha Forum <original_kombucha > Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012, 19:24 Subject: Twins!!! Today is my 6th day of my first ferment. I think that I am having twins. There is definitely a scoby growing on the top. It looks like there is also a scoby growing on the bottom. The original scoby was too big. I got it from some dude who had a larger jar than I am using. So the mother is sort of stuck in the middle and the two darling babies are one on the top and one on the bottom, I think. If this is the case, what should I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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