RE: Re: what the heck is wrong w/ my kombucha?

May 25, 2008

I heard Sally Fallon say during a talk once that it needs to cool enough

that you COULD put your hand in it to remove the tea bags.

Kathy

Re: what the heck is wrong w/ my kombucha?

well, it was warm. it hadn't completely cooled. does it need to

completely cool?

i did add previous kombucha batch--didn't measure but it looked to be

about 1 cup.

thanks!

lisa

> >

> > hi all,

> >

> > I have tried brewing kombucha several times and with different

> > mushrooms but w/ no success. I figured that the temp in my house just

> > wasn't high enough so i bought that special kombucha heating panel

> > from Kombucha 2000. Anyhow, my kombucha still tastes very sweet to me

> > even after 18 days of brewing. I don't want to be consuming any

> > refined sugar. I have tested w/ PH test strips and the results get

> > down to about a 4 or 5, but no lower. Any ideas? I actually fermented

> > one batch (a few months back and w/ different mushroom and w/ out

> > heating panel) and still after 2 months or so i tasted sugar.

> >

> > thanks,

> > lisa

> >

>

May 26, 2008

I always let mine completely cool per the Kombucha 2000 instructions.

Marcie