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Alee
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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 :  08:41:06 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I am so excited! My Kombucha SCOBY baby in the mail yesterday and I started up a batch of Kombucha tea! mmm! I can hardly wait for the week to ten days for the tea to brew completely! It has so many health benefits and I think it tastes yummy too!

Alee
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl

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Lisa
Idaho City ID
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 :  07:25:50 AM  Show Profile
OK, Alee, what is Kombucha? And how did it taste?

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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 :  07:44:26 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Kombucha is a tea based drink that has lots of great health benefits. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha

Depending on how you brew it, how much sugar you use, and how long you let it brew, it can have different tastes. But usually it tastes like a tangy apple cider. :D

Alee
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lisamarie508
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Lisa
Idaho City ID
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 :  09:32:16 AM  Show Profile
So, are you keeping this stuff brewing, now?

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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 :  1:39:57 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Lisa-

yes, we brew about a gallon a week, Every Sunday is when it matures for us and I start a new batch :D Doug and I will drink between 4-8 ounces a day. We both feel much healthier when we are drinking it and it gives our emotions a boost as well. It might sound silly but I just feel "better" all around when drinking it.

Alee
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catscharm74
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Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 :  1:45:20 PM  Show Profile  Send catscharm74 a Yahoo! Message
Where did you buy your maker? What brand? I would love to try this. My health is still a little "off" so I want to try something that sounds so healthy.

Heather

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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 :  1:48:23 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Heather- The Kombucha SCOBY is a living organism. I got mine from ebay- here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fresh-Robust-Kombucha-Scoby-2-Free-Plastic-Strainers_W0QQitemZ320248004615QQihZ011QQcategoryZ101965QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This seller also has an informative article and instructions on how to brew your own Kombucha Tea.

Alee
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mommom
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Susan
Lancaster Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - May 10 2008 :  11:22:18 AM  Show Profile
Thank you Alee! Mine is brewing! Thank you so much! Susan
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - May 10 2008 :  1:14:09 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Susan- I am so glad! I hope you enjoy it! I can't wait for Sunday! This latest batch looks like it is going to be YUMMY!

Alee
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl

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Anna
Seagrove NC
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 :  07:09:38 AM  Show Profile
YEA!! Someone else knows about this!

It's so good!

Enjoy

i have kept a SCOBY going now for almost 3 months. I change it up on Sundays too

It also makes for great conversation when people visit and see this stuff floating
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pearlgirl
Farmgirl in Training

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Lydia
Holland MI
USA
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Posted - Jan 26 2009 :  12:32:13 PM  Show Profile
It is so neat to find other people who do "weird" things like me. I killed my kombucha though. I left it for a week brewing and when I came home it had mold on the new layer. It never worked again. I am going to have to buy some more. I also do kefir but I liked kombucha a lot better.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - Jan 26 2009 :  1:08:15 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I too killed my kombucha. It got ignored during the move and I forgot to cover it and fruit flies moved in! UGH No thanks!

Alee
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Tammyb
True Blue Farmgirl

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Tammy
Bluffton Ohio
USA
511 Posts

Posted - Apr 09 2009 :  4:02:07 PM  Show Profile
Alee, try again. It does work and tastes great. I have been brewing for a few years now and have been known to give away scobies. Just save the baby from your next batch in some apple cider vinegar for future use ( in the frig covered)

Tammyb
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl

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kristin
chickamauga ga
USA
11303 Posts

Posted - Apr 14 2009 :  06:24:31 AM  Show Profile
Does anyone here have some I could buy from? I'd rather get it from ya'll, that way I know it will be good.

Also, Lydia, I noticed you do kefir too. Do you have a good source for that? I'd love to make my own as I will be milking goats soon and will have tons of milk. Thanks.

Kris

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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2009 :  08:40:28 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I need to buy another SCOBY, and I bought mine off ebay from a guy called "bacteriapimp" His were very healthy and I was very pleased.

Alee
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