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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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 Posted - May 05 2010 : 4:22:14 PM
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Thanks Kristin
I'll be on the lookout & then will need advice on how to start it!
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 07 2010 : 4:15:31 PM
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hey kris, i got mine today. put in jar. gotta get tea tomorrow. usually dont have regular black around. so excited to try it.the smell makes me think it might be a good a good balance for the ph. thank you so much. i never would have tried this with out you and this post. big day im pooped. talk at ya later tonight girls. as my mom used to say...i need to lay down and let my mind go blank for a while watching a happy movie. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 07 2010 : 7:32:36 PM
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Good. I am glad it's there. Lisa got hers too. I am glad the babies made it to each of you safely. It does smell good, doesn't it? And it is good for the gut for sure.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 07:07:31 AM
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hi kris, my baby scoby is a happy girl. how long till i can drink it. i know you said you like yours fermented. it tastes good. not fermented yet. thanks so much. i will send a check in with your soap and some goodies for you. i am mailing out stuff today or tomorrow. depends on the weather of course. windy rainy today. thanks again. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 4:12:29 PM
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Sherrye, I let mine go at least 2 weeks here. But it really might depend on where you live as to how long it takes to ferment. Just taste it after a week and see if it's a little fizzy. You'll just have to experiment with it. I am glad you got it ok. And I will get you some soap in the mail. I need to write me a note now!
Kris
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 5:28:13 PM
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Hey Kris, mine looks OK, getting darker maybe. Is it normal for the scoby to get webby? stuff on it?
I haven't tasted it yet. I am waiting until it is good & strong! |
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monicarose
True Blue Farmgirl
406 Posts
Monica
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 7:37:05 PM
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Maybe it's what the Baldwin Sisters brewed in their basement! Just kidding with all of you! never heard of this stuff, makes me feel so out of the loop! Why, I'm going to have to pay a visit to my local health food store! Anything to get rid of these cankles!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 7:45:24 PM
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Lisa, it will have some stuff hanging around the bottom. Kind of dark stuff. I think it's part of the scoby that comes loose. It doesn't bother me and I do drink it. But you could strain it if it bothers you. It's just part of it. And the color could be the tea. How does it smell? It's only been 5 days so far.
Monica, I am no expert but it's a fermented drink. I call it a mushroom but really it's a scoby. No idea myself what it it. I just love it and have been drinking it since last fall. If you want some email me your address and I'll send you one.
Kris
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 8:23:45 PM
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| Kris, it smells good. I am looking at it each day & smelling it. I haven't tasted yet though. Thanks again for my little Chickamauga Scoby. You are a sweetie |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 9:43:52 PM
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well you answered my question too kris. mine has dark stuff under it. it tastes sweet so far. still fermenting. i used green tea.i saw that you can buy kombucha tea made with raspberry tea. you think its ok i used green tea. she looks happy in there. i think i see itty bitty babies forming. how fun happy days sherrye thanks again
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - May 14 2010 : 9:29:44 PM
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Homemade is the best by far. I just can't seem to make enough of it for my DH and I. I have used a number of types of tea. Pomegranate Green, Lemongrass green, morning thunder, I have an earl grey and a strawberry kiwi peach brewing right now. Tomorrow I am going to a class on fermentation. I can't wait!!!! 
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Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 26 2010 : 05:16:34 AM
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I made a discovery this morning. I am the worst one for pouring a glass of something and forgetting where I put it and getting another. So I find glasses of old milk or tea or stuff all over the place. Well, this morning I went out on the side porch and there was a glass of Kambucha about 2" full. I noticed something white on the top and it's a little thin baby! I had no idea it would make babies after being in the fridge. So that's a good way to get lots more babies for friends or to sell. I will make some and try to sell at the market when I start going.
Lisa and Sherry, I hope ya'lls are doing good.
Kris
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - May 26 2010 : 07:06:31 AM
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Kris
I put my 1st batch in the fridge. It tastes great, kind of a sweet, tart cidery taste.
I am making a 2nd batch in a half gallon jar. |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 26 2010 : 07:25:07 AM
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good morning farm girls. i have been taking a small amount out each am before anything in my stomach. its been great. now i think i am ready too for the fridge and to start a new batch. i always find it so amazing how EVERYTHING wants to live and replicate. good to know babies will grow from that. wow hope you have rain kris. i do not want the rain we have. thanks for the good elixer happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 26 2010 : 09:19:03 AM
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Where is rain? It's not here yet. It's getting a little cloudy but no rain yet. I am still hopeful and waiting. I am all ready for it.
I'm glad the kambucha is doing so well for ya'll. I need to make more now myself. I think I might take some pint jars and pour a little tea in them and see what happens.
Have ya'll been overtaken by fruit flies yet? I hate those darn things. I can't keep fruit out at all in spring, summer or fall. And they love hanging out on the cheesecloth if it gets any tea on it.
Kris
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urban chickie
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Catherine
Niles
IL
USA
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Posted - May 26 2010 : 09:33:04 AM
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Most refrigerators don't get cold enough to kill the culture, just sort of hibernate it. So yes, sitting around a new SCOBY will form. Folk who sell them regularly will have a bunch of small jars all sitting around with kombucha so they have a regular harvest of SCOBYs. And I just use my hotels for new SCOBYs. Sitting there holding my extras, new ones still form. It's very self propagating!!
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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