Re: Anyone have scobies that are ALL sinkers?

[Guest guest]

I had two quarts of tea get way too vinegary on me in 7 days (last batch),

and it STILL tasted icky sweet, like there was still tons of sugar to be

consumed...

Okay, I am just guessing here but it sounds like your KT was not ready yet.

Why did you throw it out?

KT is both slightly sweet and sour at the same time. It usually tastes kind

of like Apple Cider. Did you add vinegar to the started tea? If not, how can it

be vinegary and too sweet at the same time? Did you dissolve your sugar

first and then add it to the tea?

Try letting this batch go a little longer. Start tasting it on the seventh

day and each day until it is to your taste.

It will always taste a little vinegary and a little sweet unless you ferment

it for a long time and then it will

be very vinegary. Hope this helps.

" May the Great and Wise Wolf guide your path " Myrna

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn, yes adding vinegar can cause it to taste a little too vinegary but

if you would have let it go longer, it would have used up the sugar and

stabilized to a light apple cider taste. I feel bad that you threw it out, LOL

I brew in one gallon and two gallon jars. For the one Gallon, I use 1 3/4

cups of sugar and for the 2 gallon, I use 3 1/4 cups of sugar so not sure how

much sugar to use for quart size jars. I am sure you will like your new batch.

Happy brewing to you, Myrna

[Guest guest]

Myrna,

I did add vinegar to the starter tea--there was very little starter

tea mailed with my culture, so I added 1/4 cup of white vinegar to

the batch to get it going. That might have messed with the flavor a

bit. As for how it could have tasted both too sweet and too vinegary-

-I don't know! It wasn't at all light and cidery like Kombucha I've

tasted in the past. It was vinegary, but strongly icky sweet. I

felt that I may have added too much sugar for the amount of tea I had

in my jar... That plus adding the vinegar! I'll see what happens

with this batch--if it tastes like the first on day 6 or 7, I'll give

it more time like you said!

Thanks for your response,

Dawn

>

> I had two quarts of tea get way too vinegary on me in 7 days (last

batch),

> and it STILL tasted icky sweet, like there was still tons of sugar

to be

> consumed...

>

> Okay, I am just guessing here but it sounds like your KT was not

ready yet.

> Why did you throw it out?

>

> KT is both slightly sweet and sour at the same time. It usually

tastes kind

> of like Apple Cider. Did you add vinegar to the started tea? If

not, how can it

> be vinegary and too sweet at the same time? Did you dissolve your

sugar

> first and then add it to the tea?

>

> Try letting this batch go a little longer. Start tasting it on the

seventh

> day and each day until it is to your taste.

> It will always taste a little vinegary and a little sweet unless

you ferment

> it for a long time and then it will

> be very vinegary. Hope this helps.

> " May the Great and Wise Wolf guide your path " Myrna

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

The new scoby or " baby " , always forms on the surface of the tea, regardless of

where the " mother " is.

If the jar or brewing container is moved or agitated during the formation of a

new scoby it will often sink. (this does not adversely effect the brew) Another

will begin to form again if the tea is left to continue fermenting.

When adding a scoby to a fresh batch of sweet tea, they usually sink, but if it

is warm enough for high yeast activity and co2 production then the gas bubbles

will often carry it to the surface or cause it to hover in the middle of the

jar.

Brew well,

Beau

Anyone have scobies that are ALL sinkers?

both my original culture and my new baby

sank straight to the bottom and stayed there, with the new scoby

forming completely separate, on top of the tea!

I have to say, I was looking forward to developing thick layers of

scobies... Why do some float and some sink?

[Guest guest]

Dear Ethridge?

I never had one. Nor a climber either.

Blessings on you all. LOve. MArge.

[Guest guest]

-

I usually have floater...but am dealing with a sinker now.....

I was waiting for it to float...until I read you post

Pam

-- In kombucha tea , " sudsup " <sudsup@y...>

wrote:

>

> <cogadh@b...> wrote:

> > I brew my KT in a 2.5 gal jug and I generally let it go

> for

> > 2 weeks. I found that 7-8 days just wasn't long enough.

> >

>

> I'm also brewing in 2.5 gal jugs and i have been having a 2 to 3

> week fermentation process. I think this is because the opening is

> only about 6 " and the temps have dropped a bit. But, if i'm

> understanding the process correctly, the longer it brews the more

> benificial it is, then it's good with that. It tastes great and

> well carbinated as well.

>

> Sudsup

[Guest guest]

Hi , the fizz is not as strong as a carbonated drink like Coke or Pepsi.

It's much more subtle.

" May the Great and Wise Wolf guide your path " Myrna