Re: my scoby's are anorexic!!!!!!!!!!

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Hi ,

Check the room tempature or maybe you put it in the kitchen. Scoby like to stay

in the dark area and clean air. I used to put my brew in the kitchen and made

my scoby very thin and the tea is sooo sour.

Good luck.

Elvy

sabrina poole <poolesabrina@...> wrote:

Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone else had found that thier scoby's

dont grow very fat? i was kindly sent a very healthy looking FAT scoby

by karen withey and have just started drinking the finished tea, yummy.

but i found that my baby didn't grow very fat. i keep the culture and

tea in a wide bowel and was wondering if this was why it is so skinny!

what can i do to make it fatter?

also my tea is very bitter, sort of like an appely vinegar. im told

this is normal but i wondered if it would be ok to add squash or juice

to it before drinking!

If anyone has any ideas they would be very welcome!

Thanks

sabby20903@...

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In message <dd08rb+3ieaeGroups> you wrote:

> Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone else had found that their scoby's

> dont grow very fat?

http://w3.trib.com/~kombu/KTBalance.shtml Kombucha Balance

, you can do your own investigation about your scoby on Len's

excellent website. Just click on the 'thin scoby' option.

> i keep the culture and tea in a wide bowel and was wondering if this

> was why it is so skinny!

No, . I grew my fattest scoby ever in a very large aperture

bucket.

> what can i do to make it fatter?

Really, thinness or fatness is not important in scobyland.

You say that your Kombucha brew is yummy, that speaks for itself:

You have a healthy brew. It's actually all your brew that's the culture, as

it is teeming with healthy yeasts and bacteria.

The yeasts tend to be on the bottom, the bacteria on top pf the brew -

the scoby being to a large degree bacteria.

It may be that your brew is too much on the yeast side.

To encourage the bacteria side of your brew, make sure you discard the

yeasty slush on the bottom of your brewing container.

Adding green tea to an all black brew can help. I have found that green

tea tends to help scobys to grow fatter.

>

> also my tea is very bitter, sort of like an appely vinegar.

It's supposed to taste like that, but you can brew a little less long

next time and bottle when it is still a little less acidic.

I'm just off now to do that very thing myself ... about 25 litres to

inspect!

> i wondered if it would be ok to add squash or juice

> to it before drinking!

Yes, that is fine. Just fizzy spring water mixed with it can also be yummy.

Make sure that your squash is free from artificial sweeteners and colours,

as they really are not good for you.

Happy drinking,

Margret:-)

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[Guest guest]

In message <dd08rb+3ieaeGroups> you wrote:

> Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone else had found that their scoby's

> dont grow very fat?

http://w3.trib.com/~kombu/KTBalance.shtml Kombucha Balance

, you can do your own investigation about your scoby on Len's

excellent website. Just click on the 'thin scoby' option.

> i keep the culture and tea in a wide bowel and was wondering if this

> was why it is so skinny!

No, . I grew my fattest scoby ever in a very large aperture

bucket.

> what can i do to make it fatter?

Really, thinness or fatness is not important in scobyland.

You say that your Kombucha brew is yummy, that speaks for itself:

You have a healthy brew. It's actually all your brew that's the culture, as

it is teeming with healthy yeasts and bacteria.

The yeasts tend to be on the bottom, the bacteria on top pf the brew -

the scoby being to a large degree bacteria.

It may be that your brew is too much on the yeast side.

To encourage the bacteria side of your brew, make sure you discard the

yeasty slush on the bottom of your brewing container.

Adding green tea to an all black brew can help. I have found that green

tea tends to help scobys to grow fatter.

>

> also my tea is very bitter, sort of like an appely vinegar.

It's supposed to taste like that, but you can brew a little less long

next time and bottle when it is still a little less acidic.

I'm just off now to do that very thing myself ... about 25 litres to

inspect!

> i wondered if it would be ok to add squash or juice

> to it before drinking!

Yes, that is fine. Just fizzy spring water mixed with it can also be yummy.

Make sure that your squash is free from artificial sweeteners and colours,

as they really are not good for you.

Happy drinking,

Margret:-)

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The King of Love my Shepherd is!

[Guest guest]

I normally have pretty fat SCOBYs but found the month of July they were

underweight consistently. They seem to be beginning to fatten up slightly

more this week. Perhaps this is a seasonal effect.

This aside, I find conditions best for brews in the following order early

spring, late fall, winter, summer.

Though the temperatures are cooler in the winter resulting in slower growth

and fermentation, they often make some of the best tasting brews.

- Len

my scoby's are anorexic!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone else had found that thier scoby's

dont grow very fat? i was kindly sent a very healthy looking FAT scoby

by karen withey and have just started drinking the finished tea, yummy.

but i found that my baby didn't grow very fat. i keep the culture and

tea in a wide bowel and was wondering if this was why it is so skinny!

what can i do to make it fatter?

also my tea is very bitter, sort of like an appely vinegar. im told

this is normal but i wondered if it would be ok to add squash or juice

to it before drinking!

If anyone has any ideas they would be very welcome!

Thanks

sabby20903@...

[Guest guest]

Why does everyone want fat SCOBYs? Does it make a difference? Mine are huge.

Wish they would go on a diet!

my scoby's are anorexic!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone else had found that thier scoby's

dont grow very fat? i was kindly sent a very healthy looking FAT scoby

by karen withey and have just started drinking the finished tea, yummy.

but i found that my baby didn't grow very fat. i keep the culture and

tea in a wide bowel and was wondering if this was why it is so skinny!

what can i do to make it fatter?

also my tea is very bitter, sort of like an appely vinegar. im told

this is normal but i wondered if it would be ok to add squash or juice

to it before drinking!

If anyone has any ideas they would be very welcome!

Thanks

sabby20903@...

[Guest guest]

So what tea do you use , mine are reasonably fat they look

like a piece of ham all pink because of the fruit tea I use :-)

Don't know if it was here I read that 'using mostly green tea made a

sparkly brew with a creamy white scoby' but if I use equal ammounts

of green & black I find it too tart.

Jo

> Why does everyone want fat SCOBYs? Does it make a difference? Mine

are huge.

> Wish they would go on a diet!

>

> my scoby's are anorexic!!!!!!!!!!

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> Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone else had found that thier

scoby's

> dont grow very fat? i was kindly sent a very healthy looking FAT

scoby

> by karen withey and have just started drinking the finished tea,

yummy.

> but i found that my baby didn't grow very fat. i keep the culture

and

> tea in a wide bowel and was wondering if this was why it is so

skinny!

> what can i do to make it fatter?

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> also my tea is very bitter, sort of like an appely vinegar. im told

> this is normal but i wondered if it would be ok to add squash or

juice

> to it before drinking!

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> If anyone has any ideas they would be very welcome!

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