Re: any updates on the Nettles KT brews?

[Guest guest]

Hi Pamela,

I tried one brew (7 liters/quart) with fresh nettle. I infused 4 tbsp of

black tea (Darjeeling), 3 tbsp of green tea (Ceylon) and fresh nettles (50

heads). I boil all during 3 minutes and let in the hot water during 15

minutes, After that I filtered the water an added 700 grams of sugar. The

brew turned great, great taste, great fizz.

Last year I tried one two brews with dried horsetail (4 tbsp black tea, 3

tbsp green tea and 4 tbsp horstail). It turned great too... if one likes the

taste of beer.

(in Belgium)

2007/4/28, uuhhuhoo <uuhhuh@...>:

>

> Greetings All,

>

> Thank you for all the outstanding information (I can barely keep up!)

> you all share on this site. I have been happily brewing for about 2

> months now and am ready to branch out some.

> I read with great interest the posts on brewing with Stinging Nettles

> and as I sit here enjoying my fresh nettle soup I'm wondering how

> those brews were going? Did anyone have great success? Did you

> infuse fresh nettle or use dried like the teas? Has anyone worked

> with dandelion, violet or any other fresh plants? Any ideas are

> welcome as I have a bumper crops going in the woods here.

>

> green blessings,

> Pamela

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I now use nettle in almost all my brews. I don't include it as the tea

allowance (as part of the recipe) but add it as an extra. I add a couple of

heaped teaspoons of dried nettle (per gallon) to the brewing tea mix.

It is amazing stuff. I makes the kombucha smell slightly pepperminty but it

tastes nothing like that. I really think it adds something special to the

taste plus it is doing you good, too.

I've not worked with dandelion or other fresh plants but would love to. I

have tried dried hibiscus flowers with absolutely amazing effect. In fact,

it has been such a success that I now use hibiscus in all three of my four

brews (I'm using Quebra Pedra tea in my fourth pot, as it is supposed to be

good for gallstones and kidney stones).

Since I've been using hibiscus, my brews are much more fizzy and taste

fantastic. You really should try it.

-- any updates on the Nettles KT brews?

Greetings All,

Thank you for all the outstanding information (I can barely keep up!)

you all share on this site. I have been happily brewing for about 2

months now and am ready to branch out some.

I read with great interest the posts on brewing with Stinging Nettles

and as I sit here enjoying my fresh nettle soup I'm wondering how

those brews were going? Did anyone have great success? Did you

infuse fresh nettle or use dried like the teas? Has anyone worked

with dandelion, violet or any other fresh plants? Any ideas are

welcome as I have a bumper crops going in the woods here.

green blessings,

Pamela

[Guest guest]

I now use nettle in almost all my brews. I don't include it as the tea

allowance (as part of the recipe) but add it as an extra. I add a couple of

heaped teaspoons of dried nettle (per gallon) to the brewing tea mix.

It is amazing stuff. I makes the kombucha smell slightly pepperminty but it

tastes nothing like that. I really think it adds something special to the

taste plus it is doing you good, too.

I've not worked with dandelion or other fresh plants but would love to. I

have tried dried hibiscus flowers with absolutely amazing effect. In fact,

it has been such a success that I now use hibiscus in all three of my four

brews (I'm using Quebra Pedra tea in my fourth pot, as it is supposed to be

good for gallstones and kidney stones).

Since I've been using hibiscus, my brews are much more fizzy and taste

fantastic. You really should try it.

-- any updates on the Nettles KT brews?

Greetings All,

Thank you for all the outstanding information (I can barely keep up!)

you all share on this site. I have been happily brewing for about 2

months now and am ready to branch out some.

I read with great interest the posts on brewing with Stinging Nettles

and as I sit here enjoying my fresh nettle soup I'm wondering how

those brews were going? Did anyone have great success? Did you

infuse fresh nettle or use dried like the teas? Has anyone worked

with dandelion, violet or any other fresh plants? Any ideas are

welcome as I have a bumper crops going in the woods here.

green blessings,

Pamela

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the information. I will be trying some experimental

brews using fresh Nettle (and maybe dandelion and violet). I will

keep you posted as to how it goes! It's hard to not heed the call of

all the new spring growth all around me.

Blessings,

Pamela

[Guest guest]

In message <ecf99b910704280405m4cbd6df1o6a6489f12c4ab1bf@...> you

wrote:

> I tried one brew (7 liters/quart) with fresh nettle. I infused 4 tbsp of

> black tea (Darjeeling), 3 tbsp of green tea (Ceylon) and fresh nettles (50

> heads). I boil all during 3 minutes and let in the hot water during 15

> minutes, After that I filtered the water an added 700 grams of sugar. The

> brew turned great, great taste, great fizz.

> Last year I tried one two brews with dried horsetail (4 tbsp black tea, 3

> tbsp green tea and 4 tbsp horstail). It turned great too... if one likes the

> taste of beer.

>

Thanks , that is very helpful! I'll try your recipes.

Maybe, my last KT made with fresh nettles tasted a bit weird because I

didn't let it boil for 3 minutes. I'll try to do that next time. :-)

Greetz,

Margret:-) UK

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In message <46333707.00003F.00456@PANGIE> you wrote:

> Since I've been using hibiscus, my brews are much more fizzy and taste

> fantastic. You really should try it.

Pangie, how much do you use in your brew? What proportion of ordinary tea

to Hibiscus flowers?

Thanks in anticipation !

Margret:-)

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Hello Margret ))

Well, when I first started using hibiscus, I was very cautious. I had a 6

pint bowl and using your own sugar/tea ratio from when you sent me that

beautiful SCOBY (1 litre of water, 2 teaspoons tea, 90g sugar), I guess I

used about 5 or 6 hibiscus heads.

When it tasted so wonderful, I was a little bolder. I doubled the quantity

of hibiscus. Bearing in mind that I was not using a heating tray (simply

because I didn't have room on it for the bowl), it was actually fairly fizzy

in the bowl within 7 days - faster than the brews on the heating trays!

I like my kombucha quite tart, so tend to leave it for 14 days but I find I

am bottling this stuff much sooner, because I can't wait to drink it. I

have to be careful, as I find myself drinking a whole wine bottle of it a

day!

Well, what is a girl to do - the stuff is practically jumping into the

bottles <LOL>. It is far the best tea mixture I've used, to-date.

For those interested, this is my mix (the bowl holds almost 6 pints):

Water: 5.1/2 pints

Sugar: 260 grams

Tea: 3 teaspoons green tea

Tea: 3 teaspoons white tea

Tea: 12 Hibiscus heads (approximately)

Starter tea: just under 1/2 pint

I gave some of the precious stuff to my mother and she immediately ordered

some hibiscus flowers heads to use in her own batches. She is now hooked on

it.

I've now added hibiscus to all but one of my brews. The tea comes out pinky

red and my SCOBIES are a blushing pink <LOL>. They are also very healthy

indeed. In fact, the original hibiscus SCOBIES are now so thick, I've had

to separate them because they were taking up too much room in the bowl.

Pangie

-- Re: any updates on the Nettles KT brews?

In message <46333707.00003F.00456@PANGIE> you wrote:

> Since I've been using hibiscus, my brews are much more fizzy and taste

> fantastic. You really should try it.

Pangie, how much do you use in your brew? What proportion of ordinary tea

to Hibiscus flowers?

Thanks in anticipation !

Margret:-)

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[Guest guest]

Wow, that hibiscus kt sounds delicious!!!. I know this sounds dumb,

but are hibiscus heads just the flowers or are they something else?

Also, where can you get them? Thanks.

Paz,

Joe