Small Baby Scoby

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My first scoby made a baby, which easily separated by itself (except for a

little tug at one

connection point). I decided to keep it and put it in a separate container for

a later brew. My

questions are: 1) It's so much smaller than the mother - does that make any

difference and

2) how long can I keep it sitting in a plastic bottle? It has about 2 cups of

sweetened tea in

there with it. Is room temperature okay or should I put it in the refrigerator

until I'm ready to

use it?

For such an easy process, there sure are a lot of questions that come up when

one starts

brewing this stuff!

Kathy

[Guest guest]

In message <f2qkq7+1ip3eGroups> you wrote:

> 1) It's so much smaller than the mother -

> does that make any difference and

Hi Kathy, It would be the best thing to ferment the baby scoby along

with the mother, as 2 or more cultures are very good for the brew,

even may produe a better tasting brew, as some of us have experienced.

> 2) how long can I keep it sitting in a plastic bottle?

> It has about 2 cups of sweetened tea in there with it.

You should not keep the culture in a plastic bottle. Considering the

acidic nature of KT glass is safest.

It would have been better for the scoby to have been kept in KT rather than

sweetened tea, but it should probably not matter too much.

> Is room temperature okay or should I put it in the refrigerator

> until I'm ready to use it?

Never put a Kombucha culture you are intending to brew with at a future

date in the fridge!! Room temperature is absolutely ideal.

> For such an easy process, there sure are a lot of questions that come up

> when one starts brewing this stuff!

Well, it's GOOD 'stuff' and quite complex. Like any worthwhile craft

there are new things to be learnt all the time. I have been brewing for

over 20 years and am still refining and experimenting and getting to

understand Kombucha and its wonderful ways,

I guess to the end of my earthly days.

Blessings,

Margret UK :-)

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