[OK]A general KT questions ...

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All on the same day ...

I started a second brew with a scoby from one source (Original scoby) in a wide

2 gallon jar.

I started a second brew with a scoby from a second source. (different scoby,

starter from original scoby) in a 1 gallon jar

I started a brew without a scoby in a sun tea gallon jar (Wonderdrink, green

tea, lemon juice, sugar). No success. Added a tiny nub of original scoby.

All successfully fermented.

After one week, I ``harvested'' all on the same day. I filtered and placed KT in

1/2 gallon glass jars.

All the smaller scobys were placed in a jar with KT and placed in the

refrigerator. The larger scobys, like the giant one in the two gallon container,

remain in their original container with starter KT, not in the refreigerator.

Question 1: Is it normal for all my filtered, bottled KT to each be growing a

new scoby?

Question 2: What are the best conditions for a KT hotel? Refrigerate or not?

Question 3: Does the giant (10 " across) scoby need to stay intact? or can it be

cut into smaller pieces and still be successful?

Any assistance is appreciated!

Namaste ...

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In message <519886.73994.qm@...> you wrote:

> Question 1: Is it normal for all my filtered, bottled KT to each be

> growing a new scoby?

Absolutely YES! It shows that your KT is alive and well and does what is

in its nature.

> Question 2: What are the best conditions for a KT hotel? Refrigerate or not

Definitely NOT to refrigerate! Any cultures you would like to use in future

brewing need to be kept at room temperature to keep them really viable.

If you like to drink your KT cold, you can, of course, refrigerate it prior

to consumption.

> Question 3: Does the giant (10 " across) scoby need to stay intact?

> or can it be cut into smaller pieces and still be successful?

The smaller pieces of a large scoby will be just as effective for brewing

as they all contain the Kombucha DNA blueprint and also don't bear any

grudges towards the one who downsized them ;-) You still need acidic

starter liquid as well, and that, again, contains some more of the same

Kombucha DNA blueprint

Kombucha Greetings and God's Blessings,

Margret:-)

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