Using scoby after vacation....

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I put my scoby in a bowl with lots of KT, a towel with rubber band,

just like I do when I'm brewing it. It was on hiatus for about a

month. (I didn't notice that I should have also put it in the

refrigerator during this time.)

My question is that when I brewed my first batch after coming home,

the scoby baby was really slimy after 7 days, it looked really good,

thick and nice and white. I'm wondering if the slime was a problem.

Also, I have read on the list numerous times that if you kill your

scoby you could be only getting a MOV. How can you tell if that's what

you have? At first, I thought that as long as I'm getting a baby, I'm

okay, but I read something the other day that made me rethink that.

Thanks,

Kathy

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In message <fc7qho+lbb4eGroups> you wrote:

> I put my scoby in a bowl with lots of KT, a towel with rubber band,

> just like I do when I'm brewing it. It was on hiatus for about a

> month. (I didn't notice that I should have also put it in the

> refrigerator during this time.)

Yippy, Kathy, you did the right thing not to put it in the refrigerator!

Your culture should spring back into happy fermentation the moment you

put it in some cool sweet tea!

> My question is that when I brewed my first batch after coming home,

> the scoby baby was really slimy after 7 days, it looked really good,

> thick and nice and white. I'm wondering if the slime was a problem.

No, it should not be a problem at all. It is possible to wash it

in its own KT ... jiggle it about and gently rub the surface with the

KT or a little distilled vinegar.

> Also, I have read on the list numerous times that if you kill your

> scoby you could be only getting a MOV.

You definitely wouldn't. You get 'Mother of Vinegar' only with a MOV

culture present in your brew, i.e. having started a prior brew with

unpasteurised cider vinegar ...

As your scoby is nice and white and thick, I think you would have a proper

Kombucha culture and need not worry.

Happy brewing!

Margret:-)

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