Re: About the two gallon jar?

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Yep! I got the 2 gallon jar, the very same one you mentioned! Thanks

for the peace of mind!

As for the blueberry kombucha, I did the straw-taste test. It didn't

taste like beer yet but I felt it could get there if I didn't change

the contents.

So, I ended up making 6 cups of light green tea sweetened. Cooled it

then poured it in the washed & rinsed 2 gallon glass jar. When the

tes was room temp, I strained the blueberry kombucha so I can trap the

yeast particles in the strainer lined with paper towel (I recommend

using large unbleached coffee filters, but didn't have any on hand),

poured it with the new green tea.

I was fortunate to get another great SCOBY from a guy who does this

for years. I washed the food scissors and scrubbed with green brillo

to make sure no old, unseen food particles are on the blades. Cleaned

the scissors one more time, then used it to cut the SCOBY in half.

Since I didn't have food handling disposable gloves, I turned a ziploc

baggy inside-out and made-do with it like a mitt to grab the SCOBY

while I snip-snip it in half. I poured the bottle of GTs into the KT

starter bag, then poured out half the starter liquid into the new

blueberry kombucha jar and dropped in a half SCOBY. Used a square-cut

piece of muslin and capped the jar with a rubberband. Let's see how it

turns out in 8-9 days!

I hope the way I handled the batch was good enough to make a delicious

batch of blueberry kombucha!

On 9/7/09, lr_grossman <lr_grossman@...> wrote:

> Hi Philip, did you buy the two gallon is it a jar made by a Mainstays at

> Walmart in the housewares aisle? I know I bought two 1 gallon jars

> from Walmart under that name in the I believe housewares, or somewhere kind

> of unexpected. I just wanted to tell you what they told me about those jars.

> If it doesn't have extra labeling reading iron, or lead,

> or a heavy metal, or added something that could be hazardous, than it does

> NOT have it in it. That's just what the customer service woman quoted me as

> saying.

>

> It is made in China remember that, but the customer service woman told me

> about the labeling. The blueberry sounds divine. I don't know where

> you live but I wish it was up the street or across the street from me!

> Mmmhmm yess indeeedy. Or maybe not, I'd never leave you alone.

> Cheers!

>

>

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