Re: Please help...I just can't seem to make it work :(

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....it sounds like a lots of yeast activity and not enough matured culture,still

wondering on the origin of scoby..jahjet

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> > > ... can you describe the liquid at the bottom of the jar?? that is

> > what us use as starter liquid, right?? JJ

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> > Yes, the liquid at the bottom is what I use for starter. I have a sun

> > tea jar with a spigot and the first thing I do is draw off my starter

> > before doing anything else. It has squidlies and goop in it so something

> > is happening.

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> > I've used very strong tea and it doesn't seem to make much difference

> > from tea brewed for a shorter period of time.

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> > I've been looking at photos from other people's brews, especially the

> > ones that show progress from 1-8 days. None of them are fizzing with a

> > head on them like a freshly poured soda. Mine is. It almost acts like a

> > secondary ferment because by the end of the brewing cycle, it's spent.

> > No sugar, no color, no taste. The gunpowder green seems to be the worst.

> > With that kind of activity a scoby has no chance of forming, in my

> > opinion (but I could be wrong).

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> > I started two batches last Saturday. One with a green/black tea, the

> > other gunpowder green. Both teas were brewed very strong. This morning

> > (Wednesday) I tasted the Gunpowder and it was awful. No taste, no sugar,

> > no color (very pale). I'm going to let it go to vinegar if it will

> > because I won't drink it so why put forth any more effort?

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> > I'm going to set up an experiment with different controls and see if I

> > can, through a process of elimination, find my problem. But, any input

> > from you guys would be greatly appreciated.

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