Re: Sink or Float?

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In message <690076.77141.qm@...> you wrote:

> .... It just keeps floating immediately back to the top and getting

> thicker and thicker.

Hi April! That's what happens with my scobys mostly. The new culture still

grows closest to the surface of the liquid, but at the same time attaches

itself to the mother culture underneath, kind of doing a piggy-back. ;-)

> I have a waiting list for people who want a Scoby .....

You could either cut one of your existing cultures in half or quarters and

pass them on with PLENTY of ready fermented KT, this is better than pulling

layers off, as you get more yeast/bacteria variety of the different layers,

or

Put some KT in a glass vessel (maybe with an interesting shape?), cover and

leave until a new scoby has grown across the top. The longer you leave it,

the thicker it will be. This has the added advantage that the liquid in which

your new scoby is growing will turn ever more acidic, which is brilliant

as a starter. It is most important not to scrimp and scrounge with the KT

you add with the scoby. It's an investment well worth making, as it keeps

mold at bay and also speeds fermentation.

All the best with blessings!

http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html

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Thank you, Margret, for your great ideas with starting more Scobys! There was a

batch of KT I made prior to my last one that wasn't the biggest hit (used a

different type of tea that time) so I pulled that out of the fridge and put them

in glass bowls covered with paper towel. No one was drinking those so this will

make great use of that! That brew wasn't bad in the least, just not our favorite

taste so it was just being passed over.

And like Kombuchick, it does make sense that the floating cultures must have air

bubbles in them! How cool! My brew when I first was starting it was very bubbly,

so that explains everything.... the lumpy look of it, the holes in it, the way

it floats to the top always. The brews are indeed REALLY good, so I will be

happy that it floats.

Thanks again for answering my silly question!

~April

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From: Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...>

kombucha tea

Sent: Fri, July 30, 2010 4:32:02 AM

Subject: Re: Sink or Float?

In message <690076.77141.qm@...> you wrote:

> .... It just keeps floating immediately back to the top and getting

> thicker and thicker.

Hi April! That's what happens with my scobys mostly. The new culture still

grows closest to the surface of the liquid, but at the same time attaches

itself to the mother culture underneath, kind of doing a piggy-back. ;-)

> I have a waiting list for people who want a Scoby .....

You could either cut one of your existing cultures in half or quarters and

pass them on with PLENTY of ready fermented KT, this is better than pulling

layers off, as you get more yeast/bacteria variety of the different layers,

or

Put some KT in a glass vessel (maybe with an interesting shape?), cover and

leave until a new scoby has grown across the top. The longer you leave it,

the thicker it will be. This has the added advantage that the liquid in which

your new scoby is growing will turn ever more acidic, which is brilliant

as a starter. It is most important not to scrimp and scrounge with the KT

you add with the scoby. It's an investment well worth making, as it keeps

mold at bay and also speeds fermentation.

All the best with blessings!

http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html

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'Because he loves me, I will rescue him; I will protect him,

for he acknowledges my name.' Psalm 91:14