To plastic ore not? WAS Re: About the sun tea jars

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> > I looked today and ALL the different containers I saw at Walmart are

> > plastic ones, and they have lever spigots and not button spigots.

> > They look nice. I have my scoby in a big glass candy jar making Kombucha

> > though, not in a plastic container.

> > I don't really know why you can't use plastic.....

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> Yes, Jon, plastic containers are used a lot for brewing and brining:

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> http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/plastics.html

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> Glass is really the safest medium for brewing as it is completely

> unreactive, but there are very safe plastics like [1], [2] and [5] which

> I have all used for either brewing or storing Kombucha with no problem.

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> Some people prefer not to use plastics at all, but I have convinced

> myself that the above mentioned are safe for Kombucha use. Several

> Kombucha kit manufacturers use them as well.

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> You'll have to come to your own decision you can live with happily, Jon.

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> All the best with blessings!

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> Margret:-) ... just started brewing another lot of KT this morning;-)

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