brewing question

[Guest guest]

Hi, I am new to the group, but have been brewing for a few months. I started my

own scobys with GT's tea. I use green tea and let it ferment for 7 days as a

standard. Then I bottle it in grolsh like bottles and let it sit for another

week or more. This last batch I changed tea to celestial seasons green and

white tea mix because the box said smoother taste, and I was curious (that

probably has nothing to do with my question) BUT I only could let it ferment for

5 days and bottled it because I was going to be gone for the next week and it

would surely be too sour by the time I got back to it. Of corse it was still

sweet- way sweeter than I would like or even stand to drink. My question

is..... Will it keep fermenting and get less sweet as it sits in the bottles?

SO, I could just let it sit longer before I drink it??? Or once it is bottled

that's how it will be?

Has anyone else bottled their tea early or have any input? Otherwise it's so

sweet I probably wouldn't drink it. GRRR. I hope I don't have to toss it.

Either way I'll wait it out and see what happens, just curious if anyone knows

what MAY happen.

Thanks,

Kaisa

[Guest guest]

Hi Kalsa,

What may happen is that with the extra sugar in your KT if you let those sealed

bottles of KT sit out for a week you may well get an explosion. Glass and

Kombucha flying everywhere.

Secondary fermentation is not recommended and if you do it anyway you should be

sure that the bottles are placed inside a container that could keep the glass

from flying everywhere.

I am glad your are enjoying your KT but be careful with the secondary

fermentation.

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

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> Hi, I am new to the group, but have been brewing for a few months. I started

my own scobys with GT's tea. I use green tea and let it ferment for 7 days as a

standard. Then I bottle it in grolsh like bottles and let it sit for another

week or more. This last batch I changed tea to celestial seasons green and

white tea mix because the box said smoother taste, and I was curious (that

probably has nothing to do with my question) BUT I only could let it ferment for

5 days and bottled it because I was going to be gone for the next week and it

would surely be too sour by the time I got back to it. Of corse it was still

sweet- way sweeter than I would like or even stand to drink. My question

is..... Will it keep fermenting and get less sweet as it sits in the bottles?

SO, I could just let it sit longer before I drink it??? Or once it is bottled

that's how it will be?

>

> Has anyone else bottled their tea early or have any input? Otherwise it's so

sweet I probably wouldn't drink it. GRRR. I hope I don't have to toss it.

Either way I'll wait it out and see what happens, just curious if anyone knows

what MAY happen.

>

> Thanks,

> Kaisa

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