Re: Re: Best way to bottle up extra kombucha?/corks

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May 12, 2011

In message you wrote:

> I cannot afford to heat my house,

Yes, Lyn, with rising heating prices we have to find cheaper ways to keeo

ourselves and our brews warm enough.

Have you thought about a heating blanket on a very low setting?

It's very inexpensive to run, can be draped around any containers and left

on on those extra cold days.

I have used a flexible heatpad successfully.

Hope you can encourage your bacteria and yeasts to speed up a little.

Blessings,

Margret:-)

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May 12, 2011

In message you wrote:

> I cannot afford to heat my house,

Yes, Lyn, with rising heating prices we have to find cheaper ways to keeo

ourselves and our brews warm enough.

Have you thought about a heating blanket on a very low setting?

It's very inexpensive to run, can be draped around any containers and left

on on those extra cold days.

I have used a flexible heatpad successfully.

Hope you can encourage your bacteria and yeasts to speed up a little.

Blessings,

Margret:-)

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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.

May 12, 2011

So I guess I still stump the latest kombucha trooper who wanted to try to help

me out. That is why I am still stumped.

I am now looking at heated lap blankets because I have two crocks and two gallon

jugs to keep warm. I already have a blanket, but it is called the safest blanket

in the world. It does not feel hot to the touch. It gets warm when your body is

under it. It has 10 settings and it really works. When I first got it, I tried

it on 4. Way too hot, even in winter in my cold house. Then I tried 3. Still too

hot. Now, when I use it in my bed, it is on 2. I can't imagine anyone using a

hotter setting.

I wish I could just use that because I know it is good, but it does not get hot

as it just lays. So I am looking for one online and what I am finding at this

stage of my project is kind of depressing. I've looked at three different sites

and the reviews are all bad. I guess this is not going to be easy, either. I am

sure no stores have heated lap blankets anymore.

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Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 3:43:00 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Best way to bottle up extra kombucha?/corks

In message you wrote:

> I cannot afford to heat my house,

Yes, Lyn, with rising heating prices we have to find cheaper ways to keeo

ourselves and our brews warm enough.

Have you thought about a heating blanket on a very low setting?

It's very inexpensive to run, can be draped around any containers and left

on on those extra cold days.

I have used a flexible heatpad successfully.

Hope you can encourage your bacteria and yeasts to speed up a little.

Blessings,

Margret:-)

--

+------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+

creation.com

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.

May 12, 2011

So I guess I still stump the latest kombucha trooper who wanted to try to help

me out. That is why I am still stumped.

I am now looking at heated lap blankets because I have two crocks and two gallon

jugs to keep warm. I already have a blanket, but it is called the safest blanket

in the world. It does not feel hot to the touch. It gets warm when your body is

under it. It has 10 settings and it really works. When I first got it, I tried

it on 4. Way too hot, even in winter in my cold house. Then I tried 3. Still too

hot. Now, when I use it in my bed, it is on 2. I can't imagine anyone using a

hotter setting.

I wish I could just use that because I know it is good, but it does not get hot

as it just lays. So I am looking for one online and what I am finding at this

stage of my project is kind of depressing. I've looked at three different sites

and the reviews are all bad. I guess this is not going to be easy, either. I am

sure no stores have heated lap blankets anymore.

________________________________

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

Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 3:43:00 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Best way to bottle up extra kombucha?/corks

In message you wrote:

> I cannot afford to heat my house,

Yes, Lyn, with rising heating prices we have to find cheaper ways to keeo

ourselves and our brews warm enough.

Have you thought about a heating blanket on a very low setting?

It's very inexpensive to run, can be draped around any containers and left

on on those extra cold days.

I have used a flexible heatpad successfully.

Hope you can encourage your bacteria and yeasts to speed up a little.

Blessings,

Margret:-)

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May 14, 2011

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>>>>*Take the " starter tea " for your next batch ( at least 10% of the volume)

from

>>>>the _bottom_ of your brewing jar.<<<<

How can you do this if you brew in a continuous brew crock or sun tea jug which

both have the spigot at the bottom? Errr, I guess I just need to find out how

to even fit two continuous brew crocks into the whole fermenting thing. I only

have a couple of gallon jugs right now, so I haven't thought far enough ahead

about this until you put these tips on the list. It sounds like you mass

produce, so you are probably a regular brewery. So how do you do this?

>

May 15, 2011

Do you empty it out at once, bottling all of the contents for a second brew, and

then refill your crock with sweet tea and starter, starting all over again?

________________________________

Hi Lyn and EveryOne,

FYI I no longer make and sell Kombucha Manna Tea just make it for friends and

family now. It was back braking work making a large amount of KT and bottling it

in glass, labeling it and delivering it to local health food stores. You really

need a factory to do it on an ongoing basis.

So I have one continuing fermentation vessel going and just add the new tea,

sugar, water to it and then take some of the KT from the bottom with the spigot

and pour it on top of the SCOBY which remains in the brew all the time.

Every once in awhile, I take the whole thing apart, clean it with hot water and

then reassemble and begin anew. Very simple and works every time.

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

Kombucha: How To Make Kombucha Manual Kindle Edition

>

> ________________________________

>

> >>>>*Take the " starter tea " for your next batch ( at least 10% of the volume)

>from

>

> >>>>the _bottom_ of your brewing jar.<<<<

>

> How can you do this if you brew in a continuous brew crock or sun tea jug

which

>

> both have the spigot at the bottom? Errr, I guess I just need to find out how

> to even fit two continuous brew crocks into the whole fermenting thing. I only

> have a couple of gallon jugs right now, so I haven't thought far enough ahead

> about this until you put these tips on the list. It sounds like you mass

> produce, so you are probably a regular brewery. So how do you do this?

> >

May 15, 2011

Do you empty it out at once, bottling all of the contents for a second brew, and

then refill your crock with sweet tea and starter, starting all over again?

________________________________

Hi Lyn and EveryOne,

FYI I no longer make and sell Kombucha Manna Tea just make it for friends and

family now. It was back braking work making a large amount of KT and bottling it

in glass, labeling it and delivering it to local health food stores. You really

need a factory to do it on an ongoing basis.

So I have one continuing fermentation vessel going and just add the new tea,

sugar, water to it and then take some of the KT from the bottom with the spigot

and pour it on top of the SCOBY which remains in the brew all the time.

Every once in awhile, I take the whole thing apart, clean it with hot water and

then reassemble and begin anew. Very simple and works every time.

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

Kombucha: How To Make Kombucha Manual Kindle Edition

http://amazon.com/dp/B0044XV8FA

>

> ________________________________

>

> >>>>*Take the " starter tea " for your next batch ( at least 10% of the volume)

>from

>

> >>>>the _bottom_ of your brewing jar.<<<<

>

> How can you do this if you brew in a continuous brew crock or sun tea jug

which

>

> both have the spigot at the bottom? Errr, I guess I just need to find out how

> to even fit two continuous brew crocks into the whole fermenting thing. I only

> have a couple of gallon jugs right now, so I haven't thought far enough ahead

> about this until you put these tips on the list. It sounds like you mass

> produce, so you are probably a regular brewery. So how do you do this?

> >

May 15, 2011

Do you empty it out at once, bottling all of the contents for a second brew, and

then refill your crock with sweet tea and starter, starting all over again?

________________________________

Hi Lyn and EveryOne,

FYI I no longer make and sell Kombucha Manna Tea just make it for friends and

family now. It was back braking work making a large amount of KT and bottling it

in glass, labeling it and delivering it to local health food stores. You really

need a factory to do it on an ongoing basis.

So I have one continuing fermentation vessel going and just add the new tea,

sugar, water to it and then take some of the KT from the bottom with the spigot

and pour it on top of the SCOBY which remains in the brew all the time.

Every once in awhile, I take the whole thing apart, clean it with hot water and

then reassemble and begin anew. Very simple and works every time.

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

Kombucha: How To Make Kombucha Manual Kindle Edition

http://amazon.com/dp/B0044XV8FA

>

> ________________________________

>

> >>>>*Take the " starter tea " for your next batch ( at least 10% of the volume)

>from

>

> >>>>the _bottom_ of your brewing jar.<<<<

>

> How can you do this if you brew in a continuous brew crock or sun tea jug

which

>

> both have the spigot at the bottom? Errr, I guess I just need to find out how

> to even fit two continuous brew crocks into the whole fermenting thing. I only

> have a couple of gallon jugs right now, so I haven't thought far enough ahead

> about this until you put these tips on the list. It sounds like you mass

> produce, so you are probably a regular brewery. So how do you do this?

> >

May 15, 2011

I don't know what's going on, but lately (last couple of weeks), my booch is SO

FIZZY coming from the gallon jug to the re-bottling that it over-flows. I have

to do it in the sink. But when I go to drink it out of the smaller bottles,

it's almost flat --no fizz, plus it seems to be sweeter than it did when I first

bottled it. Is it because I put it in the fridge or what?

________________________________

Sent: Sat, May 14, 2011 5:36:58 PM

Subject: Re: Best way to bottle up extra kombucha?/corks

Hi Lyn and EveryOne,

From the list FiLES section:

How To Increase the Carbonation in KT:

Lots of people like their Kombucha to be carbonated or fizzy.

My Kombucha is very carbonated when I first decant it without any further

processing. It is so carbonated that there is a " cold draft,' like you might get

from beer, when pouring it from the brewing jar.

Here are some techniques that I believe make a brew with more fizz.

* Leave lots of Kombucha Colonies (SCOBY) in your fermenting jar.

*Use at least 1 & 1/2 cups of sugar for each gallon ( if you don't like your KT

sweet let it ferment a few days longer).

*Take the " starter tea " for your next batch ( at least 10% of the volume) from

the _bottom_ of your brewing jar.

If following these guidelines for a month or so does not give you fizzy KT then

try to get some starter KT from a friend who has fizzy KT to introduce more

yeasts into your brew.

I've been making KT since 1994 and all of my brews using this method have been

both delicious and fizzy!

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

>

> ________________________________

>

May 15, 2011

I don't know what's going on, but lately (last couple of weeks), my booch is SO

FIZZY coming from the gallon jug to the re-bottling that it over-flows. I have

to do it in the sink. But when I go to drink it out of the smaller bottles,

it's almost flat --no fizz, plus it seems to be sweeter than it did when I first

bottled it. Is it because I put it in the fridge or what?

________________________________

Sent: Sat, May 14, 2011 5:36:58 PM

Subject: Re: Best way to bottle up extra kombucha?/corks

Hi Lyn and EveryOne,

From the list FiLES section:

How To Increase the Carbonation in KT:

Lots of people like their Kombucha to be carbonated or fizzy.

My Kombucha is very carbonated when I first decant it without any further

processing. It is so carbonated that there is a " cold draft,' like you might get

from beer, when pouring it from the brewing jar.

Here are some techniques that I believe make a brew with more fizz.

* Leave lots of Kombucha Colonies (SCOBY) in your fermenting jar.

*Use at least 1 & 1/2 cups of sugar for each gallon ( if you don't like your KT

sweet let it ferment a few days longer).

*Take the " starter tea " for your next batch ( at least 10% of the volume) from

the _bottom_ of your brewing jar.

If following these guidelines for a month or so does not give you fizzy KT then

try to get some starter KT from a friend who has fizzy KT to introduce more

yeasts into your brew.

I've been making KT since 1994 and all of my brews using this method have been

both delicious and fizzy!

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

>

> ________________________________

>

May 15, 2011

You know what, Bev, everything you said is what I have heard from seriously

reliable sources, like Hannah Crum and other folks who know their stuff.

Sometimes all it takes is a little reminder of what was once known but lately

forgotten. Thanx much --X-SAC

________________________________

Sent: Sat, May 14, 2011 5:36:58 PM

Subject: Re: Best way to bottle up extra kombucha?/corks

Hi Lyn and EveryOne,

From the list FiLES section:

How To Increase the Carbonation in KT:

Lots of people like their Kombucha to be carbonated or fizzy.

My Kombucha is very carbonated when I first decant it without any further

processing. It is so carbonated that there is a " cold draft,' like you might get

from beer, when pouring it from the brewing jar.

Here are some techniques that I believe make a brew with more fizz.

* Leave lots of Kombucha Colonies (SCOBY) in your fermenting jar.

*Use at least 1 & 1/2 cups of sugar for each gallon ( if you don't like your KT

sweet let it ferment a few days longer).

*Take the " starter tea " for your next batch ( at least 10% of the volume) from

the _bottom_ of your brewing jar.

If following these guidelines for a month or so does not give you fizzy KT then

try to get some starter KT from a friend who has fizzy KT to introduce more

yeasts into your brew.

I've been making KT since 1994 and all of my brews using this method have been

both delicious and fizzy!

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

>

May 15, 2011

You know what, Bev, everything you said is what I have heard from seriously

reliable sources, like Hannah Crum and other folks who know their stuff.

Sometimes all it takes is a little reminder of what was once known but lately

forgotten. Thanx much --X-SAC

________________________________