Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 There is no set time to drink KT, except maybe in certain instances of a person's weakened health. The rule of thumb I used is to start out slow to see how your body reacts to it, if at all. In the first week, I started just washing down my vitamins and supplements with it and taking a couple more gulps every day. Now I drink as much as I want, which is not yet a whole lot because I have to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts or more, I am gingered out. I never liked soda, and KT is not as fizzy as soda, but it is still fizzy. So I have to find that " cream soda " taste that was the only soda I liked and could drink the most of growing up. That cream flavoring took the sharpness off of the carbonation for me. I am open to any suggestions others have in their years of experience. I look forward to drinking more quantities once my second brew is poured off. It is not there yet, but I think it will be in a few more days. Lyn ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 6:08:14 PM Subject: how much KT per day So just trying to get a feel for how much others drink per day, at what times of day, and empty stomach or after a meal? Thanks for any input. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.--Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 hi lyn, i just typed in 'ingredients for cream soda' and plenty of sites came up with the recipe. i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried kind. just type in what ive said i did and have a look,there are loads of recipes but all the ones i looked at tend to use the same ingredients. hope this helps (UK) I believe in God, only i spell it nature. Lloyd To: original_kombucha From: godisbest4me@... Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:58:55 -0700 Subject: Re: how much KT per day Thanks Where did you go on the net to find that? I am wondering what kind of yeast that is, since there are different kinds. ________________________________ hi lyn, it is vanilla extract , sugar and a pinch of yeast added to water and left to ferment for 48 hours to get the cream soda taste. at least thats what it says on the web? (UK) I believe in God, only i spell it nature. Lloyd There is no set time to drink KT, except maybe in certain instances of a person's weakened health. The rule of thumb I used is to start out slow to see how your body reacts to it, if at all. In the first week, I started just washing down my vitamins and supplements with it and taking a couple more gulps every day. Now I drink as much as I want, which is not yet a whole lot because I have to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts or more, I am gingered out. I never liked soda, and KT is not as fizzy as soda, but it is still fizzy. So I have to find that " cream soda " taste that was the only soda I liked and could drink the most of growing up. That cream flavoring took the sharpness off of the carbonation for me. I am open to any suggestions others have in their years of experience. I look forward to drinking more quantities once my second brew is poured off. It is not there yet, but I think it will be in a few more days. Lyn ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 6:08:14 PM Subject: how much KT per day So just trying to get a feel for how much others drink per day, at what times of day, and empty stomach or after a meal? Thanks for any input. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.--Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 In message you wrote: > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? Margret, most puzzled .... -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 In message you wrote: > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? Margret, most puzzled .... -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 In message you wrote: > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? Margret, most puzzled .... -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 hi margret, i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other yeast to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are less puzzled now ;O) (UK) I believe in God, only i spell it nature. Lloyd To: original_kombucha From: Minstrel@... Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 Subject: RE: how much KT per day In message you wrote: > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? Margret, most puzzled .... -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 hi margret, i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other yeast to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are less puzzled now ;O) (UK) I believe in God, only i spell it nature. Lloyd To: original_kombucha From: Minstrel@... Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 Subject: RE: how much KT per day In message you wrote: > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? Margret, most puzzled .... -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Lyn, For flavor I just add 2 pieces of frozen fruit to 8 - 16 oz of kt (and water kefir). jan > > to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I > want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts > or more, I am gingered out. > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Lyn, For flavor I just add 2 pieces of frozen fruit to 8 - 16 oz of kt (and water kefir). jan > > to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I > want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts > or more, I am gingered out. > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Lyn, For flavor I just add 2 pieces of frozen fruit to 8 - 16 oz of kt (and water kefir). jan > > to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I > want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts > or more, I am gingered out. > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my bottle collection is growing. LOL I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think she has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was before all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking a glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not have that same kick. I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good second ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound appealing to me. Jaxi On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest wrote: > > hi margret, > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other yeast > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are less > puzzled now ;O) > > > (UK) > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > Lloyd > > > > > To: original_kombucha > From: Minstrel@... > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > -- > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my bottle collection is growing. LOL I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think she has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was before all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking a glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not have that same kick. I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good second ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound appealing to me. Jaxi On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest wrote: > > hi margret, > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other yeast > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are less > puzzled now ;O) > > > (UK) > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > Lloyd > > > > > To: original_kombucha > From: Minstrel@... > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > -- > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I saw the correction you made to the yeast thing. That's funny. Goes to show you gotta be careful what you tell this newcomer on here cuz I'll believe anything until I get up to speed on my own. :-) I went right for the vanilla now for the rest of that brew to see if it would help me get it down. I have two bottles that will not be opened for another day or two, plus what I have open to finish today. I will add stevia at the point of drinking it if I need to, but I don't think I will. ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 12:58:55 PM Subject: Re: how much KT per day Thanks Where did you go on the net to find that? I am wondering what kind of yeast that is, since there are different kinds. ________________________________ hi lyn, it is vanilla extract , sugar and a pinch of yeast added to water and left to ferment for 48 hours to get the cream soda taste. at least thats what it says on the web? (UK) I believe in God, only i spell it nature. Lloyd There is no set time to drink KT, except maybe in certain instances of a person's weakened health. The rule of thumb I used is to start out slow to see how your body reacts to it, if at all. In the first week, I started just washing down my vitamins and supplements with it and taking a couple more gulps every day. Now I drink as much as I want, which is not yet a whole lot because I have to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts or more, I am gingered out. I never liked soda, and KT is not as fizzy as soda, but it is still fizzy. So I have to find that " cream soda " taste that was the only soda I liked and could drink the most of growing up. That cream flavoring took the sharpness off of the carbonation for me. I am open to any suggestions others have in their years of experience. I look forward to drinking more quantities once my second brew is poured off. It is not there yet, but I think it will be in a few more days. Lyn ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 6:08:14 PM Subject: how much KT per day So just trying to get a feel for how much others drink per day, at what times of day, and empty stomach or after a meal? Thanks for any input. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.--Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I saw the correction you made to the yeast thing. That's funny. Goes to show you gotta be careful what you tell this newcomer on here cuz I'll believe anything until I get up to speed on my own. :-) I went right for the vanilla now for the rest of that brew to see if it would help me get it down. I have two bottles that will not be opened for another day or two, plus what I have open to finish today. I will add stevia at the point of drinking it if I need to, but I don't think I will. ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 12:58:55 PM Subject: Re: how much KT per day Thanks Where did you go on the net to find that? I am wondering what kind of yeast that is, since there are different kinds. ________________________________ hi lyn, it is vanilla extract , sugar and a pinch of yeast added to water and left to ferment for 48 hours to get the cream soda taste. at least thats what it says on the web? (UK) I believe in God, only i spell it nature. Lloyd There is no set time to drink KT, except maybe in certain instances of a person's weakened health. The rule of thumb I used is to start out slow to see how your body reacts to it, if at all. In the first week, I started just washing down my vitamins and supplements with it and taking a couple more gulps every day. Now I drink as much as I want, which is not yet a whole lot because I have to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts or more, I am gingered out. I never liked soda, and KT is not as fizzy as soda, but it is still fizzy. So I have to find that " cream soda " taste that was the only soda I liked and could drink the most of growing up. That cream flavoring took the sharpness off of the carbonation for me. I am open to any suggestions others have in their years of experience. I look forward to drinking more quantities once my second brew is poured off. It is not there yet, but I think it will be in a few more days. Lyn ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 6:08:14 PM Subject: how much KT per day So just trying to get a feel for how much others drink per day, at what times of day, and empty stomach or after a meal? Thanks for any input. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.--Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I saw the correction you made to the yeast thing. That's funny. Goes to show you gotta be careful what you tell this newcomer on here cuz I'll believe anything until I get up to speed on my own. :-) I went right for the vanilla now for the rest of that brew to see if it would help me get it down. I have two bottles that will not be opened for another day or two, plus what I have open to finish today. I will add stevia at the point of drinking it if I need to, but I don't think I will. ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 12:58:55 PM Subject: Re: how much KT per day Thanks Where did you go on the net to find that? I am wondering what kind of yeast that is, since there are different kinds. ________________________________ hi lyn, it is vanilla extract , sugar and a pinch of yeast added to water and left to ferment for 48 hours to get the cream soda taste. at least thats what it says on the web? (UK) I believe in God, only i spell it nature. Lloyd There is no set time to drink KT, except maybe in certain instances of a person's weakened health. The rule of thumb I used is to start out slow to see how your body reacts to it, if at all. In the first week, I started just washing down my vitamins and supplements with it and taking a couple more gulps every day. Now I drink as much as I want, which is not yet a whole lot because I have to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 qts or more, I am gingered out. I never liked soda, and KT is not as fizzy as soda, but it is still fizzy. So I have to find that " cream soda " taste that was the only soda I liked and could drink the most of growing up. That cream flavoring took the sharpness off of the carbonation for me. I am open to any suggestions others have in their years of experience. I look forward to drinking more quantities once my second brew is poured off. It is not there yet, but I think it will be in a few more days. Lyn ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 6:08:14 PM Subject: how much KT per day So just trying to get a feel for how much others drink per day, at what times of day, and empty stomach or after a meal? Thanks for any input. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.--Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 After you ramped up to that amount, which is much more than I drink (no more than 8 oz), did you notice any significant health benefits? Thanks all for your informative responses! Oh and Jaxi, do you have a preference of empty stomach or no? Like , I like to drink before a meal. But then I was thinking that it may also aid digestion. I also get that slight buzz w/ my homebrew, but I got it w/ GTs also. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.†--Gandhi ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:54:57 AM Subject: Re: how much KT per day I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my bottle collection is growing. LOL I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think she has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was before all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking a glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not have that same kick. I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good second ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound appealing to me. Jaxi On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest wrote: > > hi margret, > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other yeast > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are less > puzzled now ;O) > > > (UK) > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > Lloyd > > > > > To: original_kombucha > From: Minstrel@... > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > -- > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 After you ramped up to that amount, which is much more than I drink (no more than 8 oz), did you notice any significant health benefits? Thanks all for your informative responses! Oh and Jaxi, do you have a preference of empty stomach or no? Like , I like to drink before a meal. But then I was thinking that it may also aid digestion. I also get that slight buzz w/ my homebrew, but I got it w/ GTs also. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.†--Gandhi ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:54:57 AM Subject: Re: how much KT per day I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my bottle collection is growing. LOL I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think she has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was before all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking a glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not have that same kick. I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good second ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound appealing to me. Jaxi On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest wrote: > > hi margret, > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other yeast > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are less > puzzled now ;O) > > > (UK) > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > Lloyd > > > > > To: original_kombucha > From: Minstrel@... > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > -- > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 After you ramped up to that amount, which is much more than I drink (no more than 8 oz), did you notice any significant health benefits? Thanks all for your informative responses! Oh and Jaxi, do you have a preference of empty stomach or no? Like , I like to drink before a meal. But then I was thinking that it may also aid digestion. I also get that slight buzz w/ my homebrew, but I got it w/ GTs also. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.†--Gandhi ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:54:57 AM Subject: Re: how much KT per day I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my bottle collection is growing. LOL I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think she has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was before all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking a glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not have that same kick. I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good second ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound appealing to me. Jaxi On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest wrote: > > hi margret, > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other yeast > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are less > puzzled now ;O) > > > (UK) > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > Lloyd > > > > > To: original_kombucha > From: Minstrel@... > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > -- > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I will try more in the way of fruit next time. I want to find some peppermint to try, too. Peppermint formerly grew wild on my dad's lawn around a certain telephone pole, but somehow it disappeared over the years because there has been none there. Back before I knew anything about how to use it. I should ask him if any exists around there somewhere else. Do you use the store-bought frozen fruit? Or do you use your own that you froze from fresh? I ask because that store-bought stuff seems void of flavor and I wondered if KT can pull good stuff out of that anyway. ________________________________ Lyn, For flavor I just add 2 pieces of frozen fruit to 8 - 16 oz of kt (and water kefir). jan > > to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I > > want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 >qts > > or more, I am gingered out. > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I will try more in the way of fruit next time. I want to find some peppermint to try, too. Peppermint formerly grew wild on my dad's lawn around a certain telephone pole, but somehow it disappeared over the years because there has been none there. Back before I knew anything about how to use it. I should ask him if any exists around there somewhere else. Do you use the store-bought frozen fruit? Or do you use your own that you froze from fresh? I ask because that store-bought stuff seems void of flavor and I wondered if KT can pull good stuff out of that anyway. ________________________________ Lyn, For flavor I just add 2 pieces of frozen fruit to 8 - 16 oz of kt (and water kefir). jan > > to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I > > want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 >qts > > or more, I am gingered out. > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I will try more in the way of fruit next time. I want to find some peppermint to try, too. Peppermint formerly grew wild on my dad's lawn around a certain telephone pole, but somehow it disappeared over the years because there has been none there. Back before I knew anything about how to use it. I should ask him if any exists around there somewhere else. Do you use the store-bought frozen fruit? Or do you use your own that you froze from fresh? I ask because that store-bought stuff seems void of flavor and I wondered if KT can pull good stuff out of that anyway. ________________________________ Lyn, For flavor I just add 2 pieces of frozen fruit to 8 - 16 oz of kt (and water kefir). jan > > to learn different things to put in that secondary brew that makes it so that I > > want to drink more. I have ginger in my KT right now and after 10 days and 2 >qts > > or more, I am gingered out. > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Health Benefits - this is a hard one for me because KT is not the only thing I consume with proported health benefits. So how do I tease out what is being helped/caused by what? My ulcerative colitis is in remission and my digestion seems to be working better, and since I also do not have a gall bladder any more I definetly know when my gut is unhappy. My rosacea is signficantly better (and I am using less of the prescription gel). My skin in general is looking better. My hair is curlier. I believe but find it hard to quantify that my liver is working better. I have lost 40 plus pounds over the last year. My chronic pain levels are down. I sleep better. But ... I also use LDN (low dose naltrexone) and high amounts of Vit C and top shelf quality fish oil and and and ... you see my problem. I drink KT because I really like it. I crave it when I have not had any. As for when I drink it. 16 - 32 ounces during the day at work. After breakfast. Before, during, after lunch. I sip it throughout the work day. If I spend my full day in the office I for sure go through 2 - 16 oz bottles by the end of the day. I don't care if it is warm or cold, tastes good to me either way. I do think I eat less when I have my KT throughout the day. I seem less likely to snack on things. On days when i am out seeing clients I may not have any until evening when I get home. At night I usually have 16 ounces mixed with the juice of one fresh lemon. I drink maybe a quarter to a third of it before dinner. I might sip a little during the meal but find I don't tend to drink during a meal much. I finish it off after the meal. On busy days this might be all I have. If I have my evening homemade KT I find I rarely crave/need a dessert. Hands down I prefer my homemade KT. I really enjoy the flavor and find it more satifying somehow. Do you still get the buzz from the GTs now? I can feel it a little but not nearly as much as I used to and as I can from what I make at home. Oh ... I can tell you ... when I first started drinking KT I think my liver was pretty messed up (okay I know it was). Anyway, after I would drink KT my lips would kind of swell and tingle. At first I thought maybe I was allergic somehow. Then I realized I was detoxing. I don't get that anymore, but it was rather freaky when I did. LOL Jaxi > After you ramped up to that amount, which is much more than I drink (no > more > than 8 oz), did you notice any significant health benefits? Thanks all for > your > informative responses! > > > Oh and Jaxi, do you have a preference of empty stomach or no? Like , > I > like to drink before a meal. But then I was thinking that it may also aid > digestion. > > > I also get that slight buzz w/ my homebrew, but I got it w/ GTs also. > > > --Bettina, bettina@... > Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org > > “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then > you > win.” --Gandhi > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:54:57 AM > Subject: Re: how much KT per day > > > I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does > not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my > bottle > collection is growing. LOL > > I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the > 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some > and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has > experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think > she > has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds > like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment > for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research > that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. > > I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was > before > all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking > a > glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from > GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not > have that same kick. > > I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like > creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of > sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not > thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good > second > ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or > you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound > appealing to me. > > Jaxi > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest <linda-guest@... > >wrote: > > > > > hi margret, > > > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other > yeast > > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are > less > > puzzled now ;O) > > > > > > (UK) > > > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > > > Lloyd > > > > > > > > > > To: original_kombucha > > From: Minstrel@... > > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > > > -- > > > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Health Benefits - this is a hard one for me because KT is not the only thing I consume with proported health benefits. So how do I tease out what is being helped/caused by what? My ulcerative colitis is in remission and my digestion seems to be working better, and since I also do not have a gall bladder any more I definetly know when my gut is unhappy. My rosacea is signficantly better (and I am using less of the prescription gel). My skin in general is looking better. My hair is curlier. I believe but find it hard to quantify that my liver is working better. I have lost 40 plus pounds over the last year. My chronic pain levels are down. I sleep better. But ... I also use LDN (low dose naltrexone) and high amounts of Vit C and top shelf quality fish oil and and and ... you see my problem. I drink KT because I really like it. I crave it when I have not had any. As for when I drink it. 16 - 32 ounces during the day at work. After breakfast. Before, during, after lunch. I sip it throughout the work day. If I spend my full day in the office I for sure go through 2 - 16 oz bottles by the end of the day. I don't care if it is warm or cold, tastes good to me either way. I do think I eat less when I have my KT throughout the day. I seem less likely to snack on things. On days when i am out seeing clients I may not have any until evening when I get home. At night I usually have 16 ounces mixed with the juice of one fresh lemon. I drink maybe a quarter to a third of it before dinner. I might sip a little during the meal but find I don't tend to drink during a meal much. I finish it off after the meal. On busy days this might be all I have. If I have my evening homemade KT I find I rarely crave/need a dessert. Hands down I prefer my homemade KT. I really enjoy the flavor and find it more satifying somehow. Do you still get the buzz from the GTs now? I can feel it a little but not nearly as much as I used to and as I can from what I make at home. Oh ... I can tell you ... when I first started drinking KT I think my liver was pretty messed up (okay I know it was). Anyway, after I would drink KT my lips would kind of swell and tingle. At first I thought maybe I was allergic somehow. Then I realized I was detoxing. I don't get that anymore, but it was rather freaky when I did. LOL Jaxi > After you ramped up to that amount, which is much more than I drink (no > more > than 8 oz), did you notice any significant health benefits? Thanks all for > your > informative responses! > > > Oh and Jaxi, do you have a preference of empty stomach or no? Like , > I > like to drink before a meal. But then I was thinking that it may also aid > digestion. > > > I also get that slight buzz w/ my homebrew, but I got it w/ GTs also. > > > --Bettina, bettina@... > Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org > > “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then > you > win.” --Gandhi > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:54:57 AM > Subject: Re: how much KT per day > > > I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does > not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my > bottle > collection is growing. LOL > > I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the > 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some > and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has > experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think > she > has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds > like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment > for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research > that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. > > I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was > before > all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking > a > glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from > GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not > have that same kick. > > I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like > creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of > sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not > thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good > second > ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or > you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound > appealing to me. > > Jaxi > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest <linda-guest@... > >wrote: > > > > > hi margret, > > > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other > yeast > > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are > less > > puzzled now ;O) > > > > > > (UK) > > > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > > > Lloyd > > > > > > > > > > To: original_kombucha > > From: Minstrel@... > > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > > > -- > > > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Wow, that's amazing!! I congratulate you on your success toward making yourself healthier. I am like you in that I don't think I can point specifically to KT since I am a vegan and eat lots of raw foods and tend to be quite healthy anyway. I do have chronic pain though so I am hoping to getting some relief from that w/ KT. Interestingly, I'm juice fasting today, as well as drinking KT, and I am noticing some of my pain symptoms are quite light. I don't really buy commercial now that I homebrew so I can't report on the 'buzz effects' of GT's. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.†--Gandhi ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 12:21:50 PM Subject: Re: how much KT per day Health Benefits - this is a hard one for me because KT is not the only thing I consume with proported health benefits. So how do I tease out what is being helped/caused by what? My ulcerative colitis is in remission and my digestion seems to be working better, and since I also do not have a gall bladder any more I definetly know when my gut is unhappy. My rosacea is signficantly better (and I am using less of the prescription gel). My skin in general is looking better. My hair is curlier. I believe but find it hard to quantify that my liver is working better. I have lost 40 plus pounds over the last year. My chronic pain levels are down. I sleep better. But ... I also use LDN (low dose naltrexone) and high amounts of Vit C and top shelf quality fish oil and and and ... you see my problem. I drink KT because I really like it. I crave it when I have not had any. As for when I drink it. 16 - 32 ounces during the day at work. After breakfast. Before, during, after lunch. I sip it throughout the work day. If I spend my full day in the office I for sure go through 2 - 16 oz bottles by the end of the day. I don't care if it is warm or cold, tastes good to me either way. I do think I eat less when I have my KT throughout the day. I seem less likely to snack on things. On days when i am out seeing clients I may not have any until evening when I get home. At night I usually have 16 ounces mixed with the juice of one fresh lemon. I drink maybe a quarter to a third of it before dinner. I might sip a little during the meal but find I don't tend to drink during a meal much. I finish it off after the meal. On busy days this might be all I have. If I have my evening homemade KT I find I rarely crave/need a dessert. Hands down I prefer my homemade KT. I really enjoy the flavor and find it more satifying somehow. Do you still get the buzz from the GTs now? I can feel it a little but not nearly as much as I used to and as I can from what I make at home. Oh ... I can tell you ... when I first started drinking KT I think my liver was pretty messed up (okay I know it was). Anyway, after I would drink KT my lips would kind of swell and tingle. At first I thought maybe I was allergic somehow. Then I realized I was detoxing. I don't get that anymore, but it was rather freaky when I did. LOL Jaxi > After you ramped up to that amount, which is much more than I drink (no > more > than 8 oz), did you notice any significant health benefits? Thanks all for > your > informative responses! > > > Oh and Jaxi, do you have a preference of empty stomach or no? Like , > I > like to drink before a meal. But then I was thinking that it may also aid > digestion. > > > I also get that slight buzz w/ my homebrew, but I got it w/ GTs also. > > > --Bettina, bettina@... > Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org > > “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then > you > win.†--Gandhi > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:54:57 AM > Subject: Re: how much KT per day > > > I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does > not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my > bottle > collection is growing. LOL > > I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the > 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some > and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has > experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think > she > has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds > like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment > for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research > that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. > > I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was > before > all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking > a > glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from > GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not > have that same kick. > > I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like > creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of > sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not > thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good > second > ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or > you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound > appealing to me. > > Jaxi > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest <linda-guest@... > >wrote: > > > > > hi margret, > > > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other > yeast > > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are > less > > puzzled now ;O) > > > > > > (UK) > > > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > > > Lloyd > > > > > > > > > > To: original_kombucha > > From: Minstrel@... > > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > > > -- > > > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Wow, that's amazing!! I congratulate you on your success toward making yourself healthier. I am like you in that I don't think I can point specifically to KT since I am a vegan and eat lots of raw foods and tend to be quite healthy anyway. I do have chronic pain though so I am hoping to getting some relief from that w/ KT. Interestingly, I'm juice fasting today, as well as drinking KT, and I am noticing some of my pain symptoms are quite light. I don't really buy commercial now that I homebrew so I can't report on the 'buzz effects' of GT's. --Bettina, bettina@... Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.†--Gandhi ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 12:21:50 PM Subject: Re: how much KT per day Health Benefits - this is a hard one for me because KT is not the only thing I consume with proported health benefits. So how do I tease out what is being helped/caused by what? My ulcerative colitis is in remission and my digestion seems to be working better, and since I also do not have a gall bladder any more I definetly know when my gut is unhappy. My rosacea is signficantly better (and I am using less of the prescription gel). My skin in general is looking better. My hair is curlier. I believe but find it hard to quantify that my liver is working better. I have lost 40 plus pounds over the last year. My chronic pain levels are down. I sleep better. But ... I also use LDN (low dose naltrexone) and high amounts of Vit C and top shelf quality fish oil and and and ... you see my problem. I drink KT because I really like it. I crave it when I have not had any. As for when I drink it. 16 - 32 ounces during the day at work. After breakfast. Before, during, after lunch. I sip it throughout the work day. If I spend my full day in the office I for sure go through 2 - 16 oz bottles by the end of the day. I don't care if it is warm or cold, tastes good to me either way. I do think I eat less when I have my KT throughout the day. I seem less likely to snack on things. On days when i am out seeing clients I may not have any until evening when I get home. At night I usually have 16 ounces mixed with the juice of one fresh lemon. I drink maybe a quarter to a third of it before dinner. I might sip a little during the meal but find I don't tend to drink during a meal much. I finish it off after the meal. On busy days this might be all I have. If I have my evening homemade KT I find I rarely crave/need a dessert. Hands down I prefer my homemade KT. I really enjoy the flavor and find it more satifying somehow. Do you still get the buzz from the GTs now? I can feel it a little but not nearly as much as I used to and as I can from what I make at home. Oh ... I can tell you ... when I first started drinking KT I think my liver was pretty messed up (okay I know it was). Anyway, after I would drink KT my lips would kind of swell and tingle. At first I thought maybe I was allergic somehow. Then I realized I was detoxing. I don't get that anymore, but it was rather freaky when I did. LOL Jaxi > After you ramped up to that amount, which is much more than I drink (no > more > than 8 oz), did you notice any significant health benefits? Thanks all for > your > informative responses! > > > Oh and Jaxi, do you have a preference of empty stomach or no? Like , > I > like to drink before a meal. But then I was thinking that it may also aid > digestion. > > > I also get that slight buzz w/ my homebrew, but I got it w/ GTs also. > > > --Bettina, bettina@... > Against animal cruelty? Check out www.acinvestigations.org > > “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then > you > win.†--Gandhi > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:54:57 AM > Subject: Re: how much KT per day > > > I drink at least 16 oz a day and more like 48 ounces. My production does > not keep up with my consumption yet so I still buy a fair bit. So my > bottle > collection is growing. LOL > > I just cleaned out the fridge last night to make room for when I bottle the > 3 gallons I have ready. Hopefully that will slow down my purchasing some > and save me some money for a minute. There is a woman locally who has > experimented with temperature variations to speed production and I think > she > has been able to get hers ready to bottle within a few days. It all sounds > like too much work to me and of course that theory about letting it ferment > for at least 10 days to get maximum " health " benefits. I have to research > that more as I am unsure what it is the longer fermenting does. > > I will say. The KT I make at home reminds me more of the way GTs was > before > all the brew ha ha. In that, I am very sensitive to alcohol, and drinking > a > glass of mine at home gives me that very slight buzz I used to get from > GTs. Even the not " enlightened " versions of GTs I have found lately do not > have that same kick. > > I think Lyn was trying to figure out how to make her KT taste more like > creme soda. What about a second ferment with vanilla bean and a pinch of > sugar maybe? No additional yeasts as KT already supplies that. I am not > thinking a vanilla bean by itself to have enough sugars to get a good > second > ferment going but if you added just a touch of sugar when you added it? Or > you could try vanilla extracts of course but that just doesn't sound > appealing to me. > > Jaxi > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, linda guest <linda-guest@... > >wrote: > > > > > hi margret, > > > > i should have made it clear that the recipe i gave was to make cream soda > > on its own and not with the beloved kt, i too would not add any other > yeast > > to kt (an abomination!) so im sorry i didnt make it clear. hope you are > less > > puzzled now ;O) > > > > > > (UK) > > > > I believe in God, only i spell it nature. > > > > Lloyd > > > > > > > > > > To: original_kombucha > > From: Minstrel@... > > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 18:17:04 +0100 > > Subject: RE: how much KT per day > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In message you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...... i understand it is ordinary bakers yeast that is used,the dried > > > > > > > > I think that's very strange! There is already yeast in the Kombucha, > > > > why would you want to introduce yet another different yeast into your > > > > brew? I guess, you were referring to the 2nd fermentation time there? > > > > > > > > Margret, most puzzled .... > > > > -- > > > > +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ > > > > http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html > > > > > > > > ...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of > > > > our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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