Brewing Solutions

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greetings & All,

1. i do not hot steep any herbs, i suggest using an abundance of herbal volume

as in nature, a forest will yield a lot more than a little 3 gram satchel of

dried tea leaves |i suggest 1/2 a kilo of loose-leaf herb to one gallon of water

2. cold-steeping in the fridge or a iced cooler overnight is usually how i brew,

sometimes a couple night in the fridge

3. i have not covered the glass jar steeping vessel normally, this depends on

what else is kept in the fridge though..

4. i have even thought about goji berries also, just more scarce|pricey than

dried grapes, have yet to brew with them

the process i suggest is to produce a therapeutic grade (i just choose not to

label it medicinal for ideological reasons

of reinforcing the insinuation of mainstream allopathic medicine having central

efficacy in application of principles) for

healing, vigor, vitality and (w)holistic health. nature provides fruits and

herbs in massive quantities, yet we are given

a tiny pinch [around 2-4 grams] inside of bleached pouches for making infusions.

i suggest using at least 10 times an

amount offered to us by corporations attempting to set the standards for us.

mother nature~ has already set the true

standard: Abundance! the key is to extract a significant amount of light(meaning

embodied sunlight within the leaves

of the herb) from these dried plant parts. we must first be conscious as to the

natural functioning of leaves on trees!

a leaf absorbs and repackages direct & indirect sunlight {bio-photons} in order

to transport down the branches, trunk

and roots of a tree simultaneously while water, minerals, microbes and other

nutrients are being harnessed up into &

through the roots of the tree. water, specifically, is drawn up all the way

through the branched network of the trees,

eventually going all the way to the tips of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc. then

that water is circulated back down toward

the roots repeatedly. it basically works the same with any living tree,

specific rates of functionality may vary though

between tree species. *with this said, what we are doing is imitating what

naturally occurs already before any human

involvement occurs {which is nearly always the case with anything we do relating

to 'technology'} sunlight + moving waters= electricity always! sipping kombucha

is literally drinking an aqueous battery really... the microbes catalyzes

this process just a fungi do by creating mushrooms in/on the fallen tree

branches in a forest: then the ants feed them

you see , it always goes back to mother nature first! she is the first

and apex of all technologies we humans simply derive and claim as our prideful

invention. by the way, invention literally means finding a way into...as in the

sense of figuring out merely an opening into energy transference but not fully

innerstanding the HOW and even more

the why something happens as it does. this is why we call teas INFUSIONS

because we are re-infusing living waters

into the crystallized sunlight{chlorophyll, tannins, pigments, phytonutrients,

hues} that the leaves have packaged so

efficiently. so, i suggest soaking | cold-steeping the cut & sifted loose leaves

until the infusion is so dark that seeing

through the glass vessel in not possible when held up to direct artificial

lighting. color is key consciousness !!

then, i suggest using the Coconut Secret brand raw coconut nectar liberally.

you will not need to use more than one 12 oz. bottle for a 2 ~ 2.5 gallon brew

batch though. remember, coconut is another fruit tree, and this nectar comes

from the top center trunk of the tree rather than from its fruit. so again,

think about what we are actually doing here

? why a coconut tree...well there are oodles of reasons! an example is

that a coconut tree is one of the most efficient and strongest trees on the

planet relative to its size-to-strength ratios in comparisons with other trees

in the

world! just think about a hurricane toppling a man-made house of brick and

mortar, concrete even, while the coconut

palm trees are still standing & withstanding over 100mph constant wind speeds!!

when has anyone seen a palm tree

just tumbling across the ground during a hurricane completely uprooted? in

Puerto Rico one year, a wood board blew

right through the air into a palm tree in a hurricane and became lodged right

into the trunk of the tree piercing all the

way out the other side of the tree trunk...and the tree remained standing,

rooted & grounded!! so, i am ever humble..

Brew like no one's Watching!

~Rezz Yisrael

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To: original_kombucha

Sent: Sun, May 8, 2011 9:24:22 AM

Subject: RE: Sweet Solutions

Thanks for the suggestions Rezz.

I would like to try cold steeping and maybe you could share a bit more about

your process…. such as:

1) Do you use the same amount of tea as with hot steeping?

2) Do you cold steep at room temperature or in the refrigerator?

3) Do you cover your steeping vessel?

4) Have you ever used Gogi berries instead of raisins? Unfortunately much

more expensive, but just curious.

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I like the more natural approach that you

advocate and am anxious to move further down that path.

Cheers,