Brewing from Commercial - My Experience

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Hello Brewing Buddies,

I got my original scoby from a friend who had ordered hers through the mail

and successfully propogated. I have had good success with her lovely gift,

and in spite of neglect this past year, have revived it for lovely Kombucha

once again.

My neighbor heard about kombucha and was determined to brew from scratch in

spite of my generous offer, at the time returning to the earth many large

healthy scobys. This was the first I heard that you could cultivate a scoby

without a mother, and for the fun of it decided I would try, in part to

ensure that I had healthy tea since I had abused my original scoby and

children.

I have a beautiful, healthy scoby and brew from High Country on the first

try, which produced a new baby scoby in 10 days!

I have since attempted with GT's three times, all without success and with

mold.

I have a third brand, 'bucha, that is as yet undetermined but has the look

of my pre-mold GT's more than a healthy scoby. I am still holding out hope

for that one, as I *could* be wrong about the look of it. That brand did not

have an unflavored strain, so I chose Verbena Rose flavor and my biggest

regret if it doesn't produce a scoby is that I didn't save some for a good

taste test first :-)

Just thought I'd share my good success with High Country brand... I'm now

well into brewing my first full (1gal) batch from that scoby, which is

reproducing beautifully.

So three cheers for the viability of High Country!

Loving my kombucha!

beth