Guest guest Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Oh this is the site where I found the best price on DOMINO sugar.  http://www.nextag.com/DOMINO-Sugar-Certified-Organic-659689655/prices-html  But then, again, I am not sure if I can trust the name. To: " original_kombucha " <original_kombucha > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Storage of KT I am glad to know your brews take long. Tho temp was not a problem this summer. My house was plenty warm.  I love this stuff, too and am spreading it around freely. I just spoke with a clerk at a store yesterday and I will be taking her a scoby soon. She is sick and wears those rubber band things on the wrist with the shiny dots above and under your wrist. She says they work and she has a few different colors. She has been very sickly and she showed me her bottle of MDew at her register and I told her she needed to get off of that dangerous stuff. She knows it, too, but can't find anything else she likes to drink. Since I gathered that she was looking all among sodas, I told her about KT and she is interested, so I will take her one of my extra scobys. Even though I do not see any real results, just the digestive health I know it will provide is enough for me to keep drinking it. I am not doctoring myself for anything, (I gave them up 4 years ago) so I really don't actually know what it might be doing for me. I also have too much lag time between brews, so that does not help It may not be doing anything yet. I've had some kefir every day this summer tho, but that still is not brewing right and I am afraid that my grains will not make it through the winter. They have not grown all summer.  Hey - does anyone know if we can trust DOMINO to put out a pure organic unadulterated sugar? Check this out. This is cheaper than any other organic sugar that I know of.  http://www.dominosugar.com/sugar/organic-sugar I discovered it when I called a grocery store to see if they had Woodstock Farms at a better price than what I had found so far and they did not. But they had domino. So I looked it up online and found this site. To: original_kombucha Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Storage of KT  I have never had a brew come in before 20 days. I have a cool 70 to 75 temp range. I would love to bottle up after a week or two. Some of my SCOBY's are thin and ugly then some are round and thick and all one cream color. Every brew starts the same but in the end I have different results. I am really looking for more fizz that's why I brew longer but still have love fizz if any. I still love this stuff and my wife also is enjoying it. We are spreading the word and soon will have many locals brewing for themselves. Stay cool, in O'Fallon, MO > ** > > > I don't know who you are replying to, but since it could be me and about my > Dad's prize-winning scobys, I might add that I have five other crocks and > jugs going and none of my scobys look like my dad's. And they all have cloth > napkins over them. The kombucha mama is the person I saw show us how to > start a scoby hotel and she used a lid on her jar. I assumed that was to > keep kt from evaporating, but beyond that, I did not know why a lid might or > might not be the preferred top for a scoby hotel. > > http://www.kombuchakamp.com/2010/08/scoby-hotel-video-quick-tip.html?awt_l=AH9It\ & awt_m=KndEB9_2eo5jLN > > I wonder if the material of the napkins I use on all my other brews is not > right. It is 100% polyester. I was given these by a kt brewer who used > them to cover her own brews. She was cleaning out to move across the > country, so she passed quite a few things to me. So I assumed they would be > fine for me. But since nothing is really coming out right for me, and all my > kt & kefir endeavours came to me from successful brewers, I have to think I > am doing something wrong. Even my Dad's kt brew didn't brew in 7 - 10 days > and he keeps heat in his house for his old body to keep limber. I took one > of Dad's scobys and started a brew for a lady in the next town and her brew > is approaching the 2-week period, too. > > Maybe it's the kind of teas we use. I just don't have a clue. > > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:44 AM > Subject: Re: Storage of KT > > > I imagine that you'll get many similar replies, but you've identified your > own problem. Scobys need air, and yes, you need a cloth over your jar, not a > lid. > > > Text portions of this message have been removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 I'm not sure it's Domino Sugar you have to trust, but the good old USDA - who is meant to certify this stuff. For my part, the increasingly lax standards that are being applied to the term 'organic' is disappointing. But for the time being, (unless you can grow your own) it's as good as we've got. I'm also trying to ensure that any future sugar I buy is always cane rather than beet sugar, as, now we have GM sugar beets. Although, for the time being, organic standards don't permit GMOs, no one is entirely certain how to prevent GM pollen from doing it's business in non-GM fields. > Oh this is the site where I found the best price on DOMINO sugar. > > http://www.nextag.com/DOMINO-Sugar-Certified-Organic-659689655/prices-html > > But then, again, I am not sure if I can trust the name. > > > To: " original_kombucha " <original_kombucha > > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: Storage of KT > > I am glad to know your brews take long. Tho temp was not a problem this summer. My house was plenty warm. > > I love this stuff, too and am spreading it around freely. I just spoke with a clerk at a store yesterday and I will be taking her a scoby soon. She is sick and wears those rubber band things on the wrist with the shiny dots above and under your wrist. She says they work and she has a few different colors. She has been very sickly and she showed me her bottle of MDew at her register and I told her she needed to get off of that dangerous stuff. She knows it, too, but can't find anything else she likes to drink. Since I gathered that she was looking all among sodas, I told her about KT and she is interested, so I will take her one of my extra scobys. Even though I do not see any real results, just the digestive health I know it will provide is enough for me to keep drinking it. I am not doctoring myself for anything, (I gave them up 4 years ago) so I really don't actually know what it might be doing for me. I also have too much lag time between brews, so > that does not help It may not be doing anything yet. I've had some kefir every day this summer tho, but that still is not brewing right and I am afraid that my grains will not make it through the winter. They have not grown all summer. > > Hey - does anyone know if we can trust DOMINO to put out a pure organic unadulterated sugar? Check this out. This is cheaper than any other organic sugar that I know of. > > http://www.dominosugar.com/sugar/organic-sugar > > I discovered it when I called a grocery store to see if they had Woodstock Farms at a better price than what I had found so far and they did not. But they had domino. So I looked it up online and found this site. > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: Storage of KT > > > I have never had a brew come in before 20 days. I have a cool 70 to 75 temp > range. I would love to bottle up after a week or two. Some of my SCOBY's are > thin and ugly then some are round and thick and all one cream color. Every > brew starts the same but in the end I have different results. I am really > looking for more fizz that's why I brew longer but still have love fizz if > any. I still love this stuff and my wife also is enjoying it. We are > spreading the word and soon will have many locals brewing for themselves. > Stay > cool, > in > O'Fallon, MO > > > > > ** > > > > > > I don't know who you are replying to, but since it could be me and about my > > Dad's prize-winning scobys, I might add that I have five other crocks and > > jugs going and none of my scobys look like my dad's. And they all have cloth > > napkins over them. The kombucha mama is the person I saw show us how to > > start a scoby hotel and she used a lid on her jar. I assumed that was to > > keep kt from evaporating, but beyond that, I did not know why a lid might or > > might not be the preferred top for a scoby hotel. > > > > http://www.kombuchakamp.com/2010/08/scoby-hotel-video-quick-tip.html?awt_l=AH9It\ & awt_m=KndEB9_2eo5jLN > > > > I wonder if the material of the napkins I use on all my other brews is not > > right. It is 100% polyester. I was given these by a kt brewer who used > > them to cover her own brews. She was cleaning out to move across the > > country, so she passed quite a few things to me. So I assumed they would be > > fine for me. But since nothing is really coming out right for me, and all my > > kt & kefir endeavours came to me from successful brewers, I have to think I > > am doing something wrong. Even my Dad's kt brew didn't brew in 7 - 10 days > > and he keeps heat in his house for his old body to keep limber. I took one > > of Dad's scobys and started a brew for a lady in the next town and her brew > > is approaching the 2-week period, too. > > > > Maybe it's the kind of teas we use. I just don't have a clue. > > > > > > To: original_kombucha > > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:44 AM > > Subject: Re: Storage of KT > > > > > > I imagine that you'll get many similar replies, but you've identified your > > own problem. Scobys need air, and yes, you need a cloth over your jar, not a > > lid. > > > > > > Text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 I'm not sure it's Domino Sugar you have to trust, but the good old USDA - who is meant to certify this stuff. For my part, the increasingly lax standards that are being applied to the term 'organic' is disappointing. But for the time being, (unless you can grow your own) it's as good as we've got. I'm also trying to ensure that any future sugar I buy is always cane rather than beet sugar, as, now we have GM sugar beets. Although, for the time being, organic standards don't permit GMOs, no one is entirely certain how to prevent GM pollen from doing it's business in non-GM fields. > Oh this is the site where I found the best price on DOMINO sugar. > > http://www.nextag.com/DOMINO-Sugar-Certified-Organic-659689655/prices-html > > But then, again, I am not sure if I can trust the name. > > > To: " original_kombucha " <original_kombucha > > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: Storage of KT > > I am glad to know your brews take long. Tho temp was not a problem this summer. My house was plenty warm. > > I love this stuff, too and am spreading it around freely. I just spoke with a clerk at a store yesterday and I will be taking her a scoby soon. She is sick and wears those rubber band things on the wrist with the shiny dots above and under your wrist. She says they work and she has a few different colors. She has been very sickly and she showed me her bottle of MDew at her register and I told her she needed to get off of that dangerous stuff. She knows it, too, but can't find anything else she likes to drink. Since I gathered that she was looking all among sodas, I told her about KT and she is interested, so I will take her one of my extra scobys. Even though I do not see any real results, just the digestive health I know it will provide is enough for me to keep drinking it. I am not doctoring myself for anything, (I gave them up 4 years ago) so I really don't actually know what it might be doing for me. I also have too much lag time between brews, so > that does not help It may not be doing anything yet. I've had some kefir every day this summer tho, but that still is not brewing right and I am afraid that my grains will not make it through the winter. They have not grown all summer. > > Hey - does anyone know if we can trust DOMINO to put out a pure organic unadulterated sugar? Check this out. This is cheaper than any other organic sugar that I know of. > > http://www.dominosugar.com/sugar/organic-sugar > > I discovered it when I called a grocery store to see if they had Woodstock Farms at a better price than what I had found so far and they did not. But they had domino. So I looked it up online and found this site. > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: Storage of KT > > > I have never had a brew come in before 20 days. I have a cool 70 to 75 temp > range. I would love to bottle up after a week or two. Some of my SCOBY's are > thin and ugly then some are round and thick and all one cream color. Every > brew starts the same but in the end I have different results. I am really > looking for more fizz that's why I brew longer but still have love fizz if > any. I still love this stuff and my wife also is enjoying it. We are > spreading the word and soon will have many locals brewing for themselves. > Stay > cool, > in > O'Fallon, MO > > > > > ** > > > > > > I don't know who you are replying to, but since it could be me and about my > > Dad's prize-winning scobys, I might add that I have five other crocks and > > jugs going and none of my scobys look like my dad's. And they all have cloth > > napkins over them. The kombucha mama is the person I saw show us how to > > start a scoby hotel and she used a lid on her jar. I assumed that was to > > keep kt from evaporating, but beyond that, I did not know why a lid might or > > might not be the preferred top for a scoby hotel. > > > > http://www.kombuchakamp.com/2010/08/scoby-hotel-video-quick-tip.html?awt_l=AH9It\ & awt_m=KndEB9_2eo5jLN > > > > I wonder if the material of the napkins I use on all my other brews is not > > right. It is 100% polyester. I was given these by a kt brewer who used > > them to cover her own brews. She was cleaning out to move across the > > country, so she passed quite a few things to me. So I assumed they would be > > fine for me. But since nothing is really coming out right for me, and all my > > kt & kefir endeavours came to me from successful brewers, I have to think I > > am doing something wrong. Even my Dad's kt brew didn't brew in 7 - 10 days > > and he keeps heat in his house for his old body to keep limber. I took one > > of Dad's scobys and started a brew for a lady in the next town and her brew > > is approaching the 2-week period, too. > > > > Maybe it's the kind of teas we use. I just don't have a clue. > > > > > > To: original_kombucha > > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:44 AM > > Subject: Re: Storage of KT > > > > > > I imagine that you'll get many similar replies, but you've identified your > > own problem. Scobys need air, and yes, you need a cloth over your jar, not a > > lid. > > > > > > Text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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