Re:Make KT from KT - Fruit Flies.

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I had put about a T of homebrew kt in a vinegar bottle in the spring to catch

fruit flies and the only thing that kt ever caught was a scoby. So they grow

easily.

Now to catch fruit flies in the kitchen, I guess the only thing that is working

for me is the sweeper hose. I have a dust buster, but it is a dirt evil and they

do not have good suction. It seems what they are good for is carpet or

upholstery. The beater bar seems to be the thing that makes it useful.

For the ones that for some reason like the sink in the bathroom, I put a jar of

organic cleaner on the sink and that worked to get those. But bring that jar out

to the kitchen now and it sits empty with fruit flies flying everywhere else. I

have no idea what they like in the bathroom except that jar of cleaner. But all

of them don't go there like I wish they would.

Fruit flies are too smart for their own good.

STUPID BUGS.

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Hi Marge,

You don't need a scoby to brew k-tea, but your starter should be quite

tart--high acidity will help deter molds and such from forming.  I have

often taken a non-flavored store-bought bottle, added a pinch or two of

sugar, and set it in a cup with a coffee filter rubberbanded over the top.

A scoby should start to form within a day or two, and within a week or so

you can taste it.  If it's very vinegary and tart it should make a good

starter!

Generally you'll want to use about 10% starter+scoby to 90% fresh tea, but

for the first time I'd go 30-70 or so just to make sure you get a good

start.

Happy brewing!!

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> > Dear Bev,

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> > What a beautiful Kombucha Manna page you have in Facebook. Boo Hoo. Webtv

> won't let me access it yet. I couldn't even push, " like. "

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> > If one had two pints of Kombucha Tea and no scoby, how would one go about

> making Kombucha Tea?

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> > Do you just boil a small amount of water and sugar, add a couple of tea

> bags, steep, cool, then add to all the left over KT liquid, or are there

> better proportions?

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> > Blessings on you all. LOve. MArge.

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