Re: Re: KT turns vinegary quite rapidly

[Guest guest]

you could try reducing the size of your scoby. i do continuous brew and

sometimes scoby gets too powerful. i cut it in half and it seems to settle

the speed down

gail

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> I periodically intentionally take mine to vinegar (part of my diet plan)

> and it does take a bit of doing to get it back to my yummy KT. I would steep

> the tea like you use to (when you had good brews) and drain the vinegary KT

> all the way down to only 1 to 2 cups left in the container. It might take a

> couple cycles to get back to the brews you like but you should get there.

> Meanwhile, the KT vinegar is actually a GREAT vinegar! I use it for all

> sorts of stuff. I especially love it as a salad dressing.

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> > I have been doing a continuous brew since May. We went on vacation for a

> few weeks. I haven't been able to get a good brew since. I made a fresh

> batch of sweet tea before leaving. The summer has been cool, and the house

> temp hasn't changed. In an attempt to get it back to what we liked, I feel I

> may have made things worse. I didn't take out the SCOBY, but I drained quite

> a bit of the vinegary KT. I steeped the tea to make it good and strong/ I

> added the normal 1 1/2 cups sugar. In TWO days, the KT was already vinegary!

> Should I steep less? Should I syphon off from the top and dispose the bottom

> KT? (The fizz is perfect for us. We only do a first ferment; add fruits in a

> pitcher and enjoy.) Thanks for suggestions!

> > Donna in Alaska

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[Guest guest]

For tea,,, have you tried www.Iherb.com ? They are GREAT and I get alot of my

Uncle Lee teas there. If you go use the code WEN537 and you will get either 5%

off of five bucks off, I can't remember. LMK what you find as I haven't been

there for some time now.

XOXO

http://wmdramble.blogspot.com/

Another thing I do different that might play into it: I use only green tea. I

can't find black or white organic tea bags that are reasonably priced. Did I

mention that I'm cheap too??

I really like KT vinegar as well.. has a taste pretty close to apple cider

vinegar, and not quite as acidic.