Re: resting scoby before brewing?

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I hadn't thought about sunlight being harmful to the scoby. I have relocated my

brew station to a safety area of my porch. 

This morning I used Sucanat sugar for the first time since it is sugar that is

unrefined. 

Has anyone tried this before?

Vernon

[Guest guest]

In message <25308552.620431.1304180357641.JavaMail.nitido@priv-edtnes92> you

wrote:

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> I'm just finishing my first brew. I will bottle tomorrow if I can wait.

Really great! I hope you enjoy your brew!

> ... but it is important to let the scoby rest after each brew.

Whyso? Mine sometimes rest in their brewing jars in KT when I don't

immediately have time to make another batch.

The only advantage I can see is that the KT, in which the scobys rest, is

getting more acidic in the waiting, and thus a better starter .. acidic

being good and all that -

I would not say that resting is a requirement, though.

The fridge idea is just downright bad. I never, absolutely never ever,

put anything Kombucha in the fridge, especially colonies for brewing.

They do not hibernate!!

The acidic Kombucha liquid is a wonderful preservative and keeps the

scobys just fine and healthy!

> Is it best to let the scoby get some age or to keep using babies?

The whole differentiation into babies and mothers is meaningless

anthropomorphism. These are just Kombucha cultures, some younger, some

older, some fatter, some thinner, some uglier than others ;-)

Once a culture growing on the top is disturbed, it is finished, doesn't

matter whether it's young or older.

Actually, the correct definition of Kombucha culture encompasses both

the scoby/solid mat AND the liquid, which is very rich in the yeasts

and bacteria typical for Kombucha. That is why you can grow a scoby

just from KT liquid alone. The bacteria resident in the liquid will start

building a scoby again across the top of the liquid. Try it, if you haven't

already, or look at my experiment page:

http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk/family/scobygrow/home.html

That is the nature of the Kombucha beast!

So, Kare, no waiting necessary, but you can, if you want to. No harm done

either way.

Let nature get on with it and do not interfere too much .....

Blessings on yet another amazing sunny day!

Margret in the UK :-)

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