Guest guest Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 When you say the yeasts love honey is that a good or bad thing? I seem to get a lot of yeast strains in my KT and it tends to sour more quickly. We will see what my latest batch will do since our temperatures have been 95-100 degrees F...and there is a lot of smoke in the air from wildfires. I know cigarette smoke will damage/kill a scoby so hopefully mine will not be affected. Modiste ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:53 PM Subject: Honey  Hi EveryOne, Colleen who used to be the owner of this Kombucha list used to make her KT with Earl Grey tea and pasteurized honey. Colleen compiled a virtual online book called " Kombucha Unveiled " . Excellent resource for information mostly culled from early posts to this list. The Kombucha Center and FAQ http://users.bestweb.net/~om/~kombu/ Kombucha Sources, Articles, Recipes, Original Kombucha Mailing List The Kombucha FAQ is a virtual online book " Kombucha Unveiled " I noticed that the yeasts love honey. I experimented with many types of sugar and teas in the beginning but found I liked the taste of the KT made with organic evaporated cane juice (sugar) better than with the other sweeteners. I do not eat any sugar in my diet but for me, it works the best of the sweeteners I have tried in Kombucha. I tried Succanat, barley syrup, molasses, honey, maple syrup and some others. Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hi Modiste, When I said that yeasts love honey what I meant was that honey seems to make the yeasts grow a lot faster. Whether that is a good thing or not depends on the balance of your particular brew. Having more yeasts will make more carbonation but having too much yeast will cause your KT ferment quickly too. If you want more fizz, use at least 1 1/2 cups of sugar per gallon and take the starter KT that you add to new batches from the bottom of the jar. If you want less yeast use the starter KT from the top of your previous brew. It is all a balancing act! Hope the fires are under control soon. Stay safe! Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev > > When you say the yeasts love honey is that a good or bad thing? I seem to get a lot of yeast strains in my KT and it tends to sour more quickly. We will see what my latest batch will do since our temperatures have been 95-100 degrees F...and there is a lot of smoke in the air from wildfires. I know cigarette smoke will damage/kill a scoby so hopefully mine will not be affected. > > > Modiste > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: original_kombucha > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:53 PM > Subject: Honey > > > Â > Hi EveryOne, > > Colleen who used to be the owner of this Kombucha list used to make her KT with Earl Grey tea and pasteurized honey. Colleen compiled a virtual online book called " Kombucha Unveiled " . Excellent resource for information mostly culled from early posts to this list. > > The Kombucha Center and FAQ > http://users.bestweb.net/~om/~kombu/ > Kombucha Sources, Articles, Recipes, > Original Kombucha Mailing List > The Kombucha FAQ is a virtual online book " Kombucha Unveiled " > > I noticed that the yeasts love honey. I experimented with many types of sugar and teas in the beginning but found I liked the taste of the KT made with organic evaporated cane juice (sugar) better than with the other sweeteners. I do not eat any sugar in my diet but for me, it works the best of the sweeteners I have tried in Kombucha. I tried Succanat, barley syrup, molasses, honey, maple syrup and some others. > > Peace, Love and Harmony, > Bev > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Aha! I have been using the starter from the bottom, with all the yeasts, because I do not particularly like to drink my Kt that cloudy. We will see what my next brew holds, I used more sugar, and I think I used ACV for the starter, instead of the " yeasty " KT. Modiste ________________________________ To: original_kombucha Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 1:03 PM Subject: Re: Honey/Yeast  Hi Modiste, When I said that yeasts love honey what I meant was that honey seems to make the yeasts grow a lot faster. Whether that is a good thing or not depends on the balance of your particular brew. Having more yeasts will make more carbonation but having too much yeast will cause your KT ferment quickly too. If you want more fizz, use at least 1 1/2 cups of sugar per gallon and take the starter KT that you add to new batches from the bottom of the jar. If you want less yeast use the starter KT from the top of your previous brew. It is all a balancing act! Hope the fires are under control soon. Stay safe! Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev > > When you say the yeasts love honey is that a good or bad thing? I seem to get a lot of yeast strains in my KT and it tends to sour more quickly. We will see what my latest batch will do since our temperatures have been 95-100 degrees F...and there is a lot of smoke in the air from wildfires. I know cigarette smoke will damage/kill a scoby so hopefully mine will not be affected. > > > Modiste > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: mailto:original_kombucha%40yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:53 PM > Subject: Honey > > >  > Hi EveryOne, > > Colleen who used to be the owner of this Kombucha list used to make her KT with Earl Grey tea and pasteurized honey. Colleen compiled a virtual online book called " Kombucha Unveiled " . Excellent resource for information mostly culled from early posts to this list. > > The Kombucha Center and FAQ > http://users.bestweb.net/~om/~kombu/ > Kombucha Sources, Articles, Recipes, > Original Kombucha Mailing List > The Kombucha FAQ is a virtual online book " Kombucha Unveiled " > > I noticed that the yeasts love honey. I experimented with many types of sugar and teas in the beginning but found I liked the taste of the KT made with organic evaporated cane juice (sugar) better than with the other sweeteners. I do not eat any sugar in my diet but for me, it works the best of the sweeteners I have tried in Kombucha. I tried Succanat, barley syrup, molasses, honey, maple syrup and some others. > > Peace, Love and Harmony, > Bev > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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