Re: Harvest or leave babies in

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maria.

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:01:46 -0500 Mark son

writes:

I've read some accounts of pouring off KT and then adding more fresh

sweet-tea to the same container. Does this mean one simply leaves the

babies in the container?

[Guest guest]

Oh no! Never thought of that...

> Oh, yuk, I had a moment of confusion here.... between the media and the

> spam mails I get, at fist glance reading the subject line, I thought this

> mail was about cloning or something...

> maria.

[Guest guest]

In message <237f7cfb0512170901l7d0d2a65q4c05daf77d71c740@...> you

wrote:

> I've read some accounts of pouring off KT and then adding more fresh

> sweet-tea to the same container. Does this mean one simply leaves the

> babies in the container?

Yes, Mark, you could do that and have another regular brew, but

if you think of holding scobys in a starter pot (extra acidic

bacteria rich KT) Len recommends one should add more less acidic

KT, because this discourages the yeast going over-active.

All the best,

Margret:-)

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[Guest guest]

I'm an advocate of taking the SCOBY out of the brewing vessel, along with

the starter liquid, putting in the sweetened tea, replacing the SCOBY, and

pouring the starter liquid over the top and not stirring. Allowing the

starter to stay at the top helps promote quick SCOBY growth and sealing,

which protects against mold.

I strongly advise people to follow this protocol because it works. If

anyone has had mold show up, this is the protocol for brewing that will

prevent mold.

Not only does it prevent mold, but my experience has shown that it also

gets a brew off to a faster start.

--V

> > I've read some accounts of pouring off KT and then adding more fresh

> > sweet-tea to the same container. Does this mean one simply leaves the

> > babies in the container?

>Yes, Mark, you could do that and have another regular brew, but

>if you think of holding scobys in a starter pot (extra acidic

>bacteria rich KT) Len recommends one should add more less acidic

>KT, because this discourages the yeast going over-active.

>

>All the best,

>

>Margret:-)

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