Re: Honey: I understand the concerns, or, is it the white tea?

[Guest guest]

Good morning , from what I've read about unpasturized (raw)

honey I would say that it's not a good idea to use it in KT simply

because it has antibacterial properties which would no doubt

interfere with the bacteria side of the KT trying to develope. I

read somewhere that during WW1 honey was used on battle wounds to

heal infections. So in my newbie opinion, I would not use raw

honey...however I don't what would happen if one used pasturized

honey. Maybe the antibacterial properties would be greatly lessened

and therefore more useable for KT?

Happy experimenting!

Baker <vbaker@a...> wrote:

>

> I tried some honey as part of my sweetener in some of my jars, and

used

> what I had, which was unpasteurized. There's been some controversy

about

> it and because I am a believer in wholistic applications wherever

possible,

> I was inclined to believe it wouldn't be a problem.

[Guest guest]

Yes, honey is known to be anti-bacterial, I don't recall all the

compounds but hydrogen peroxide is one of them. I don't think I would

want to add hydrogen peroxide to my kombucha in fear of it hurting the

good critters.

> Good morning , from what I've read about unpasturized (raw)

> honey I would say that it's not a good idea to use it in KT simply

> because it has antibacterial properties which would no doubt

> interfere with the bacteria side of the KT trying to develope. I

> read somewhere that during WW1 honey was used on battle wounds to

> heal infections. So in my newbie opinion, I would not use raw

> honey...however I don't what would happen if one used pasturized

> honey. Maybe the antibacterial properties would be greatly lessened

> and therefore more useable for KT?

[Guest guest]

Just to clarify, honey is generally considered ok to use (it's more a

matter of taste than anything), although some people object to it in

general. The main issue is that it be pasteurized, and that has been

disputed somewhat, as I mentioned. Bev states clearly it should be

pasteurized, and I'm wondering if I'm seeing that result. That's what I

was asking about, from experienced brewers, was whether they thought what

I'm experiencing was the honey or the tea change, or a combination of factors.

Thank you.

--V

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