green vs black

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On the green vs. black debate, im only on my 7th batch

now, but have found half green and half black to be my

favorite mix. With the one batch I made that was all

green tea, I hardly got any SCOBY at all, just a very

thin slime.. but with the half and half it makes a

nice fat one within only a few days.

Regarding fizz, I found that it pays big to just be

careful when bottling so as not to LOSE much, rather

than trying to build it back up after bottling. My

first two batches lost all the fizz when I strained

them through cheesecloth.. But the last few what I do

is remove the SCOBY, pour CAREFULLY into a pitcher,

then strain as im filling the bottle with a

soup-skimmer that I attached a funnel to. I put the

bottle in my dish rack so it leans at an angle,

further reducing the splashing as the bottle fills,

again, to try and preserve as much fizz as possible

from the original ferment.

With this new method, I find I can put the bottles

straight into the fridge and have plenty of fizz for

drinkin.

Right now im drinking a particularly good one, half

black, half jasmine/green tea, yum!

yours,

david mitchell

austin, tx

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