Re: a bottle has leaked

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Hi D and EveryOne,

You don't have to wait at all to drink your Kombucha tea. While it is

true the flavor changes in a delightful way as KT ages, it is also

delicous right from the start.

No harm done, when you use a cork if too much carbonation develops the

cork will pop. A good thing, better than a bottle breaking.

If the temperature is warm it is probably best to either refrigerate

or use a cork or other method for sealing your bottle that will

release excess pressure. The major disadvantage of using glass to

bottle is the potential for explosion if too much pressure builds up

in the bottle that cannot be released by the cap used.

Tapered corks are used for this purpose...to seal the bottle but

release any excess pressure.

Champagne corks with the wire hold the pressure in which is one reason

Champagne is so fizzy. Champagne bottles have special indented bottoms

and thicker glass to support that excess pressure. However they sure

explode when opened! Before the special bottles and corks were

developed they had a lot of trouble with exploding bottles with

Champagne. That is because the fermentation is not completed before

bottling, same is true for Kombucha...therefore carbonation continues

to develop in the bottle. Just allow for that when you bottle your

Kombucha and all will be well:-))

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

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-- In original_kombucha , " druanttia "

wrote:

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> Hello all...I had bottled my first ever batch of Kombucha 2 days ago

> and have let them sit out at room temputure for 48 hours..one of the

> glass bottles with a cork has leaked...some tea had came up and out and

> dribbled down the side..is this still safe to drink? is it unusual for

> the cork to do this ? the cork is still intact...but somehow the tea

> squiggled up thru the side about a teaspoon s worth...i have since

> moved my glass,corked,bottles to the refrigorator...and from what i

> have read i should wait a few days to start drinkng the tea after

> refrigoration.

>

> anticipatedly awaiting,

>

> D

>