12a. 13b. Re: GT Caps tip!

[Guest guest]

Audrey, kombucha can grow in clear glass or plastic or in

the dark. Yet, I acknowledge that light does effect the

fermentation. To what level that creates an undesirable

affect has not been critically determined as far as I know.

This would be an important distinction as far as if the

ferment was to be drunk (and therefore different

consideration) or to be used to propagate the ferment (and

different consideration here) The industry standard for

ferments is brown bottles and follow the other ideas

expressed earlier. Some commercial kombucha brewers follow

those guidelines very carefully (Pronatura and Kombucha

2000, High Country in brown glass but a short neck) others

don't (Kombucha Wonder Tea is in short wide opening plastic,

GT and Kombucha Botanica in wide opening clear glass) .

Kombucha as a ferment represents a balance of desired

bacteria and yeasts. But there are/or may be present a

variety of yeasts and bacteria either entered from the air

(wild) or from other sources that go from a dormant to a

dominant state and adversely affect the ferment.

for most home-brewers none of this matters - as long as the

taste is what one is after.

live free and healthy

Ed Kasper L.Ac. A professional kombuchaist

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12a. 13b. Re: GT Caps tip!

Posted by: " Audrey " Onexpresso@... onexpresso

Date: Tue Aug 1, 2006 8:22 am (PDT)

Greetings Ed,

I read that Blue and Green glass is not good, so what about

the

peira plastic water bottles, they are blue? I have two types

of

swingtop bottles, one has a long neck and a square body, and

fits in

my fridge nicely. The other is from the brew shop groeler?

and has a

rounded body that fits better in my rack. Do you have a

prefference?

After my exposion, I am using plastic until I get the hang

of this,

on a schedule. I think it was the grape kefir that started

the chain

reaction. I hope to get a continuous brew crock soon.

Audrey