2 jars started same time, one is almost ready, the other is still too sweet

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On the 16th, I started 2 new brews, in separate gallon jars. Usually,

I use 1 quart/liter of sweetened tea (6 tea bags, 1 cup sugar) to the

gallon jar, add a little less than 2 liters of pure water, the scoby,

and about a cup and a quarter or so of finished KT.

This time I used 1 1/2 quarts/liters of sweetened tea (doubled the tea

bags and sugar), split between the two jars. That means about 3/4

quart/liter per jar. Added in at least 2 or 3 scobys per jar so it

would brew faster.

Tasted them today, 7 days into the brew cycle. One jar is almost

ready, pretty tart. Might want to leave it another couple days. The

other jar tastes downright sweet, hardly any KT tartness to it at all.

BTW, I usually brew my KT for 14 days...it's pretty cool in my

apartment, despite the 100+ temps outside.

The jar that is almost ready contains the scobys from the last brew.

The new jar has scobys from my resting jar. Is it possible I've

starved my resting jar by not putting enough sweet tea in it, or

finished kt? It's a gallon jar, more than half full of scobys, and not

a lot of kt with it.

Any ideas? Comments?

a

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a,

Since the only difference is in the scoby generation (my understanding)s, maybe

you

should wait little longer for this old scobies to finish their job, give it 3

more days.

in this unfinished jar, do you see new scoby growing or not?

if it didn't grow probably your old scobies are dormant, if it did it just needs

more time.

At least that's what iI would do.

good luck and let us know what's going on.

>

> On the 16th, I started 2 new brews, in separate gallon jars. Usually,

> I use 1 quart/liter of sweetened tea (6 tea bags, 1 cup sugar) to the

> gallon jar, add a little less than 2 liters of pure water, the scoby,

> and about a cup and a quarter or so of finished KT.

>

> This time I used 1 1/2 quarts/liters of sweetened tea (doubled the tea

> bags and sugar), split between the two jars. That means about 3/4

> quart/liter per jar. Added in at least 2 or 3 scobys per jar so it

> would brew faster.

>

> Tasted them today, 7 days into the brew cycle. One jar is almost

> ready, pretty tart. Might want to leave it another couple days. The

> other jar tastes downright sweet, hardly any KT tartness to it at all.

> BTW, I usually brew my KT for 14 days...it's pretty cool in my

> apartment, despite the 100+ temps outside.

>

> The jar that is almost ready contains the scobys from the last brew.

> The new jar has scobys from my resting jar. Is it possible I've

> starved my resting jar by not putting enough sweet tea in it, or

> finished kt? It's a gallon jar, more than half full of scobys, and not

> a lot of kt with it.

>

> Any ideas? Comments?

>

> a

>

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How long is too long for the tea to still be good.

I'm at 14 days & it still dosen't taste right.

Skye

nephertiti_2003 wrote:

a,

Since the only difference is in the scoby generation (my understanding)s, maybe

you

should wait little longer for this old scobies to finish their job, give it 3

more days.

in this unfinished jar, do you see new scoby growing or not?

if it didn't grow probably your old scobies are dormant, if it did it just needs

more time.

At least that's what iI would do.

good luck and let us know what's going on.

>

> On the 16th, I started 2 new brews, in separate gallon jars. Usually,

> I use 1 quart/liter of sweetened tea (6 tea bags, 1 cup sugar) to the

> gallon jar, add a little less than 2 liters of pure water, the scoby,

> and about a cup and a quarter or so of finished KT.

>

> This time I used 1 1/2 quarts/liters of sweetened tea (doubled the tea

> bags and sugar), split between the two jars. That means about 3/4

> quart/liter per jar. Added in at least 2 or 3 scobys per jar so it

> would brew faster.

>

> Tasted them today, 7 days into the brew cycle. One jar is almost

> ready, pretty tart. Might want to leave it another couple days. The

> other jar tastes downright sweet, hardly any KT tartness to it at all.

> BTW, I usually brew my KT for 14 days...it's pretty cool in my

> apartment, despite the 100+ temps outside.

>

> The jar that is almost ready contains the scobys from the last brew.

> The new jar has scobys from my resting jar. Is it possible I've

> starved my resting jar by not putting enough sweet tea in it, or

> finished kt? It's a gallon jar, more than half full of scobys, and not

> a lot of kt with it.

>

> Any ideas? Comments?

>

> a

>

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> > The jar that is almost ready contains the scobys from the last brew.

> > The new jar has scobys from my resting jar. Is it possible I've

> > starved my resting jar by not putting enough sweet tea in it, or

> > finished kt? It's a gallon jar, more than half full of scobys, and not

> > a lot of kt with it.

Yes, it's possible your resting SCOBYs are a little hungry and it's taking

longer to wake up. I would add some sweetened tea to your resting jar, and

continue to wait for the slow brew to finish. It's this kind of different

experience that is so surprising, in jars sitting side by side. It happens

though.

--V

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste

[Guest guest]

>How long is too long for the tea to still be good.

> I'm at 14 days & it still dosen't taste right.

>

> Skye

There is no " too long for it to be good " . This past winter some of my

brews took almost 4 weeks. The only thing that happens is if it brews " too

long " it becomes too tart to drink.

--V

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste

[Guest guest]

I'll taste-test again tomorrow. Yes, both jars have healthy new

scobys, and so do my extras jars.

Thanks,

a

>

> a,

> Since the only difference is in the scoby generation (my

understanding)s, maybe you

> should wait little longer for this old scobies to finish their

job, give it 3 more days.

> in this unfinished jar, do you see new scoby growing or not?

> if it didn't grow probably your old scobies are dormant, if it did

it just needs more time.

> At least that's what iI would do.

> good luck and let us know what's going on.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, V. Just needed some reassurance. I'll give my resting jar

some food. At least I know now that you have to keep feeding the

scobys thru actual, practical experience.

>

>

> > > The jar that is almost ready contains the scobys from the last

brew.

> > > The new jar has scobys from my resting jar. Is it possible I've

> > > starved my resting jar by not putting enough sweet tea in it,

or

> > > finished kt? It's a gallon jar, more than half full of scobys,

and not

> > > a lot of kt with it.

>

> Yes, it's possible your resting SCOBYs are a little hungry and

it's taking

> longer to wake up. I would add some sweetened tea to your resting

jar, and

> continue to wait for the slow brew to finish. It's this kind of

different

> experience that is so surprising, in jars sitting side by side.

It happens

> though.

>

> --V

>

>

>

> ~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

> --A.J. Muste

>

[Guest guest]

>Should I start it again & let the Mommy & baby be in there togeather?

> I don't know how long my sister had this Scooby in her fridge?

> OR

> Should I remove about a quart & add a new quart of sweetened tea to

> feed it?

>

> Skye

If you set it up with the sweetened tea there is definitely no need to add

more sweetenened tea, it has all the food it can use.

I think you should just let it sit longer. If there has been some

fermentation (doesn't taste as sweet as originally) then there is action,

it's just slow and needs time. You did add starter or vinegar to start

the batch, yes? Sometimes people forget and with a sluggish SCOBY that

would not work. Or did you forget the sugar? That too can create the

" won't go " batch.

But if you did get the starter/vinegar in there and for sure the sugar, and

when you taste it there has been some activity, then my advice is to just

leave it alone and let it continue.

btw, this is why the advice is to not refrigerate SCOBYs but leave them

floating in a jar of sweetened tea on the counter somewhere. Refrigeration

often leads to a SCOBY that doesn't kickstart well.

--V

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste

[Guest guest]

>

>Maybe this scoby from the fidge got little dormant and takes some time to

>wake up. Idea

>of adding sweatened tea is good, and I would do that.

Just to point out, there is no need to add sweetened tea if the brew was

set up 14 days ago with sweetened tea, starter, and SCOBY. The issue is

that the sugars are not being converted to KT, not that it needs more sugar.

--V

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste