Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Pat in CA, consider using sterile gauze or sterile cotton balls. instead of paper. However I don't know if there are other chemicals in those as well. just a thought Ed Kasper Santa Cruz, CA -----Original Message----- 6. Re: Is it safe??? Posted by: " yoganandaom " OM@... yoganandaom Date: Sat Sep 2, 2006 9:56 am (PDT) Pat, Most paper towels are bleached to make the paper white and the bleach would most likely kill the Kombucha or if not, the bleach would not be good for you anyway....so if you used bleached paper towels I wouldn't drink it anyway....it will be interesting to see if it worked though and their are unbleached paper towels.... It is a good experiment let us know what you learn:-)) Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev > > One thing I tried, is on August 15, I tossed a clean piece > of paper towel in a well fermented drink of K tea. Then I > took it out and hung it to dry, then stuck it in a zip loc. > This morning I took it out, put the paper in a new batch > of sweetened tea, no Kombucha at all except for, hopefully, > the K spores that were imbedded in the paper towel. > So, now it is sitting in my kitchen, with a new label on it, > waiting to see if it will form a new baby Scoby. If so, this > would be a neat way to save a start of it, and a good way > to move between countries and still take your beloved K tea > with you. > I'll let all know how this comes out, should see something in > 3 or 4 days with the current heat around here. > > Pat in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Dear ones, I really don't understand these kind of experiments. I think Kombucha is working great just the way it is. Why would anyone take the risk of brewing something undefinabel that could be a health risk? BTW...I am also a member of a Dutch Kombucha forum. Over there it is believed that the more acid the brew, the better for your health. They recommand a brewing time of 14 day's minimum. Sorry, I can't remember who wrote this, but on this forum there was the question about old KT and if it was safe. I can't really answer that, but on the Dutch forum there are lots of people making continuous brews. They have these large vessels with a spigot near the bottom. They bottle the amount of KT they need from the spigot and put in the same amount of tea on top. The SCOBY'S are all left in the vessel and only once every 3 or 4 months they take them out, get rid of the most yeasty ones and clean up the vessel. All those people are still alive and kicking. Byldzje 2006/9/3, Ed Kasper LAc : > > Pat in CA, consider using sterile gauze or sterile cotton > balls. instead of paper. However I don't know if there are > other chemicals in those as well. > > just a thought > > Ed Kasper > Santa Cruz, CA > > -----Original Message----- > > 6. Re: Is it safe??? > Posted by: " yoganandaom " OM@... <OM%40bestweb.net> yoganandaom > Date: Sat Sep 2, 2006 9:56 am (PDT) > > Pat, > > Most paper towels are bleached to make the paper white and > the bleach > would most likely kill the Kombucha or if not, the bleach > would not be > good for you anyway....so if you used bleached paper towels > I wouldn't > drink it anyway....it will be interesting to see if it > worked though > and their are unbleached paper towels.... > > It is a good experiment let us know what you learn:-)) > > Peace, Love and Harmony, > Bev > > > > > > One thing I tried, is on August 15, I tossed a clean piece > > of paper towel in a well fermented drink of K tea. Then I > > took it out and hung it to dry, then stuck it in a zip > loc. > > This morning I took it out, put the paper in a new batch > > of sweetened tea, no Kombucha at all except for, > hopefully, > > the K spores that were imbedded in the paper towel. > > So, now it is sitting in my kitchen, with a new label on > it, > > waiting to see if it will form a new baby Scoby. If so, > this > > would be a neat way to save a start of it, and a good way > > to move between countries and still take your beloved K > tea > > with you. > > I'll let all know how this comes out, should see something > in > > 3 or 4 days with the current heat around here. > > > > Pat in CA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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