Re: Help! Please! I am new and know nothing about making the tea.

[Guest guest]

suzane -- laurelfarms.com has a a great growing instruction page..See if there

is someone in your area that can send you one for shipping and handeling.

Most people have an abundnce of K mush and are willing to share - make sure

its someone who knows not to use ceramic - metal or plastic in growing..IF there

is no one in your area email me and within the nxt 2 weeks I can ship you one

for a few dollars.

a Knudsen

suzpenz wrote:

Greetings:

I joined the group 2 days ago after reading in a health book about the

value of the tea.

I know absolutely nothing about it.

Can you please direct me to where I can learn about making my own?

Where do you buy the culture or ?scoby?

Does it have to be brewed in glass? Do you have to sterilize first?

I have so many questions. If anyone could help me I would be most

grateful.

Suzanne in central Kansas

www.vmdirect.com/paulak

www.frumples.com

www.pkfrumple.unfranchise.com

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[Guest guest]

This is a good source for a pot without lead.

Audrey

http://www.harmonic-health.com/kombucha_fermentation.php

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> A good stoneware pot should not be doing this. Thats why its

stoneware. The ONLY references I can find are from Lead poisoning-

Lead is no longer allowed in ceramics Not in the clay nor the

glazes. In fact it had been outlawed already in the 80's when I was

an avid potter at least in the USA. I can see that you wouldn't

want to brew your tea from an old ceramic which still contains the

lead, but to make a blanket statement about don't brew in ceramic

is really irrational and quite a bit of overkill. Stoneware is

actually glass so that means that glass is not safe either.

> zoe

[Guest guest]

This is a good source for a pot without lead.

Audrey

http://www.harmonic-health.com/kombucha_fermentation.php

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> A good stoneware pot should not be doing this. Thats why its

stoneware. The ONLY references I can find are from Lead poisoning-

Lead is no longer allowed in ceramics Not in the clay nor the

glazes. In fact it had been outlawed already in the 80's when I was

an avid potter at least in the USA. I can see that you wouldn't

want to brew your tea from an old ceramic which still contains the

lead, but to make a blanket statement about don't brew in ceramic

is really irrational and quite a bit of overkill. Stoneware is

actually glass so that means that glass is not safe either.

> zoe

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I also was looking into the one from happyherbalist and found

this site with tons of pretty ones also;

http://www.foryourwater.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?

Screen=CTGY & Store_Code=FYW & Category_Code=FYWCCFL

Audrey

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> zoe W wrote: Whats wrong with ceramic ? I

bought a continuous brewing vessel from Ed TheHappyHerbalist and its

ceramic- is doing a fine job for me.

> zoe

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I also was looking into the one from happyherbalist and found

this site with tons of pretty ones also;

http://www.foryourwater.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?

Screen=CTGY & Store_Code=FYW & Category_Code=FYWCCFL

Audrey

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> zoe W wrote: Whats wrong with ceramic ? I

bought a continuous brewing vessel from Ed TheHappyHerbalist and its

ceramic- is doing a fine job for me.

> zoe

[Guest guest]

Oh, and minis .

Audrey

http://foryourwater.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?

Screen=PROD & Store_Code=FYW & Product_Code=MC0507 & Category_Code=FYWMD

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>

> zoe W wrote: Whats wrong with ceramic ?

I bought a continuous brewing vessel from Ed TheHappyHerbalist and

its ceramic- is doing a fine job for me.

> zoe

>

> Thursday, December 7, 2006, 7:11:10 PM, you wrote:

> suzane -- laurelfarms.com has a a great growing instruction

page..See if there is someone in your area that can send you one for

shipping and handeling.

> Most people have an abundnce of K mush and are willing to share -

make sure its someone who knows not to use ceramic - metal or plastic

in growing..IF there is no one in your area email me and within the

nxt 2 weeks I can ship you one for a few dollars.

> a Knudsen

>

> suzpenz wrote:

> Greetings:

> I joined the group 2 days ago after reading in a health book about

the

> value of the tea.

> I know absolutely nothing about it.

>

> Can you please direct me to where I can learn about making my own?

> Where do you buy the culture or ?scoby?

>

> Does it have to be brewed in glass? Do you have to sterilize first?

>

> I have so many questions. If anyone could help me I would be most

> grateful.

>

> Suzanne in central Kansas

>

> www.vmdirect.com/paulak

> www.frumples.com

> www.pkfrumple.unfranchise.com

> 1-

>

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> Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from

real people who know.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, and minis .

Audrey

http://foryourwater.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?

Screen=PROD & Store_Code=FYW & Product_Code=MC0507 & Category_Code=FYWMD

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>

> zoe W wrote: Whats wrong with ceramic ?

I bought a continuous brewing vessel from Ed TheHappyHerbalist and

its ceramic- is doing a fine job for me.

> zoe

>

> Thursday, December 7, 2006, 7:11:10 PM, you wrote:

> suzane -- laurelfarms.com has a a great growing instruction

page..See if there is someone in your area that can send you one for

shipping and handeling.

> Most people have an abundnce of K mush and are willing to share -

make sure its someone who knows not to use ceramic - metal or plastic

in growing..IF there is no one in your area email me and within the

nxt 2 weeks I can ship you one for a few dollars.

> a Knudsen

>

> suzpenz wrote:

> Greetings:

> I joined the group 2 days ago after reading in a health book about

the

> value of the tea.

> I know absolutely nothing about it.

>

> Can you please direct me to where I can learn about making my own?

> Where do you buy the culture or ?scoby?

>

> Does it have to be brewed in glass? Do you have to sterilize first?

>

> I have so many questions. If anyone could help me I would be most

> grateful.

>

> Suzanne in central Kansas

>

> www.vmdirect.com/paulak

> www.frumples.com

> www.pkfrumple.unfranchise.com

> 1-

>

> ---------------------------------

> Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from

real people who know.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, I was told not to brew in lead crystal bowl, but pryex is suppose

to be just fine.

Audrey

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My understanding of stoneware is hi fired clay and it does contain

ingredients that K can chelate while in the growing process. I am only

sharing what I have been told. As I have beautiful bowls fired to

cone10 and have been advised not to use. Same as not to use anything

but stainless steel to boil the distilled water and sugar to make the

tea and to avoid plastic always. I don't understand it and I used a

pendulum to test it and it seems to be correct info.. AND by no means

am I an expert...

> a

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, yeah " Betsy Pryor " has said a few things we question here in this

group. She is not on the top of my ask list.

Audrey

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> the someone else is Betsy Pryor from www.Laurelfarms.com

[Guest guest]

--- In original_kombucha , a Knudsen

wrote [regarding Betsy Pryor and laurelfarms.com] :

:

> No one can patent patent K as its a natural occuring alien..

Maybe no patent, but it is quite clear from her website that she wants

us to think that the name " Kombucha Tea " is some kind of registered

trademark. I guess I can't blame a small business person for trying to

get their market share, but isn't this false advertising?

[Guest guest]

>Maybe no patent, but it is quite clear from her website that she wants

>us to think that the name " Kombucha Tea " is some kind of registered

>trademark. I guess I can't blame a small business person for trying to

>get their market share, but isn't this false advertising?

This is why I have a lack of respect for these people. It's like

pharmaceutical companies patenting indigenous peoples' herbal medicine,

thus making it a crime for them to pursue their traditions, or for anyone

else to learn from those traditions and apply them.

I just can't respect that.

--V

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

--A.J. Muste

[Guest guest]

V I agree.

Audrey

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> I just can't respect that.

>

> --V