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[Hinotori]

Wow! You have had a busy couple of days! I've always wanted to try. Kombucha. I have no idea how to get started. Where to get the starter... what do they call that? The mother?

My husband doesn't like kombucha*. He doesn't like shrub drinks either. He says it tastes too much like vinegar to him. I just don't see it, but I also like vinegar.

*he liked the kombucha that I made with green tea and matcha. It tastes very different than the regular stuff I make with black and green tea.

The gelatinous mass is called a scoby - symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.

People even sell scobys on Amazon. Need some white vinegar as well to start using those. Takes a brewing or two to get good, drinkable kombucha.

DO NOT DUMP KOMBUCHA DOWN THE DRAIN ON SEPTIC! I've heard horror stories about what can happen in the septic tank. I'll dump it on the ground outside rather than the drain if needed.

Easily is to find someone near you to get a start off of. Can get the cup of kombucha needed to start a new batch as well so no vinegar needed. Healthy scoby multiplies pretty fast.

You don't have to use a gallon jar but most people do. I've been making it successfully in half gallons for years with cloth rubber banded over the top. Switched from clear to amber jars when those came out. I drink quite a bit so have 8 jars going. It seems to help my blood sugars.

 

[CrealCritter]

Well, it's Groundhog Day... again! One of my favorite days of the year.
46 days Until spring!!

Clouds, now - but earlier, it was incredibly bright. DH drove me to a "new to me" feed supplier, in a nearby town. Family owned. Very nice folks. Then we stopped for breakfast at the coney. Came home and spent a couple hours out with the chickens. Just didn't want to go inside. It was 32° and felt so warm out, after what we've had, recently.

I can box up and ship you all my destructive little 4 legged ground hog critters. Both male and female, and babies too

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

My husband doesn't like kombucha*. He doesn't like shrub drinks either. He says it tastes too much like vinegar to him. I just don't see it, but I also like vinegar.

*he liked the kombucha that I made with green tea and matcha. It tastes very different than the regular stuff I make with black and green tea.

The gelatinous mass is called a scoby - symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.

People even sell scobys on Amazon. Need some white vinegar as well to start using those. Takes a brewing or two to get good, drinkable kombucha.

DO NOT DUMP KOMBUCHA DOWN THE DRAIN ON SEPTIC! I've heard horror stories about what can happen in the septic tank. I'll dump it on the ground outside rather than the drain if needed.

Easily is to find someone near you to get a start off of. Can get the cup of kombucha needed to start a new batch as well so no vinegar needed. Healthy scoby multiplies pretty fast.

You don't have to use a gallon jar but most people do. I've been making it successfully in half gallons for years with cloth rubber banded over the top. Switched from clear to amber jars when those came out. I drink quite a bit so have 8 jars going. It seems to help my blood sugars.

I have this to try on my want to do someday list of all things strange and wonderful. Can it be brewed in 1 gallon jugs? How big does this scoby thing get? Probably would get stuck in a jug? Would that be a bad thing?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[FarmerJamie]

Have any of you with open night skies viewed the comet?

 

[baymule]

Looks like some drainage ditches need to be cut to redirect the water to the pond.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

My 2 ponds are over flowing. This place and every lands around are saturated with water and have been for 2 weeks.

 

[Hinotori]

I have this to try on my want to do someday list of all things strange and wonderful. Can it be brewed in 1 gallon jugs? How big does this scoby thing get? Probably would get stuck in a jug? Would that be a bad thing?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

Most people use gallon containers. The scoby willl cover the entire top. Then it grows another layer each batch so layer thickness may vary. I recommend only using something you can reach in to pull it out if it gets too big.

 

[baymule]

Have any of you with open night skies viewed the comet?

Nope. Can’t see the night sky for past 2 weeks. Is it going to hang around for awhile?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Nope. Can’t see the night sky for past 2 weeks. Is it going to hang around for awhile?

Ditto! Can't see a thing in the sky...

 

[CrealCritter]

dinner, spaghetti
I made noodles
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Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[tortoise]

Have any of you with open night skies viewed the comet?

Tonight was our first clear-ish night where we could see a few stars, but DH couldn't see the comet.