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Old 07-30-2008, 07:01 AM   #31
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I am googling kombucha-fascinating! Tell me more!

oh my, where to start . . . . it's an amazingly delicious and amazingly healthful ancient, fermented beverage. If you go to a natural food store, look for "GT's" or "Synergy" kombucha. If you've never had it b4, you may want to start w/ flavored. Grape & strawberry are my faves. It's expensive to buy ($4-$5 for 16 ozs) but inexpensive to make at home
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Old 07-30-2008, 03:13 PM   #32
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Tried the salsa, Lisa, and loved it! But, dd didn't like it.

Just tonight started my sauerkraut fermenting. Looking for something that dd will like.

Need to get on the kombucha wagon. Perhaps dd will like that.
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:12 PM   #33
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I'd love to make kombucha at home - nothing that involves sweet tea can be bad imo! - but right now I can't afford a starter. But that's okay - maybe I should try it bottled first anyway to see if we like it. Is the bottled about the same flavor (if it's not fruit flavored) as homemade?

I want to do my own sauerkraut, too - I love that with kale in the winter. Where do you mamas find directions for sauerkraut?

p.s. "Fermenting Mamas" would make a great name for a rock band.
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:13 PM   #34
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Check the wild fermentation site. He has the best directions I have found.

I would check with any local WAPF chapter leaders or TF mamas....most will give you a SCOBY for free. They multiple like CRAZY
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:15 PM   #35
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Check the wild fermentation site. He has the best directions I have found.

I would check with any local WAPF chapter leaders or TF mamas....most will give you a SCOBY for free. They multiple like CRAZY
THank you - but what do all your acronyms mean?
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:17 PM   #36
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Check the wild fermentation site. He has the best directions I have found.

I would check with any local WAPF chapter leaders or TF mamas....most will give you a SCOBY for free. They multiple like CRAZY
THank you - but what do all your acronyms mean?
SCOBY is the starter for the Kombucha.

WAPF - Weston A Price foundation http://www.westonaprice.org/localchapters/index.html You can find your local chapter...they all do fermenting

TF - Traditional Foods...just another way to say a WAPF - Traditional Foods - Fermenting kinda person.
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:18 PM   #37
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Thank you again!
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:23 PM   #38
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PM me if you'd like a kombucha scoby. I can send you one for priority postage in a about two weeks.
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:30 PM   #39
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WOW! Thank you Lisa! Does it come with directions? I wouldn't want to spoil it. (PMing you)
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Old 07-31-2008, 05:35 AM   #40
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Does it come with directions? I wouldn't want to spoil it.
I can send you a basic recipe. If you google it you'll find a hundred different recipes but they're all basically the same w/ minor variations. I've found kombucha to be very forgiving as long as you stick to a few basics--keep the scoby away from hot water and mold spores. Some sites say to ONLY use distilled water--I don't. Some sites say to NEVER refrigerate your scoby--I do. My SCOBYs are fine.
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Old 07-31-2008, 09:06 AM   #41
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Does it come with directions? I wouldn't want to spoil it.
I can send you a basic recipe. If you google it you'll find a hundred different recipes but they're all basically the same w/ minor variations. I've found kombucha to be very forgiving as long as you stick to a few basics--keep the scoby away from hot water and mold spores. Some sites say to ONLY use distilled water--I don't. Some sites say to NEVER refrigerate your scoby--I do. My SCOBYs are fine.
Thanks for the advice...I always listen to experience first, online directions second. I can't resist another crack ... scoby don't and scoby do's... Sorry.
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Old 08-23-2008, 01:45 PM   #42
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What does homemade kombucha taste like?
I tried the shop bought version and couldn't swallow even a mouthful - it was awful!! Like drinking neat apple cider vinegar.

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Old 08-23-2008, 02:48 PM   #43
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That is kind of what it tastes like...hehe... it gets more sour the longer you let it ferment...
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What does homemade kombucha taste like?
I tried the shop bought version and couldn't swallow even a mouthful - it was awful!! Like drinking neat apple cider vinegar.
Yes, it is tart--we love it. I tell people it's a bit like hard apple cider. When you make it at home you can adjust how sweet or tart it is by how long you let it ferment, as Rachel wrote. One time I didn't let ours ferment long enough (for us) and it was too sweet for our taste. If you leave it for 7-10 days it will be much sweeter with only a hit of tartness. We leave ours to ferment for 14 days in summer, 18 days or so in winter. You can also add fruit juice once it's done.
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Can you just add more sugar to it once it's done fermenting?
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