Comments on: How To Brew Your Own Homemade Kombucha

By: fitzylady

fitzylady — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:25:00 +0000

Anyone know if kombucha can be made with herbal tea?

By: Travis Johnson

Travis Johnson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:01:00 +0000

Regarding Step #3: I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it in the comment thread, but you should edit out the part about flavored teas being okay. The oils that are used to flavor teas are detrimental to the health of the SCOBY. Even if someone is using a tea with whole herb or flower flavorings, those can also be harmful. Your safest bet is to make your kombucha tea with only black and/or green tea. If you want floral or fruity flavors, wait until your plain kombucha is finished, brew a strong tea of whatever herbal/floral tisane you prefer, then blend the two when you’re bottling.

By: January Recap « Vegan on the Go-Go

January Recap « Vegan on the Go-Go — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:08:26 +0000

[...] was a little lacking, but I’m looking into that . . . oh, and again for anyone interested, here’s the tutorial. Gosh, Sayward is amazing, isn’t she? Don't you just love how pretty GT's bottles [...]

By: Teniesha @ Vegan on the Go-Go

Teniesha @ Vegan on the Go-Go — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:18:00 +0000

Hey, Sayward–I just brewed my first batch using your lovely tutorial here, and I was wondering if your kombucha is usually really carbonated or not? Mine definitely has an acidic taste, but very, very little carbonation. I brewed mine for 2 weeks. Is kombucha still effective without the fizziness? How does one achieve more carbonation?

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:03:00 +0000

I can’t speak from experience, but the person who taught me, warned about brewing in one of those containers . . .

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:01:00 +0000

I can’t speak from experience, but the person who taught me, warned about brewing in one of those containers . . .

By: JPetrick

JPetrick — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +0000

I’ve been brewing kombucha for several months, now and drink it every week with great success. Last week I purchased a 1 gallon glass jar with a plastic spigot, thinking this would be easier than the old method of pouring into a funnel and spilling all over the counter, but this week it tastes a little funny (almost soapy.) Do you think the plastic spigot hurt the kombucha or is it just not ready, yet?

By: Joleanna Bare

Joleanna Bare — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

drinking my first every batch! YAY! thank you it’s delish! btw my mama scobi floated to bottom of the jar and a new one grew on top of the jar…. nothing resembuling mold and its fizzy and taste like store bought hopefully this is okay as i am drinking it ;)

By: Cate Duncan

Cate Duncan — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:33:00 +0000

Thank you for your quick response. =) I appreciate it!

I think I’ll give the longer cycle a go . . . thank you for your consideration. Now that I think of it, I am sure the lack of moisture in this winter weather would lower the chances of anything growing very quickly! =P

Isn’t God so gracious to give us the blessing of foods that nourish, strengthen as well as taste wonderful? I am so humbled as I think of how much He loves us . . . to the smallest details of daily, mundane life.

Blessings to you!
Caitriona

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:27:00 +0000

Hmm, I don’t know what to tell you, sorry! The only thing I can think is that I’d let them go longer. 6-8 days is very very short and they may not be getting enough time to mature. I’d try 14 day cycles with some rest in between brewings. But other than that I’m not sure. Sorry!