Recent content by Chaucer

Onipar, I am glad you looked into this. That was one of my concerns, too - gut health is so important, and sometimes I wondered if I was getting enough "bang" for those 4g of sugar per bottle of GT Dave.

The SCOBY I'm growing is a little over a week old and seems to be doing well. I did end up ordering one, too - because I don't think I'll be satisfied unless I find out what kombucha produced that way tastes like, as well. I have swing-tops and mason jars (I'm going to monitor carb closely, I...

Thanks for the info! I'm going to try to keep detailed logs and take pH readings, brix, etc., and try to pin down a few things on which the community seems to disagree. I might cave and buy a scoby, but until then it's just planning and plotting - and impatiently checking the culture.

I have heard a hundred different opinions on what creates more or less carb...looking for some definitive information, also, so if you all discover anything, please post it. I'm in the process of growing a scoby from a bottle of GT's, so I haven't yet had the chance to do much. My husband is...