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Thanks PVP!

That's brilliant! I made up a new batch of tea earlier and now I'm waiting f-o-r-e-v-e-r for it to cool down. Looking forward to using it up so I can start doing it your way!

Thank you for good advice! When I posted, I hadn't actually lifted the lid and looked at the tea - when I went to dump it out, the surface was covered with little mold circles - yecchhh! The deadly enemy of kombucha brews. Had been thinking that since sugar is a preservative, it might be...

My setup is a two gallon continuous brew. I make a big pot of sweet tea once a week or so that I refrigerate until needed. Last week I made the tea and then all heck broke loose in other areas of life and the sweet tea sat on the stove for about five days now. If I heat it up again and boil...

Thank you! One thing I've wondered about with opaque vessels - do you lose anything by not being able to see into the brew from the sides. Is it that the only things you'd need to see (like mold) only show up on the surface?

I've been brewing kombucha for a month or so now, keeping the jar in a closed cabinet at floor level next to a baseboard heat strip. It's been going pretty well. I'd like to move the jar to a kitchen counter where I can draw off kombucha through the spigot without moving the jar. So I'm...

Thinking I may have been too quick to jump in here, since I don't actually know anything; just did bc didn't look like replies were forthcoming. The experts here say that mold looks fuzzy or hairy

I'd be interested in answers to your questions about heating wrap and stainless steel spigot

I've only been doing this for a month or so, so I'm no expert, but I can say that your pics look like what's been happening with mine and it's been making kombucha (albeit slowly) right along. Plus, the people here who really know what they're doing almost always say that it looks okay so keep...