miamipoker
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I am on my 4th brew and can't figure this out.
I put my filtered water and make 1 gallon of black tea with 1 cup sugar and my scoby.
During my first 2 batches I tasted the brew after 4 days and it was already sour and not sweet at all. everyone says the initial fermentation takes 7-10 days. My temp is of tea is constant 72-74 degrees. So, it's not that... Also, I'm not forming a solid new scoby on top probably because it's fermenting so fast there is just a layer of slim starting to form. So, I started the 2nd fermination with juice and after 2-3 days tea comes out great.. Lots of Fizz and great flavour.
So, I made 2 gallon batches last night.. about 16 hours ago and my PH tester just arrived.. So, I tasted the batch from last night and it tasted about perfect balance between sour and sweet.. So, I tested the PH and it was 2.9.. Could my tea be fermenting in Just 16 hours? seems crazy no?
I put my filtered water and make 1 gallon of black tea with 1 cup sugar and my scoby.
During my first 2 batches I tasted the brew after 4 days and it was already sour and not sweet at all. everyone says the initial fermentation takes 7-10 days. My temp is of tea is constant 72-74 degrees. So, it's not that... Also, I'm not forming a solid new scoby on top probably because it's fermenting so fast there is just a layer of slim starting to form. So, I started the 2nd fermination with juice and after 2-3 days tea comes out great.. Lots of Fizz and great flavour.
So, I made 2 gallon batches last night.. about 16 hours ago and my PH tester just arrived.. So, I tasted the batch from last night and it tasted about perfect balance between sour and sweet.. So, I tested the PH and it was 2.9.. Could my tea be fermenting in Just 16 hours? seems crazy no?