Recent content by kad8830

I use both until it gets out of hand, then start tossing the babies or giving it away to friends. I read somewhere it ferments faster the bigger the scoby there is, not sure if that is true.

I just made a batch of kombucha and realized I put in double the amount of tea. Does anyone have an experience of what this will do to the batch? I am guessing it will give it more of a bitter flavor which I can live with but just don't want it to damage the scoby. I have it in a continuous...

I like to do 2nd fermentation for a week with flavoring so when that is done, I restrain and I bottle it with a drop of honey and refrigerate. Seems to keep the carbonation going - still forms a little scoby sometimes but not as bad.

I like to add fresh fruit for my second fermentation. My questions is, how long can I keep the fruit fermenting? I typically like to do a week for my second fermentation to get it nice and fizzy, but the books I have read say to ferment with fresh fruit 2-days tops. Does anyone have any...