Recent content by Man0fsteel

Interesting idea. Do you put the mason jar lid on tight? Or just use the same air permeable barrier for the first fermentation? I take it there is still enough residual sugar to form carbonation after you bottle them? I bottled 1/2 of my first batch yesterday and the other half this morning...

New kombucha brewer here. I also steep until tea is at room temp...and longer! No issues so far. I have noticed that using green tea doesn't get sour nearly has fast as using black tea. My next batch is mostly green tea with one bag of black tea. I read that black tea has more nutrients for...

New Booch brewer here. I just finished my first bottling for my girlfriends daughter (she likes it, so I'm trying to make it). I didn't think she'd like the chunks and such so I did the 2nd fermentation (4 separate bottles - 2 were strawberry using green sweet tea in the 1st fermentation, 1...