Recent content by scobyfiend

Did you flavor your kombucha with something for the second fermentation? I have found if what I flavor it with has very little sugar, the carb is much less. In addition, if your brew is less vinegary, you will have less carb. Hope this helps, SCOBYfiend

I have't had any problems with bottle bombs. I just leave the bottles out for a couple days for the secondary fermentation. The only explosion that I have had is when I used wine bottles with used corks -- then I ended up with kombucha on the ceiling -- after two days it just blew the corks off...

I thought you had to use real tea leaves to feed the SCOBY (because of enzymes and what not). What would you suggest as a herbal tea to start with? Is there any particular kind that doesn't work? Thanks, SCOBYfiend

It is a light brown color on top -- is that bad? I thought that was just a result of using black tea. I didn't know that brown was bad?!? Please tell me my scoby baby is ok!:confused: Thanks, SCOBYfiend

Hi there, Been brewing Kombucha for a couple months now (continuous brew method) and have my entire family hooked on it -- great stuff! My question for all you kombucha experts is this:Can I keep using the same SCOBY over and over? Mine is now about 3 in. thick with multiple layers. I was...