What about the additive they put in canned coconut milk? All the ones I've seen have guar gum as a thickener. This causes diarrhea. Does anyone know of a brand that gas no additives?
@@DTWellness so even if you tore one by accident it won’t hurt the scoby? I’m gonna try and make some kombucha within the next few months! Seems much cheaper!
You might find it interesting to hear that my 'hotel' was sealed in a quart ball jar for 4 years, and my SCOBY's were still viable. (and I never fed them even once)
Love Jun but not Kombucha made with black tea and sugar. Jun is much more mild and you can taste the honey and tea and is not so vinegary. It is the champagne of fermented tea. Tiny bubbles in the wine, make happy make me feel fine.
I know this is forever old, but i'd love to see videos on how you make yerba mate scoby's. How you care for them, how to know when they're done with their first ferment, etc.
Thank you for this whole video! The way you fearlessly handle the scobys makes me realize they aren't as fragile as I thought. Also good to know a pretty scoby is a hungry scoby! I just started making kombucha from a scoby I grew myself. I saved the starter liquid from my first scoby to see what would happen, and just as you said, a beautiful perfect scoby was formed on the top! I've decided to use that liquid as cleaning vinegar. This is all one big science experiment for me and I'm enjoying the process!
I just found this and have a question.....If anyone can answer it for me........She says to keep the Kombucha separate from the Jun when fermenting. due to contamination.....I did not know this - what will happen if they are not separated......I do not have room to create separate places for my Kombucha Fermenting. I do not put my vegy ferments near them. but the two different Kombuchas Again does anyone know what will happen......
Hi, thanks for the info. I just got a few scobys in starter liquid last night but it's still in a closed glass jar. Should i open immediately and use cloth instead of a cap? Could 1 night with a cover on have ruined it? Thanks!
1.How often do we need to give them fresh tea? 2. Is it enough if the scobies are just covered with tea or need a bit more tea? 3. How sweet should it be?
I love this! I just made it today, and I skipped the grapes because I'm not a fan, but I kept everything else the same. Thank you for the wonderful recipe!
How often do you have to feed the skoby in the hotel? I just made my first ever fermentation and going to bottle soon but there will be a gap in making my second batch. The skoby do I just keep the one I got in some of the fermented I made and start my hotel that way? Also wow I drink Yerba all the time, didn’t know you can turn it in to kombucha even better 😀🙏
Can you please provide some evidence that the second fermentation can last for month(s)? All the instructions I've seen recommend 3-10 days plus there is even a risk your bottles can explode if left too long from to much gas being produced.
Hi great video thank you, I need starter kombucha, I only have the scoby with just very little Kombucha, how or were can I get Enough for a gallon? Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much for the video. My SCOBY’s are not very pretty. They have a nice color with lots of yeast strings but are weird shapes and kind of flimsy, not firm. Do I have a problem?
Not at all. They will thicken up over time. The shape should represent the shape of the container it grows in. Larger areas will produce thinner SCOBYS. If brewing in a smaller, more narrow container, the SCOBY will be thicker.
@@DTWellness Thank you for the info. I was a little nervous. I have a batch brewing ready for second brew with flavor tomorrow. I would hate to think my SCOBY wasn’t doing okay. 👍🏻
I've been keeping my extra scobies in kombucha tea in plastic containers IN THE FRIDE and I do feed them regularly. I've never had a problem with them yet. It is just too hot in southern AZ to keep a hotel in the house. So, I've been breaking all the rules, but still having good luck with my scobies. So explain that.
Wow.this weeks brew, I used apple cinnamon sticks for the 2nd ferment and it taste Wonderful! This weeks brew is the best I've made so far. I used real apple slices and a forth if a stick of cinnamon. Folks this is Really Really good.
Omg loved this video... love to see how organized you are I’m a beginner and don’t know much ... but learning... my question is is it possible that mildew grows on my scoby?
Thank you so much! Black mold can grow on your SCOBY, but many people mistake tea dust for mold and discard perfectly good SCOBYS. If you rinse your SCOBY with water the tea dust will wash off, the mold will not.
Thx so much... yes I put the brain to work...😂 of course non chlorine water... my scoby was beautiful... no mold!! 👍 thx again... will continue to watch you! 🙏
If it is a kombucha SCOBY hotel, you should be using tea sweetened with sugar, organic if possible . If it is a Jun hotel, honey sweetened tea is the food of choice. If you poured straight honey on your SCOBY’s, I would rinse them off in either case and start over. 😉
@@DTWellness it was the honey green tea mixture (for a gallon of jun tea)and it got poured into the jun scoby hotel which already had sweet honey green tea with 4 scobies. :(
So my pantry gets cold, and obviously its winter but its probably 60 degrees. Maybe little cooler. Will they stay active, completely go dormant or die? This also is my first attempt at this and a family member gave us a scoby in a full jar of tea sweetened with honey and I think it's a few days or weeks old, if I want to start 2 scoby hotels, can I just pull this one in half? Or do I need to wait till it's done growing in this jar it's in now? Also, great video. Thanks! Subbed for more:)
Your SCOBY hotel activity rate will slow down, but they will not die in you cool pantry. Taken out and Brought to a warmer temperature, the probiotic activity will increase. I am curious about your kombucha being sweetened with honey. Kombucha is sweetened with sugar, but Jun is sweetened with honey. Do you know if it is a Jun SCOBY? Raw honey has antibiotic properties that could be problematic, but if your SCOBY is thriving and multiplying, It’s probably fine. To answer your last question, you can cut your SCOBY in half. If it’s thick, you probably won’t be able to pull it apart. I use kitchen shears. They say metal is bad for SCOBYs, but I have never had any problems cutting mine with metal. 😉
@@DTWellness thanks. I'm not sure why she used honey, but I divided the scoby and starter tea between 2 gallon jars 3/4 full of sweetened black tea. The amount of starter liquid was 1 3/4 cup each. Would that be enough? I wasn't expecting the toughness of the scoby. Lol. Crazy stuff!
I have my scoby in fridge. Are they any good?! I feed them each time I make a new batch of Brew. Can I take out the refrigerated scoby and let it get room temperature and keep it that way or do I need to start brewing a new batch of tea and just keep them room temperature
You can absolutely keep your SCOBYs sealed tight in the refrigerator. They will last for a long time without needing to be fed. There are a few way to keep unused SCOBYs, some people dehydrate them, then rehydrate them. This video was just on one way to store SCOBYs.
