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Yesterday a friend of mine gave me a scoby ( Symbiotic Culture OF Bacteria and Yeast) with some starter tea. You can buy kombucha tea in many health food stores, but its nowhere near as potent as making your own. Not to mention much cheaper.

I've been interested in this stuff for a while now, but never actually gotten a starter kit until now... He described the process to me but I was pretty stoned at the time so I think Im gonna have to resort to google

Anybody else grown this cultured tea?

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islanddreams

If I'm not mistaken that is from the Micronesian Islands. The island of Yap, Chuck or maby Palau. I had a girlfriend that visited one of those and brought some back. She raved about it, said it got her really bzzd and got me excited to drink some. The buzz was a dissapointment but we had some great sex that night, she was all fired up.

bigblue736

Hey afterburner

I remember looking in to this stuff a while back myself.If memory serves me correctly u can use it as a PH down as well.It was suppose to be more stable and cheaper to make than buying it commercially.But hey,thats if memory ( )serves me correctly lol.
I'd be interested. keep us posted.
Later
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komet

thanks for this afterburner. im always looking for a tasty, natural way of getting protein enzymes...really sounds tasty, im gonna try this out.

off topic but this week i gave barley juice a try, i dont recommend it for taste, i thought it would have been sweet but it was the bitter and gag-worthy -"-

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hey all

Sorry it took me so long to get back here. Had a lot of other stuff to do.

Anyway the Kombucha is brewing now. I finished up the process just earlier today. It was really easy I wish I hadn't waited so long it'd almost be done by now

Komet: barley juice eh? Sounds gag-worthy


Anyway. here goes nothin

I followed the directions here I sterilized all surfaces and tools/pots with bleach prior to use.

All the water was filtered & boiled 10 minutes prior to use. (and allowed to cool)

ingredients::

7 tea bags (or 7 teaspoons loose tea)
320 grams white sugar
kombucha culture, & starter tea
1 gallon water

I simply brewed the tea, added the sugar, let everything cool, and added it to the brewing jar. Covered with a coffee filter. and thats it!


I'm now going to put it in a 76 degree place +/- 4 degrees. (Btwn 20-30 Celsius) Probably next to my clones



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mr_chow

looks stanky...

...like old bong-water.

how is it?


peace,

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komet

looks like tea to me

but yeah, let us know how it tastes. i think i read on that site that it is similar with something like apple cider ...love that stuff

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afterburner

Yeah, The stuff I buy from the health food store tastes something like apple cider vinegar, but a lot weaker. I'm figuring this stuff will be much stronger.

I brewed the tea pretty strong. i used loose tea and I think i mighta used a little too much. hehe

in 5 to 7 days I'll let you know how it tastes

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afterburner

Just sipping a little right now. I couldn't wait to try it. Its been about 5 days. it was smelling so strong!

Kinda like vinegar smell. But It tastes exellent! Like fermented apple juice with a zesty lemony twang.

Still tastes a tad bit sweet though so I'm going to let it brew a couple more days. To let it get stronger

I like this stuff! I like it I like it! it makes you feel good. Not a buzz per say. Just good.

I'll letcha know how it tastes in a few days.


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pumpkin2006

A couple people have died from it, you probably know a lot about it but heres wikipedia's info (usually reliable): Kombucha

Just be careful about contamination, its like growing mushrooms, you're creating an environment that is ideal for bateria or fungus and so its possible that your bateria or fungus wont be the dominant in the environment and something potentially fatal can take over.