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| Most of these can easily be found online from shops dedicated to selling kombucha. | | Most of these can easily be found online from shops dedicated to selling kombucha. |
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| It's also worth buying a heating pad and thermostat. The setup I use is a 25W heating pad and Inkbird ITC-308 set to 26 degrees Celsius with the probe taped to the glass.
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| == First fermentation == | | == First fermentation == |
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| #Pick an empty bottle | | #Pick an empty bottle |
| #Cut and blend up some fruit | | #Cut and blend up some fruit |
| #Using the funnel, pour the blended fruit until the bottle is around a third filled | | #Using the funnel, pour the blended fruit up to the bottle's neck |
| #Stir the kombucha
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| #Using the funnel, fill the rest of the bottle with kombucha | | #Using the funnel, fill the rest of the bottle with kombucha |
| #Number the bottle with a marker and write down its contents somewhere | | #Number the bottle with a marker and write down its contents somewhere |
| #Repeat from step 2 until you have no kombucha left | | #Repeat from step 2 until you have no kombucha left |
| | Pouring directly in to bottles like this is probably not the best method, it might be better to make a large intermediate jar then pour that in to bottles. |
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| This takes around 1.5 hours. | | This takes around 1.5 hours. |
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| *Fed some left over sweet tea to SCOBY hotel | | *Fed some left over sweet tea to SCOBY hotel |
| *I made apple and some orange flavors | | *I made apple and some orange flavors |
| *Bottles 3, 5, 6 were apple
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| *Bottles 2, R, and unlabeled were orange
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| *Tastes weak, not sure why. Maybe long brew in the cold? Or not enough sugar in second fermentation?
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| === 2022-04-16 to 2022-05-18 ===
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| * Aimed to harvest after two weeks, took a month instead
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| *Stopped heating after two weeks
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| *Decided to use this batch for testing
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| *Bottle 5 is half apple rest kombucha
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| *Bottle Q is a third apple rest kombucha
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| *Bottle 6 is half apple rest kombucha plus two teaspoons of sugar
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| *Bottle R is a third apple rest kombucha plus two teaspoons of sugar
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| *Bottle 3 is the same as Q
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| *Bottle 7 is the same as R
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| *Will ferment for a few days then note taste
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| *2022-05-21: Chilled bottles 5, Q, 6 and R
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| *No bottles had any pressure building
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| *Blind taste test: 6 and Q were sweet and tasty, 5 and R were not tasty, 5 was pasty
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| *2022-05-23: Chilled bottles 3 and 7
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| *2022-05-26: Tasted bottle 7, very sour
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| === 2022-05-18 to 2022-07-05 ===
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| * Harvest June 1st after two weeks
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| * Clean bottles, brew tea and do fruit prep the day before
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| *Brewing at a constant 24 degrees
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| *Managed to do fruit prep but had executive dysfunction and failed the rest
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| === 2022-07-05 to 2022-07-19 ===
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| * Aimed to harvest after a week, took two weeks
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| *Brewed at a constant 24 degrees
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| *Made a bit too much by accident
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| *Copied recipes and chilling according to 2022-04-16
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| *Bottle 5 is half apple rest kombucha
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| *Bottle 7 is a third apple rest kombucha
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| *Bottle 3 is half apple rest kombucha plus two teaspoons of sugar
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| *Bottle 6 is a third apple rest kombucha plus two teaspoons of sugar
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| *Bottle blank is half apple rest kombucha
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| *Bottle 2 is a third apple rest kombucha
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| *Bottle R is a third apple rest kombucha
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| *Bottle 4 is half apple rest kombucha
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| *2022-07-22: Chilled bottles 5, 7, 3, 6
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| *2022-07-23: Taste tested
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| *3 was good but watery taste with a thick composition
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| *5 had a watery taste and composition
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| *6 had more of an apple taste with nice fizz, good composition
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| *7 was fizzy and tasteless, thick composition
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| *I didn't stir, so I might have to see if there's a relation between bottle order and taste
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| *I wonder if I caught the brew as it transitioned from sweet to sour making it bland
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| *2022-07-25: Chilled bottles blank, 2, R, 4
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| *4 was watery but fizzier and stronger
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| *2 was kind of flat, not much taste
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| *blank was kind of sour though I opened it late
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| *I gave R to a family member
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| *I bought more flip top bottles
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| === 2022-07-19 to 2022-08-11 ===
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| * Aim to harvest August 2nd, 10 days later
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| *Brewing at a constant 24 degrees
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| *I just blended up 6 apples (1.5 litres) and mixed it with the 4 litres of Kombucha
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| *I added 6 desert spoons of sugar to the mix for the last 3 bottles
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| *I'll start my next brew from the SCOBY hotel when I feel like it
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| *Brew is a lot more even and less explosive
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| *The brew was way too long, it all tastes sour
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| === 2023-01-06 === | | === 2022-04-16 (Current) === |
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| * Leaving my SCOBY hotel alone with no maintenance for 4 months got it to mold | | * Aim to harvest April 30 (two weeks) |
| * I had checked my SCOBY hotel a week or so earlier to find no mold
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| * Honestly I wasn't having good Kombucha results anyway
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| * Might move on to another brewing hobby
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