Fermentation ...

[subprep]

OK, subprep ... I hope your vinegar fared better than my scoby ... Burial (to the compost pile) in the morning ... I got some kind of nasty-arse black mold growing in it ... I think I will try again in the summer when temps in the house don't fluctuate so wildly ... Now ... on to the sourdough (I can keep that mother happy in the fridge as long as I don't forget to feed it ... )

Yeah i'm not sure what is going on with my vinegar either its got a weird reddish pink film on top... possibly red tide. LOL I prob should not attempt to drink it... I should really search for a time lapse video or something of here is what it looks like on day 1,2 3, and so on...

 

[BadgeBunny]

Well, I'm not gonna give up ... I've been doing some reading and apparently kefir has like 10 times the probiotics that yogurt has. Maybe I should start with kefir instead of kombucha ... Thank God for YouTube ... I'll keep you posted!!

 

[amcardon]

Not to resurrect a dead thread, but curious BB what you ended up doing? I used to brew kombucha while in school in OR, and am about to start again (scoby is about 5 days into the 2-3 week process). I've thought about doing water kefir as well. Was curious and searched "kombucha" on here and found this thread. I'm a big fan and could easily down half gallon a day of the stuff...

 

[subprep]

I freaking love kombucha my daughter bought me some to try, its awesome.

 

[BadgeBunny]

I couldn't get it to grow right. I'm thinking about trying again but I have a neighbor who's really good at it ... so ... I am trading homemade bread with him ...