Deanna, do you know of any not-too-far-away health food or natural food STORES? That might be a better source if you can find one.
Craigslist and local mushroom farms/growers are also good places to check
DeeAnna, I think you are near Decorah. Have you tried the co op? If it's still there. Hubby is a kombucha brewer, and I could give you a scoby if there was a way to get it to you. Would it go through the mail without damage due to temperature do you think?That's kind of the problem -- I don't have a lot of obvious options, given where I live. This is the land of true-blue Busch Lite and Bud Lite drinkers. Kombucha is way too crunchy-granola for a lot of the folks around here. But I've got feelers out.
Taste as you go. I use a straw to taste after about 5 days. Once I like the taste, I go to the second fermentation
It's only been a few days since I started my last brew but I went ahead and bottled it today.
It's very lightly fermented, no hint of sour and still tastes like tea.
Trying raspberry, blueberry, honey and raw sugar. Curious to see which gets more carbonation. I did use raw sugar this batch, next I will use regular white and see if it really does make a difference.
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