kombucha scoby

[Guest guest]

Moderator, I hope this is okay..it isn't a business, just me offering a freebie.

 

Hi everyone, I have several kombucha tea SCOBYs if anyone would like to have one. Free, you just pay Priority Mail Postage.

 

 

Flo, Louisiana

 

It matters not... Who you love, Where you love, Why you love, When you love, Or how you love, It matters only that you love.~ John Lennon

[Guest guest]

I am interested on the Kombucha Scoby, I live in Africa that is Zimbabwe. How much is the postal cost.

 

 

Regards

Peter Flo <fgarig wrote:

 

Moderator, I hope this is okay..it isn't a business, just me offering a freebie.

 

Hi everyone, I have several kombucha tea SCOBYs if anyone would like to have one. Free, you just pay Priority Mail Postage.

 

 

Flo, Louisiana

 

It matters not... Who you love, Where you love, Why you love, When you love, Or how you love, It matters only that you love.~ John Lennon

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[Guest guest]

Peter, I will have to ask my postmaster and see...I may be able to help you find one more locally... Okay, go to this sight: http://www.kombu.de/suche2.htm

scroll all the way to the bottom and pick the location closest to you, see if you can find a listing in there for a free scoby.

 

Send me your mailing address (to fgarig) and I will ask my postmaster about shipping a scoby to you.

 

Flo

 

 

 

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peter hatinzwani

herbal remedies

Monday, October 31, 2005 3:23 AM

Re: Herbal Remedies - kombucha scoby

 

I am interested on the Kombucha Scoby, I live in Africa that is Zimbabwe. How much is the postal cost.

 

 

Regards

Peter Flo <fgarig wrote:

 

Moderator, I hope this is okay..it isn't a business, just me offering a freebie.

 

Hi everyone, I have several kombucha tea SCOBYs if anyone would like to have one. Free, you just pay Priority Mail Postage.

 

 

Flo, Louisiana

 

It matters not... Who you love, Where you love, Why you love, When you love, Or how you love, It matters only that you love.~ John Lennon

 

 

FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

[Guest guest]

I am in Missouri can you shipp to me please.

Regards

Jasminapeter hatinzwani <phatinzwani wrote:

 

I am interested on the Kombucha Scoby, I live in Africa that is Zimbabwe. How much is the postal cost.

 

 

Regards

Peter Flo <fgarig wrote:

 

Moderator, I hope this is okay..it isn't a business, just me offering a freebie.

 

Hi everyone, I have several kombucha tea SCOBYs if anyone would like to have one. Free, you just pay Priority Mail Postage.

 

 

Flo, Louisiana

 

It matters not... Who you love, Where you love, Why you love, When you love, Or how you love, It matters only that you love.~ John Lennon

 

 

FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

[Guest guest]

What is kombucha tea SCOBYs ...i live in FL...where do you live?

 

 

Moderator, I hope this is okay..it isn't a business, just me offering a freebie.

 

Hi everyone, I have several kombucha tea SCOBYs if anyone would like to have one. Free, you just pay Priority Mail Postage.

 

 

Flo, Louisiana

 

It matters not... Who you love, Where you love, Why you love, When you love, Or how you love, It matters only that you love.~ John Lennon

 

 

FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

[Guest guest]

Jasmine,

Here is a website...please read it and look at the pictures and then read this letter.

http://www.kombu.de/anleit-e.htm

http://w3.trib.com/~kombu/howto.html

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SCOBY is Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria & Yeasts..

good beneficial bacteria and yeast

 

When I make kombucha tea, I must have a scoby to make it. I make the tea at night (I use only green tea) and let it cool. In the morning I put the tea in the jar and add my scoby and the tea (1 cup) that my SCOBY was in when it came to me. I them put a piece of cheesecloth or a papertowel on the top of the jar and use a rubberband to hold it there..(it needs to breathe but you must keep dust and smells out).

 

I then set the jar in a quiet place, not in the kitchen as there are food fumes there, and let it sit for 6-10 days. It will form a NEW thin scoby on top. You cannot ferment tea in a room where there is smoke of food fumes--it will die.

 

 

(The new baby Scoby will cover the entire top of the tea you are brewing, like a rubbery disc) If it gets a powdery mold on it, throw it away. I have only had this ever happen one time and some child of mine had poked a hole in my cover cloth and I didn't notice it for a few days.

 

After 6 days I take a drinking straw and gently push down the edge of the new baby scoby with the straw. I stick my drinking-straw down into the tea about two inches, put my thumb over the top end of the straw, and lift the straw away. I then put the dipped end of the straw in my mouth and remove my thumb to see if it is slightly tart. The tea resembles apple cider, and it slightly tart, and slightly sweet.

 

If the tea isn't tart enough, which depends on the individuals taste buds, then I leave it. If it is slightly tart, then I go back to my kitchen and make a fresh batch of tea. That is made this way, 3-1/2 quarts of water, 1 cup sugar, and three tea bags. Bring all of this to a boil and boil for ten minutes. Then remove the tea bags with a spoon rinsed with regular white vinegar. Put a top on the tea and the next morning it will be cool enough to use.

 

The next morning, in a cereal size bowl, mix 1/2 cup water, with 1/2 cup white vinegar. Carry the jar of tea to the kitchen, and have several containers for your tea to be poured into. You will need cheesecloth or a piece of a t-shirt or sheet to strain the tea. Wash your hands in the vinegar water mixture and wash a plate with it, then pour the mixture down the drain. Gently lift the new SCOBY and old SCOBY out of the tea and put it on the clean plate. Then strain the tea into containers (I use wide mouth quart jars) leaving about a cup in the jar. Refrigerate the tea in the jars that you will drink. Then, without washing the glass brewing container that you grew your tea in, add the nearly gallon of tea made the day before and then---1) slip the old SCOBY (called mother scoby) back into the tea, and 2) try to put the new baby scoby back on top of the new batch, and it will grow thicker. If it doesn't float that is okay, it will still grow thicker, but you will also get a new floating scoby. When you end up with several scoby's then give them away. . Sometimes they float, sometimes they don't. Then go set the jar back in the nice quiet, semi-dark place to brew for another week or so. After 3 or 4 batches, will you notice you are beginning to love this tea. It will also be slightly effervescent (bubbly) and it will be so good. Only drink a half cup a day at first till your body adjusts, as it is very cleansing.

 

Sometimes the tea in the jars will continue to ferment and get more tart, even in the fridge. This is normal. You may even see stuff in there that you want to strain out as you pour it into a drinking glass. Just save that scum to put in your next batch of kombucha tea.

 

You cannot make kombucha tea with herbal tea, only regular black (orange pekoe) or green tea..The herbal teas often have antibacterial properties which will kill the scoby's good bacteria and yeast. Then the scoby will die. You can however mix the finished tea with another tea if you want to flavor the K-tea or water it down.

 

Never let your tea or cultures come in contact with metal after it is brewed. I don't know why, I just know what I was taught. I believe it saps impurities out of the metal and into the tea.

 

Flo

 

 

-

Abbas, Jasmine

 

 

What is kombucha tea SCOBYs ...i live in FL...where do you live?

[Guest guest]

Thank you Flo, i will read it shortly!

 

Have a Great Day!

Jasmine Abbas Ext. 67339

 

 

 

herbal remedies [herbal remedies ] On Behalf Of FloTuesday, November 01, 2005 9:23 AMherbal remedies Subject: Re: Herbal Remedies - kombucha scoby

 

 

Jasmine,

Here is a website...please read it and look at the pictures and then read this letter.

http://www.kombu.de/anleit-e.htm

http://w3.trib.com/~kombu/howto.html

-------------

 

SCOBY is Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria & Yeasts..

good beneficial bacteria and yeast

 

When I make kombucha tea, I must have a scoby to make it. I make the tea at night (I use only green tea) and let it cool. In the morning I put the tea in the jar and add my scoby and the tea (1 cup) that my SCOBY was in when it came to me. I them put a piece of cheesecloth or a papertowel on the top of the jar and use a rubberband to hold it there..(it needs to breathe but you must keep dust and smells out).

 

I then set the jar in a quiet place, not in the kitchen as there are food fumes there, and let it sit for 6-10 days. It will form a NEW thin scoby on top. You cannot ferment tea in a room where there is smoke of food fumes--it will die.

 

 

(The new baby Scoby will cover the entire top of the tea you are brewing, like a rubbery disc) If it gets a powdery mold on it, throw it away. I have only had this ever happen one time and some child of mine had poked a hole in my cover cloth and I didn't notice it for a few days.

 

After 6 days I take a drinking straw and gently push down the edge of the new baby scoby with the straw. I stick my drinking-straw down into the tea about two inches, put my thumb over the top end of the straw, and lift the straw away. I then put the dipped end of the straw in my mouth and remove my thumb to see if it is slightly tart. The tea resembles apple cider, and it slightly tart, and slightly sweet.

 

If the tea isn't tart enough, which depends on the individuals taste buds, then I leave it. If it is slightly tart, then I go back to my kitchen and make a fresh batch of tea. That is made this way, 3-1/2 quarts of water, 1 cup sugar, and three tea bags. Bring all of this to a boil and boil for ten minutes. Then remove the tea bags with a spoon rinsed with regular white vinegar. Put a top on the tea and the next morning it will be cool enough to use.

 

The next morning, in a cereal size bowl, mix 1/2 cup water, with 1/2 cup white vinegar. Carry the jar of tea to the kitchen, and have several containers for your tea to be poured into. You will need cheesecloth or a piece of a t-shirt or sheet to strain the tea. Wash your hands in the vinegar water mixture and wash a plate with it, then pour the mixture down the drain. Gently lift the new SCOBY and old SCOBY out of the tea and put it on the clean plate. Then strain the tea into containers (I use wide mouth quart jars) leaving about a cup in the jar. Refrigerate the tea in the jars that you will drink. Then, without washing the glass brewing container that you grew your tea in, add the nearly gallon of tea made the day before and then---1) slip the old SCOBY (called mother scoby) back into the tea, and 2) try to put the new baby scoby back on top of the new batch, and it will grow thicker. If it doesn't float that is okay, it will still grow thicker, but you will also get a new floating scoby. When you end up with several scoby's then give them away. . Sometimes they float, sometimes they don't. Then go set the jar back in the nice quiet, semi-dark place to brew for another week or so. After 3 or 4 batches, will you notice you are beginning to love this tea. It will also be slightly effervescent (bubbly) and it will be so good. Only drink a half cup a day at first till your body adjusts, as it is very cleansing.

 

Sometimes the tea in the jars will continue to ferment and get more tart, even in the fridge. This is normal. You may even see stuff in there that you want to strain out as you pour it into a drinking glass. Just save that scum to put in your next batch of kombucha tea.

 

You cannot make kombucha tea with herbal tea, only regular black (orange pekoe) or green tea..The herbal teas often have antibacterial properties which will kill the scoby's good bacteria and yeast. Then the scoby will die. You can however mix the finished tea with another tea if you want to flavor the K-tea or water it down.

 

Never let your tea or cultures come in contact with metal after it is brewed. I don't know why, I just know what I was taught. I believe it saps impurities out of the metal and into the tea.

 

Flo

 

 

-

Abbas, Jasmine

 

 

What is kombucha tea SCOBYs ...i live in FL...where do you live?