Kombucha Tea Brewers

[Guest guest]

Our family constantly brews Kombucha Tea and enjoy this healthy drink

every day. For those of you who also brew K-tea, you understand the

health benefits of the drink, and also the benefits of the SCOBY used

to ferment the drink (SCOBY=symbiotic culture of bacterial yeast).

 

I thought brewers might be interested in this. I have several salad

dressing jars that around 2.25 " in diameter and hold about 1.5 cups. I

have been brewing tiny little K-tea batches in these jars solely for

the purpose of growing thin, sturdy scobies to use for bandages. After

they've grown for a few days and are still pliable and sturdy, but

thin, I harvest the baby and put it in a 'bandage hotel', and let it

continue to form new 'bucha bandages. My son had a 2nd degree burn on

the entire lower portion of his arm recently. Using garlic oil, a

homemade healing salve and 'bucha bandaids, it healed very quickly

(fresh new skin...totally healed ... in 5 days).

[Guest guest]

, " cathyjeromeknight "

<cwmsknight wrote:

>

> Our family constantly brews Kombucha Tea and enjoy this healthy

drink

> every day. For those of you who also brew K-tea, you understand the

> health benefits of the drink, and also the benefits of the SCOBY

used

> to ferment the drink (SCOBY=symbiotic culture of bacterial yeast).

>

> I thought brewers might be interested in this. I have several salad

> dressing jars that around 2.25 " in diameter and hold about 1.5

cups. I

> have been brewing tiny little K-tea batches in these jars solely

for

> the purpose of growing thin, sturdy scobies to use for bandages.

After

> they've grown for a few days and are still pliable and sturdy, but

> thin, I harvest the baby and put it in a 'bandage hotel', and let

it

> continue to form new 'bucha bandages. My son had a 2nd degree burn

on

> the entire lower portion of his arm recently. Using garlic oil, a

> homemade healing salve and 'bucha bandaids, it healed very quickly

> (fresh new skin...totally healed ... in 5 days).

>

That is so great to know I have alot of mother k's. How do you dry

them or how do you make them?

[Guest guest]

I merely store them in a little starter tea (as I do for all extra

scobies ....just a different jar) until they're needed. Apply them to

the disinfected wound, and they will dry and form a skin-like seal on

the wound. The key is removing them from the K-tea before they're very

thick (actually, before the batch is done and ready to bottle). For

me, that's around 2-4 days. I just don't let the babies 'get to term',

so to speak! HTH.

 

> That is so great to know I have alot of mother k's. How do you dry

> them or how do you make them?

>

[Guest guest]

This is such an interesting potentially beneficial benefit of the

scobies! But details please, if you will. I am ready tomorrow to make

my 2nd Kombucha recipe after my original scoby tea.:

:

1) You said you store them in a different jar, (bandage hotel?) until

they're needed. HOW LONG will they " store " and keep and survive? Do

they keep making new " bucha bandages " ? If you need to replenish the

K-tea or distilled white vinegar from time to time to feed them, how

often would you suggest?

 

2) Will you share your " homemade healing salve " recipe?

 

3) How often do you recommend changing the " bucha bandage " ? Does it

require tape over the top to hold it in place or like a poultice or

does it adhere to the skin on its own? If it does adhere on its own,

does it pull coming off? Can it take injured skin area with it?

 

4) Does the " scoby " supplement your healing salve in any way?

Presumably it does not conflict with it!!

 

5) One of my 2 initial K-tea batches, (the 1/2 gal. one), has a baby

new one forming at the top with grey and black mold-looking spots

which I have read in several of these articles ... the DOM, and I

believe Marilyn, that the black spots are safe .. just tannins etc.

from the tea probably .. but with warnings against odd pink-green,

etc. ones as contaminating. The DOM suggesting rocking the batch daily

to wet the tops which has helped the appearance but still not

lily-white!! Would one dare use such a baby scoby for bucha bandages

or further batches of K-Tea ... Does one outwait it to see if it

clears up? Any experiences on these questions?

 

6) How does one " bottle " the K-Tea? Probably tomorrow the 3/4 qt.

one of mine and maybe the 1/2 gal. one will be ready to become

creative with. I suppose I should look through my directions but

would also appreciate any insights on my questions here to either

reassure me OR other experience with the same ... or where to go from

there to make a wonderful drink?

 

Thanks, Joyce Simmerman

 

Thanks for the info on this idea. Joyce

 

, " cathyjeromeknight "

<cwmsknight wrote:

>

> I merely store them in a little starter tea (as I do for all extra

> scobies ....just a different jar) until they're needed. Apply them to

> the disinfected wound, and they will dry and form a skin-like seal on

> the wound. The key is removing them from the K-tea before they're very

> thick (actually, before the batch is done and ready to bottle). For

> me, that's around 2-4 days. I just don't let the babies 'get to term',

> so to speak! HTH.

>

> > That is so great to know I have alot of mother k's. How do you dry

> > them or how do you make them?

> >

>