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I buy them in bulk from a few vendors I have. I buy them in pounds. I don’t think I have the patience to watch them dehydrate for 24 hrs. Haha. Bella Viva Orchards is a good one and one of my main ones.

I use a low foam called sani clean. Works tht same as star san. For corny kegs, i fill to the brim and let sit for 5 min. Then i use the co2 to pump it out to clean the straw. I made a disconnect with a hose attached to dump the solution back into a bucket. Hope this helps.

Well your first problem was using decaf tea. The bacteria in the scoby needs the caffeine to chew off of.

Whoever said that using fruit chunks is "for beginners" is an idiot. I use dry fruit for mine and brew in a big of a higher scale.

Not sure if this topic goes in here. Has anyone brewed tepache? I would like a recipe.

I recently made a agave booch mead. Abv was a 13%.

That would be impossible to make. Stop being lazy and keep watch of your batches.

I usually steep my tea for 25 min. You can try using insulation around the vessel to keep the temperature stable. Per one gallon, should ferment 7-10 days. 2 gallons about 20 days. I make 4 gallons at a time cos i make mine boozy. Thats about 25-30 days fermenting.

Did you just have the starter and the scoby in the vessel or did you add more sweet tea to it? The scoby needs to feed off of the new tea for it to grow a new scoby. Usually a gallon takes 7-10 days.

Do you guys ferment the F2 in plastic buckets? If so, how does the flavor differ from using glass?

Looks normal. If its not fuzzy, its fine.

I would have never thought about fermenting only the acv with the scoby. Im currently using safale us-05. Thinking about switching to white labs cali dry ale yeast.

I made a cold brew kombucha. Using the cold brew as the starter. Made it like as you would make regular booch. But you have to make the initial cold brew first. Then I get 2 cups of the cold brew and 2 cups sugar and heat that up. You want to give the scoby something to chew on. Cool down and...

I normally steep my tea for 25 min. I use a black and green tea blend.

First of all, ec-1118 should be pitched between 86-95 deg. If youre pitching outside of that temp, your yeast is not waking up. Youre jus killing your batch. The foam being built is krauzen. Its jus the yeast foam building. Totally normal. As far as keeping the temp, use a heat wrap that you...